Virtual Resumes and Portfolios 5 Easy To Use Websites

Virtual Resumes and Portfolios 5 Easy To Use Websites 76 Where and why to post your resume or portfolio online in only a few clicks. This is a guest post by Obreanna McReynolds. In today’s competitive job market, standing out from the crowd has become more important, and more difficult, than ever. As desperate as many job seekers may feel, employers are just as eager to find that one superstar hire buried in the thick stack of cover letters and resumes. Luckily for both parties, the tools for building a polished, marketable and most importantly hirable personal brand have exploded in recent years thanks to the rapid expansion of online networking technologies. Free bonus: The One Resume Resource You’ll Ever Need is a handy reference to make your resume get you more job interviews. Download it free now 3 benefits to virtual resumes Like any resume, the virtual version conveys an applicant’s qualifications, strengths, and work history. However, there are several added perks:eval 1) Customizable Templates Many sites offer free hosting and provide customizable templates. Rather than going through the hassle of mailing a physical CV or formatting a document for email, a job seeker can connect with potential employers instantly simply by sending a link to the resume they’ve created online. Virtual resumes can be updated in real-time, giving employers access to the most up-to-date information possible, be it a link to a new web publication or information about a recent achievement.eval 2) Employer Access Many host sites allow companies to search the resume database for candidates with desirable traits, a process that streamlines the hiring process for everyone involved. 3) Streamlined Credentials The online portfolio expands on the benefits of the virtual resume by giving job hunters the chance to gather and show off all of their best work in one place. Again, a range of sites exist for the sole purpose of providing users with an easy platform from which to display their work; some sites even specialize by field, exclusively catering to graphic designers, writers, or academics, for example. In combination, the virtual resume and the online portfolio paint a detailed and comprehensive picture of the talents an individual has to offer. 5 websites for your virtual resume or portfolio Ultimately, the key to becoming a virtual hot commodity is staying marketable, and the key to doing this is building a professional and current online presence. An online resume or portfolio proves to employers that an individual can create something meaningful while working under self-direction. The better an individual’s online presence, the more opportunity he or she has to be seen by, and to impress, companies looking to hire. Carbonmade â€" Use Carbonmade to build and manage an online portfolio for free. Especially good for designers, illustrators, and digital media professionals, the site provides personalization and performance, with a polished interface sure to impress potential employers. OPResume â€" On top of allowing users to create an online resume and portfolio in the same place, OPResume offers a number of additional free resources, such as job search tools, message boards, and industry news. Optimal Resume â€" Optimal Resume’s award-winning suite of online tools helps job seekers research careers, build better resumes, manage their portfolios online, and develop a personal web brand. The site even allows users to create a video resume, which communicates not just qualifications, but personality. VisualCV â€" free to use, and has a straightforward interface that allows for easy customization. Users may create multiple resumes, and can even include audio and video content to supplement their qualifications. The site then provides each user with a unique URL that they can share with employers, customers, and colleagues. Job Spice â€" a free online resume builder, allows you to choose from 10 unique resume designs and instantly publish to PDF format. For $20 a year, subscribers have access to 30 resume styles, an ability to create a website for their resume, and access to resume experts. Sample resumes are viewable and getting started is easy. Free Bonus If you want a handy resume and CV resource that you can keep on your smartphone or print out for easy reference, this special bonus is for you. This free download contains: 111 Smart Resume Section Headings and Titles 60 Resume Achievement Writing Ideas and Expressions 500 Positive Resume Action Verbs That Get Job Interviews 35 Resume Filenames Recruiters Won’t Respond To Click the image below to get access to The One Resume Resource You’ll Ever Need: JobMob Insiders can get this free bonus and other exclusive content in the JobMob Insider Bonuses area. Join now, it's free! READ NEXT: ?? Unusually Good Reasons To Use A Smart Resume Builder About the Author Obreanna McReynolds is a guest blogger for Pounding the Pavement and a writer on career training for Guide to Career Education. If you liked this article, you'll enjoy A Simple Way To Create A Professional-Looking Resume and Post It Online.

