Comments on: Round II: Your Resume is Dead. Long Live Your Blog!

By: PatShelby

PatShelby — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:52:01 +0000

Hey, great blog…but I don’t understand how to add your site in my rss reader. Can you Help me, please

By: PatShelby

PatShelby — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:30:18 +0000

There’s good info here. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog. Keep up the good work mate!

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:55:55 +0000

Nice write up…usually I never reply to these thing but this time I will,Thanks for the great info.

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By: rfwilkins

rfwilkins — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:19:06 +0000

For white collar jobs, the Blog, Resume, and linkedIn are becoming parts of the background check. The foot in the door is more and more, about a relationship that was built, before the Job was even posted. Which could have stared, through a contact made with, LinkedIn, your blog or even Twitter.

By: Jeffrey Fry

Jeffrey Fry — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:58:20 +0000

Call it a resume, CV (curriculum vitae), Linkedin summary, etc. the objective is to get noticed AND get to the next step which is an interview of some form. The more tools that are available to get you to that point the better. I believe in the power of AND, and what I believe is that multiple "avenues" or forms of generating awareness of one's skills, background, abilities, network, influence, etc. will be born and used. Good points all, but do not forget what is the ultimate goal here: employment in some form, and to get that an interview HAS to ensue. Humbly, Jeffrey Fry The Profit Prophet http://macromental.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyfry

By: TheSocialExec

TheSocialExec — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:51:26 +0000

You make some excellent points, John. I have a feeling that even if LinkedIn expands it's media offerings they'll never be able to catch up with an open source blog service like Wordpress. The number of plugins built by the Wordpress community is matchless. I think the only barrier to entry for executives is the perception that it takes a "geek" to start a blog, which is simply not true.

By: John Deister

John Deister — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:49:07 +0000

I agree with your assessment of LinkedIn. LinkedIn has created the network but lacks the advanced tools to link the network to media. Widgets won't protect LinkedIn from becoming irrelevant. Without a significant evolution in LinkedIn communication tools, it is bound to follow the path of other networks without advanced media (Network TV, AOL, etc.).

As the popularity of LinkedIn grows, its usefulness to recruiters diminishes. Recruiters need ways to differentiate candidates, and blogs, websites, Twitter have become the tools to narrow the field. Blogs are extremely flexible, highly regarded by search engines and personalized. LinkedIn needs a wider media offering to stay relevant.