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

By: Your Resume is Dead. Long Live Your Blog! -by Ryon Harms « Paulnobles's Blog

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:58:11 +0000

[...] Three reasons why your resume is dead on arrival: (Read the rest of Ryon’s article here.) [...]

By: Carly

Carly — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:06:06 +0000

Nice blog. Can’t wait to start my own blog.

By: Weissiosy

Weissiosy — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:36:32 +0000

hi. great article!

By: Lalita, MHRM

Lalita, MHRM — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:41:03 +0000

Just to add to the piece about the OFCCP, that could mean that, in order to have a Federally-required, retained copy of your blog exactly as it was on the date you applied for the position (since you mean for that to become part of the application process), your blog would have to be downloaded and archived by the HR department for some number of years after the application process has closed. Your blogroll would have to be archived as well as every entry on every blog or website you reference.

You don't quite seem to be clear about the intricacies of the hiring and placement process.

Clever idea. Not feasible or sustainable, but clever.

By: Lalita Amos

Lalita Amos — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:33:11 +0000

As blog posts are shrinking to below 140 characters, resumes will need to become tighter (note: not shorter) to capture examples and other pertinent information). No HR department of any size (or their corporate legal departments) would ever tolerate having their staff search sometimes hundreds of blog post entries for information, let alone allow themselves to be held liable for claims of bias based on an interpretation of the reams of data that can be found on the garden variety average blog.

Besides, in most firms that receive government contracts of subcontracts (and in some cases companies only affiliated with vendors or suppliers who receive them) one would have to keep a FILE (yes, really–one that can be reviewed on demand by the OFCCP–Office of Federal Contracts Compliance) for proof that their system is devoid of even unintentional discrimination caused by disparate treatment or impact. Wonder why you were discouraged from plastering your mug on your resume? To protect the company from even the hint of bias in hiring (say, if they appeared to only hired pretty women for receptionist…or refused to hire them for technical positions).

The hiring process–done well– is fairly straightforward.

By: Jay Jacobs

Jay Jacobs — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:47:40 +0000

Finally, a breath of fresh air to blow away the tired and dated resume…

By: Round II: Your Resume is Dead. Long Live Your Blog! | The Social Executive

Round II: Your Resume is Dead. Long Live Your Blog! | The Social Executive — Sun, 31 May 2009 07:25:10 +0000

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By: Don’t Send Me Your Resume. I Won’t Read It. | The Market for Me

Don’t Send Me Your Resume. I Won’t Read It. | The Market for Me — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:03:34 +0000

[...] Ryon Harms at The Social Executive has declared the resume dead. If only it were true. But, just because HR people want resumes doesn’t mean you need to inflict them on your network. [...]

By: Brian Massey

Brian Massey — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:49:09 +0000

I can only hope that the resume's days are ending. As a marketer, we strive to communicate clearly, like a job seeker. No marketer has ever tried to use anything like a resume (although, we've tried some equally disasterous techniques). A resume is just bad marketing.

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