Your Oxygen Mask First

Your Oxygen Mask First Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ucMXHmsZQG1i8o2eNr-pBw',sig:'l1T4MBVZAXvhHpFneU2RC7yXKO8jezqsbZNF5QXG2EQ=',w:'507px',h:'338px',items:'78050390',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); If you’ve flown on a plane, you’ve heard this phrase: in an emergency, place the oxygen mask on yourself first, then offer assistance.  Why? The simple answer is that you need to take care of yourself before you’ll be able to care for anyone else. You’re no good to anyone if you’re in distress. Kevin N. Lawrence is the author of Your Oxygen Mask First; 17 Habits to Help High Achievers Survive Thrive in Leadership Life. He’s a Vancouver, Canada-based executive coach who says he’s read and tested just about every leadership and management theory published. He wanted to write a leadership book designed to help executives cope with their fast-paced and high pressure lives. He writes, “high-achievers have unique needs that require a distinct way of thinking.” Along with the highs of success and accomplishment, Lawrence says that leaders also experience the dark side of achievement. “The harsh truth is, leadership can crush people made of steel. You experience moments so intense you seriously wonder if you will make it out aliveâ€" much less with your business intact.” If you don’t take care of yourself, he writes, you may not survive your own success. “If you’re like most leaders, you’re used to planning for achievementâ€" or what I like to call ‘head success’. But this is only half of the equation. Head success is about reaching goals you set like revenue growth, profit, market share, personal wealth, possessions and vacations. If you want a sense of satisfaction, you need to plan for enjoyment and fulfillmentâ€" aka ‘heart success.’” Lawrence offers 17 rules for self-care and success, including “Deal with your emotional junk” and “Take care of your mental health.” One of my favorites is “Stop being the chief problem-solver.” A leader’s job, he says, is to train your team how to think for themselves. “Your ego loves to answer questions and solve problems, but you’re doing yourself and your team a major disservice if this is how you spend your days.” If you’ve ever led a team, you know it’s faster to answer the question and move on than it is to teach someone what they need to know. But if you spend your days answering questions, your team mostly learns that you have all the answers. And, he says, guess what? Your team probably already knew the answer anyway. They just check in so they can feel more secure. They are afraid of getting it wrong, or of disappointing you. Your job is to transfer that feeling of security away from you. Empower them to think of their own solutions, test them, and gain confidence through experience. Give them an assignment and allow them to figure it out themselves. This is harder for some of us than others. Giving up control means, well, giving up control. It’ll get done, but will it get done right? Will it get done the way I would have done it? Ah, there’s the rub. Probably not, at least not at first. Maybe it will be okay anyway. Here’s the interesting part: maybe â€" just maybe â€" it will be even a bit better. Innovation, after all, is sometimes just a mistake that somehow worked better than the first time you tried something. Lawrence’s advice is written in short, easy to digest chapters, and each one offers a slight mind shift that may make you re-think your position on how to take care of business   and take care of you. Including his tip to “Lick your Toads.” You’re on your own with that one.   Find the book here.

