Comments on: Resumes Are Dead. Your Blog is Your Resume. (Still).

By: Resumes are Dead. Social Media is Your New Resume.

Resumes are Dead. Social Media is Your New Resume. — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:10:19 +0000

[...] repeatedly stated Your Blog Is Your Resume and got some flak from people reminding me resumes were not dead. Wow – don’t take my words [...]

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:30:58 +0000

I am always an adavocate for updating a resume XD

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:33:27 +0000

I hear everyday from people who blog and use social media as part of their job search strategy and for me the irony is most readers of blogs and Linked In profiles etc continue to ask for a resume. They feel the process is incomplete without a resume. Taking it a step further, most recruiters and HR staff will always print it. So the resume is not dead, far from it in fact. I wrote a blog on this last year if you are interested in reading ithttp://www.resumepartners.com.au/blog/2009/10/is-...

By: Jignesh

Jignesh — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:13:54 +0000

Its a good thing of providing knowledge of Blogs and markiting. Its the good work by this site. There are Agriculture Resume in Sampleresumes.in which is amazing.

By: Sample Resume Blog

Sample Resume Blog — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:04:51 +0000

Right said that blog is your resume because my friend got a call from fortune 500 company after they noticed his blog.

By: Dave Mengel

Dave Mengel — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:00:51 +0000

I don't entirely agree. A blog is a good supplement, but certainly not a replacement to a resume. I do believe a blog gives an employer a great deal more insight as a resume is just an outline of their work history with some brief bullet points describing the most important highlights.

However, on the flip side…

In an economy like today, HR reps don't have time to read the 600+ resumes on their desks let alone page through paragraphs and paragraphs of insights on candidates blogs. I do think it could be a deciding factor for a finalist however, but realistically I just don't see hiring managers having enough time to read the blog from 10% of the applicants let alone all of them.

I think combining blogs, websites and resumes so you have multiple tools in your toolbelt is the way to go. Each individual has their own personal preference on which form of marketing they prefer and there are a lot of old school hiring managers who haven't embraced facebook, twitter, and linked in yet.

Also, since your resume/blog/website is a piece of marketing that you are using to hopefully land a job I strongly recommend including color into your presentation. Tell me… when was the last time you saw an advertisement in black and white? So why is everyone so dead set on using only black and white on resumes? Incorporate some color into your presentation, it helps the job seeker get noticed so much more quickly than the other bland documents in the stack.

Best of Success to everyone

Dave Mengel
President / Founder
http://www.colorresumes.com

By: UK Careers

UK Careers — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:04:55 +0000

These are reallly good advice. However, a "sample" cover letter would have been a nice touch which could then lead to getting an order from the reader to have your firm prepare a "winning" resume.Just a thought for you to consider.

By: job centre

job centre — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:01:53 +0000

Very helpful hints. I had a business and now looking for a job in this bad economy. Found a job listing for a job I would really like to get close to home and that I have skill for. Your tips were very helpful

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:35:09 +0000

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By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:24:31 +0000

Great article and I really appreciate with you as blog plays an important role recruitment process. And yes blog will definitely replace the resumes. Thanks for discussion.

Thanks,
Chris