Digital Darwinism Brian Solis, new media expert and best selling author, has observed what he refers to as Digital Darwinism, when society and technology evolve faster than the ability to adapt. Certainly, businesses are struggling to adapt but what about Career Professionals? Social Media has Changed Everything Web 2.0, social media, mobile technologies, and the ability to analyze massive amounts

What is “Required” to Get a Job? The question in this headline calls to attention everything that is wrong with the mentality of many job seekers and arguably, many career coaches.  The only thing “required” for one to obtain a job is that an employer makes an offer which one accepts.  How does one find themselves in the position in

What is a Listening Post? A listening post is simply an automated method of monitoring what is published on the web.  The web is full of content and to filter the noise from the news, listening posts are excellent tools that save time while monitoring relevant information.  Automating your job search with listening posts can help you stay informed quickly

Career Services Training Career Services professionals who help students and graduates find jobs have been challenged lately.  Finding a job has become more challenging than it has ever been in the last few decades.  In fact, in 2011, a new all-time high had been reached when the Department of Labor reported that the average duration of unemployment had peaked at

With all the articles that exist that suggest best practices for using LinkedIn, I thought it was necessary to discuss the wrong way to use LinkedIn. Given that there are so many job seekers, recent college graduates, and professionals still trying to grasp how to make the most of their LinkedIn experience, many may still not understand what they might

Re-think the Resume Career professionals and students alike need to re-think the resume.  The term resume derives from the English word “resumen” which means summation and from the French, “Resumer,” which means to summarize.  However, resumes should never be written to simply summarize; they should be written to persuade.  Resumes have obviously changed but the change is not only in purpose;

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that the user provides. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.  Some of you probably already know where I’m going with this but for those who are still scratching your head, let me explain. The Importance of Online Search More than ever,

The Importance of Twitter as a Tool for Learning In a previous post, I discussed the importance of developing a PLN.  Twitter is still a misunderstood tool for many who don’t know how to leverage it as a learning resource so I decided to publish this blog article.  Think of Twitter like a magazine subscription.  When you subscribe to a

Getting Your Vanity URL on LinkedIn A vanity URL is a domain name that points to something to which it is related and indicated in the name of the URL.  For example, http://www.linkedin.com/in/robertstarks is the URL of my personal LinkedIn profile.  If you have a LinkedIn account and don’t know if you have a vanity URL, you can view your profile and

Facebook has 750 Million users and is projected to have 1 billion by 2012.  With that many people on Facebook, imagine the potential for making professional connections.  The majority of people find jobs through networking so imagine how social networking on Facebook could potentially boost your odds of connecting with someone at a company you love.  THE professional networking tool