The biggest lie you tell yourself

The biggest lie you tell yourself The biggest lie we tell ourselves is that meditating is not a high priority. First of all, if you dont realize how much science there is behind meditation, you must be living under a rock. And the book Im currently kvelling over, The Happiness Advantage, says that meditation, just five minutes a day, is one of the most reliable ways to increase our natural tendency toward happiness. But I dont want to sound too girly when I tell you to meditate. So Im telling you instead that the Marine Corps is using meditation to help troops cope with the stress of warfare. Imagine fifty guys sitting cross-legged, eyes shut, with a rifle in every lap. The Marines were totally skeptical at first, of course, but in Mens Journal (one of my favorite magazines) theres a great article by Vanessa Gregory about how the Marines became believers. (This article is not online. Annoying. So heres a link to a Science Daily article about Marines meditating.) Also, I dont want to sound like an overly spiritualized hippie cliche, so Im also telling you that I learned to meditate when I was playing professional beach volleyball. Many professional athletes meditate because at that level, everyone has the skills to be the best, but only a few have the mental strength to use those skills in the toughest moments. And, in case you think this doesnt apply to you, a marriage therapist once told me (and my boyfriend, when we were deciding to skip out on counseling so we could save money for new computers) that you judge a person, and a couple, and an athlete, not by how good they are when there is no pressure, but on how well they handle themselves when everything is going wrong.  So people should learn to mediate when things dont feel terrible. Its like networking when you have a job: make a big change from a strong position. Another thing, though. I dont want to sound like a hypocrite when I tell you to meditate. Because, I know all this stuff and Im not doing it. Well, thats not true. I have done it before. As I said, I did it for volleyball. I sat, quietly, for twenty minutes a night, visualizing serve receive. I was playing against the Olympic team nearly every tournament (yes, because I was ranked so low on the tour) and I had to really, really  focus in order to make good passes from their serves. When I was meditating, and playing on the beach five hours a day and lifting weights an hour a day, my favorite part of the day was meditating.  But when I gave up volleyball, I gave up meditating. Then I did yoga (which is about breathing, so it counts as meditation). I was doing such hard-core yoga that I was waking up at 5am, doing ninety minutes of yoga, going home to sleep from complete exhaustion, and going into work late. Five days a week. And I loved it. But when I got fired from the job (for being late, among other things) and I had all the time in the world as an unemployed person, I stopped doing yoga. Its insane not to meditate because it helps all aspects of your lifeintellectual, emotional, physical. And it only takes five minutes. You just need to sit for five minutes, and even if you are terrible at meditating and your mind races and you struggle to sit still, those five minutes are still beneficial. Beneficial because first of all, you get better and better at calming yourself with each  five-minute stint you do. But also, some  of the most influential (on me) research Ive ever featured on this blog is from Roy Baumeister who shows (repeatedly) that self-discipline snowballs; if you add one, small thing that requires self-discipline, and do it day after day, exerting self-discipline in other areas because easier. In the example I first read from Baumeister, he had students walk with a book on their head each day. They had to have good posture and think about what they were doing to do itwhich is basic mindfulness about the book on the head. They did it only for a very short time each day, but without anyone in the study mentioning anything about eating, studying or sleep, the majority of the people walking with books on their head each day inadvertently improved in all three of those areas. Self-discipline begets self-discipline. Also, I am stuck on Shawn Achors report that we have a limited degree of willpower. But we can improve it by adding small, soon-to-be-routine acts of self-discipline. And what could be easier than sitting still for five minutes? I mean, you dont have to do anything. Just sit there. How can we not be able to do this? I rack my brain every day for the reason I do not do it. I was thinking, if someone paid me $10 each time I sat for five minutes, Id do it. Id tell myself I would have $3650 to spend at the end of the year, and then every day, for a year, Id look through catalogs figuring out how to spend my money. So I definitely can do this. What is stopping me? Ive been thinking for a week, and I think its a fear of change. I think I know that sitting for five minutes a day will change me. First, Ill like it, and Ill sit a bit longer. Then Ill be curious about what tips people give newbie meditators. And then Ill get a little better. And then, I worry that maybe Ill be a nutcase. I mostly think people who meditate are nutcases. They are the ones who are always talking about how in touch with themselves they are. And how being where you are now is so important. It annoys me. But Im always talking about that stuff, too. So I think meditation maybe will push me over the top. Like, how can I be cool and meditate? When I tell the farmer I worry about this, he points out that I am not cool anyway. He used to think I was cool, but then I took him to NYC to hang out with my friends there, and then he saw that Im the dork of my NYC friends. So, the truth is that I guess I am all those things I dont want to be: Im a little too girly for a blog that has a majority-male readership. And Im a little too spiritual for a blog that tells people, ostensibly, how to make more money, and Im a little too hypocritical. Because your biggest problem is that you are not meditating and its so easy to do. My biggest problem is that I am telling you to do it instead of doing it myself.

References for Marilyn Wade - VocationVillage

References for Marilyn Wade - VocationVillage This is a sampling of references for Marilyn Wade, submitted through LinkedIn, Stik, Thumbtack, or email and quoted with permission.I attended Marilyns Job Search Strategies workshop series for University of Houston alumni and found it to be an enriching opportunity. In short, her presentation appealed to individuals at different stages of their job search and was applicable to any industry. Marilyn is committed to developing and cultivating the success of University of Houston alumni. I would recommend her expertise to anyone seeking insight on how to land their next position. Shar-day CampbellMarilyn served as a career counselor for workforce development students. In that role she did a wonderful job establishing a working relationship with various college consituents, workforce development students, and academic students. She is an excellent communicator, who presents career development topics in a way that is well received by her audience. Katreena Davenport Arnold, Director, Workforce Development Continuing Education at Northern Virginia Community College (Retired)It was a pleasure working with Ms. Marilyn Wade at the University of Houston. She is a knowledgeable professional who is a productive and reliable team player as well as excellent individual contributor. She genuinely cares about, not only her clients, but her colleagues as well. I miss working with Marilyn and I know that she will be greatly valued in her new position. Helen Godfrey, Senior Career Development Specialist, University of Houston

