Resumes Are Worthless
Ok, so a question came up recently about hiring people for software development roles. In answering that, the group discussing this started talking about resumes. Resumes, which I’m told mine looks good and reads well, hold a certain value to someone entering the field of software development. There are also major problems with having a [...]
Is Hiring Fundamentally Broken?
Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr For all of those who are looking for work, it has turned into a comedy of errors, omissions, and no answers from anyone if you were even considered for the position. When the rare thanks but no thanks message comes through via e-mail it makes us have to stop [...]
Should the Junior level Professional Blog?
I’ve stolen the title from Chad Pursley, who devoted a post to the subject and asked the same question on my older post, Resumes are Dead. Social Media is Your New Resume: Right but to what extent is this a good thing and to what extent can it backfire? Does it change if like me [...]
So You Didn’t Make Millions: Don’t Quit Blogging Just Yet
Image via Wikipedia Do you know who Dan Lyons is? Of course .. Fake Steve Jobs. He just announced he’d quit blogging, since: While blogs can do many wonderful things, making huge amounts of money isn’t one of them. But wait! Did you know Dan Lyons 3 years ago? I admit I didn’t. Perhaps it’s [...]
It’s Too Late to Start Networking When You’re Laid Off
Robert Scoble has a long laundry-list on how to effectively use social media in your job search if you are laid off. I agree with all but three points he makes: It’s a little late to start when you get laid off. Proactive brand creation before you really need it works a lot better. Roberts [...]
Resumes are Dead. Social Media is Your New Resume.
Just as I finished editing my Inbound Marketing piece I quickly scanned Google Reader and realized that David Meerman Scott and I were writing about one and the same thing. Except his post title is: Downsized? Fired? Here are the new rules of finding a job. Yes, the parallels are striking.; If you find yourself [...]
