I have become a huge fan of Indeed.com.

Now they have a Salary Search. I pulled some info right from their web site to explain what they are doing. This is a great tool to figure out how much you are worth.
Indeed Salary Search is based on an index of salary information extracted from over 50 million job postings from thousands of unique sources over the last 12 months. Many job descriptions don’t contain salary information, but there are enough that do to produce statistically significant median salaries for millions of keyword, job title and location combinations - in fact, most job searches you are likely to think of. As new jobs are added each day, the Indeed Salary Search index is automatically updated with fresh salary data, so the salary results are as up-to-date as they could possibly be. (Credit:Indeed.com)

As a job seeker are you going to blend into the crowd or are you going to be remarkable? I have created this podcast because I think it will give you a good illustration on how to be remarkable and memorable as a job seeker with the help of a “Three-Pack-A-Day-Rooster.”Let’s face it; everyone has a resume, a cover letter, a nice suit, and gel for their hair. Everyone is applying for jobs on Monster, Career Builder, Dice, and every other online job board. So the question remains how can you stand out from your competition to get noticed by the company you want to work at?

Here is the list of things you can “be” in order to stand out from the crowd as a job seeker just like this rooster you are about to learn about stood out from his crowd of other roosters and became remarkable.

BE…

1. Remarkable
2. Consistent
3. Ethical
4. Friendly
5. A good communicator
6. Innovative
7. Bold
8. Risky
9. Real
10. Able to fail
11. Able to get up
12. Loud
13. Kind
14. An expert in your chosen field
15. Yourself

Enjoy!
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What is the future of the resume, as we know it?

Maybe I am feeling like an anti-establishment today but how can you tell what a person is really like by a piece of paper? If you are ain HR can you really tell who a person is by looking at their resume? Companies spend thousands of dollars to hire the right workforce for their company. Why do they rely on these pieces of paper to tell them who is qualified and who is not qualified to work at their company.

Your resume is sometimes the only message you get to send a perspective employer. Does your resume really convey who you are? How can it? I believe there is far more to you as a person than a one page 8.5 x 11 piece of white resume paper could ever capture.

As I grow in this profession I am becoming more and more convinced that a resume just doesn’t cut it any more. So what can you do? How can you prove to a company that you are valuable and have the skills they are seeking?

• If you are unemployed try and find short term consulting projects with companies you would like to work for in a full time capacity. If you act as a consultant you may be unemployed without healthcare benefits but at least you will be earning some money. This is a great source of networking. Consulting will keep your skills sharp as well.
• If you are a student try to land an internship at a company. Some companies are hiring up to 50 percent of their interns full time. Students may also be able to work with a professor or teacher to land a short term project like a consultant as well.
• Write professional articles about your profession and post them on your web site and submit them to free article sites like Search Warp or Article Marketer. There are hundreds of these sites available for you to submit content. Again, this props you up as an expert.
• Create a podcast about your profession. Interview professionals in your field. This can be a great source of networking. It will also make you look like an expert in your field if you can produce a high quality podcast.

The point to all of this musing is to make the point that a simple resume is not enough in the 21st century. No matter how much resume help you receive you may need to do more than submit an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper to a company to get your foot in the door. Your resume may have been written by one of the leading resume writers on the planet but it still may not be enough.

I predict that in 10 years resumes will not be as important as they once were. What will be important is personal contacts and communication vehicles that better portray who you really are rather relying on a piece of paper.

Have you heard of this site for job searching? Indeed.com

Their value proposition is searching thousands of job boards / job sites on the net in one place. I will have to say I am quite impressed with the look and feel of the site. It is very quick and easy to use. They even have info on job trends. If you are job searching this might be a great site to check out.

Enjoy

Justin

I came across a great site tonight on the web. The Dirty Dozen Online Job Search Mistakes