5 life-saving tips thatll stop you messing up your video interview

5 life-saving tips thatll stop you messing up your video interview We get to talk to a lot of employers in our line of work, obviously, and you know the one thing they say trips everyone up? The video interview. Thats right, the camera isnt kind enough it seems. And employers are using the video interview stage to separate the understudies from the real stars of the screen. Now, its not all bad news. Most of you are doing just fine at expressing yourself to your interviewers over a video call. Its just these little wrinkles in your game you need to work on. Since were friends and all that, were going to tell you exactly what you need to tweak to come over as best you can in a video interview. RELATED: For general interview advice that you cant do without check out our Guides Set your stage You know all that stuff in your bedroom? Your offensive video game poster, your small mountain of dirty laundry Its all on candid camera. Make sure you preview the shot of yourself that our interviewers will see  before  you get online. Make sure youre in frame, in focus and that all the things behind you give off the impression of someone who is organised and ready to work. You cant go wrong with a plain wall or at most some furniture and potted plants. If you cant find it in an office, it shouldnt be seen in your bedroom. Dress all the way up To succeed at a video interview one must dress, as Fat Joe would say all the way up. That not only means that youve got to dress like youre going to a real interview, but youve gotta dress, erm all of you. None of that yeah, Ill wear a shirt and some trackie bottoms thatll be off-screen stuff. Its gonna end in tears when you have to stand up and reach for some papers revealing that bolognese stain you didnt think theyd see. More besides, getting into interview clothes will help you get into the interview frame of mind. Its hard to put on a gameface without putting on everything else after all. Remember where your webcam is This is a schoolboy error that a lot of people make, but its so easily avoidable. One of the golden rules for interviews in general is eye contact. Naturally, that might be a tad difficult when youre talking to people though a laptop. Heres the lesson: wherever your webcam is, lock eyes with it. That way youre actually addressing the audience when you speak. Seeing your interviewers only in your peripherals might be a touch weird at first but if you look at where they appear, it actually looks like your looking down at your keyboard from their perspective. The more you know. Get that good lighting Your best knowledge of Instagram Physics will be required here. As much as the interview is all about content, the way you appear can impede your message too. Seems obvious, but make sure your face is fully visible and well lit in a way that doesnt impede your facial expressions and body language. These are vital parts of coming across well in an interview and conveying your enthusiasm and sincerity. Too much light coming in from behind you will make you look like a shadow to whoever youre talking too and not a lot of shadows have jobs. Have everything to hand Luck favours that prepared. Video interviews give you an opportunity like no other to have your CV and all the notes you need to succeed right next to you. All of the essential items that you might be asked about as well as the research youve prepped can be kept just out of view so long as you dont refer to it too much. Theres nothing like being asked about something on your CV and being caught out because youve forgotten whats on there. By printing everything out, you can ensure that youre ready when its showtime. Connect with Debut on  Facebook,  Twitter,  and  LinkedIn  for more careers insights.

2 Techniques to Objectively Decide on a New Job - Wolfgang Career Coaching

2 Techniques to Objectively Decide on a New Job - Wolfgang Career Coaching Dear Coach Wolfgang: I received an offer for a new job but there are a lot of benefits in my current job. I really get along well with my co-workers and it is closer to my house than the new opportunity. How do I choose between the two? Thank you for the question. Congratulations on receiving a job offer! There is often a misconception when people accept a new job offer that they did not like their prior job. Many times, however, there were many positive aspects about the prior job and the new position simply offers some better opportunities. How To Decide Which Job to Accept For those of you who have ever changed jobs or companies, you know how difficult it can be to decide to leave your existing position or company. This is especially true if you enjoyed your work, your co-workers, the company culture, or even just the company’s location. When you are deciding to take a new offer, you may be torn. Not only would you be leaving your job but also you would be leaving the intangibles behind such as the people and the environment. It’s the personal aspects the connections and the relationships that may be keeping you from committing to a new position. It can be hard to separate emotion from the decision-making process. There are several components to the career decision-making process but I will highlight two below that help bring objectivity to the process. This is a good time to review your career goals and how your current and new positions are moving you toward those goals. Take a moment to focus on what you are looking to accomplish in your career and which position will ultimately bring you closer to those goals. Review your  values list. How does your current position and the new position meet those values? Stepping back from the situation and evaluating it from these perspectives can make the decision-making process easier. What was the hardest thing for you to leave in your last job?  Let us know in the comments section below!

Investment Banking Resume Wall Street Oasis

Investment Banking Resume Wall Street OasisIn this article I will discuss writing an investment banking resume wall street oasis. The key to write an interesting resume is to lay out the salient points in the form of a summary. Be sure to include things such as client contact information, contact hours, and other details relevant to your job.Interest: It's important to express an interest in writing about what you do on your resume. A bit of information can get an interviewer wondering who you are and what you have done. That can become very important if you do not get a call for a phone interview. So try to express an interest in the topic and the firm.Client Contact Information: On the Investment Banking Recruitment Form, you should provide a client contact address and phone number. This will be very helpful for candidates that work in specialized areas like private equity. If your resume has investment banking training, you can send a resume in a resume template. This will be very helpful if you don't have a cell phone.Educational History: This can be the first thing that comes up if your education is unknown. You may be surprised to learn that your resume is one of the first things on the hiring manager's desk. Be sure to put down in detail your academic history, internship, and even your work experience.Well Written Resume and cover letter: At least one or both should be written in a letter of reference form. In the letter be sure to thank the firm and the recruiter for the opportunity. Also be sure to thank all the contacts and sources that helped with your resume.Position: One of the most important things in an investment banking resume wall street oasis is to include the specific position you are applying for. In some cases this will be the head of a division. In others it may be a senior analyst.Finally be sure to review and revise your resume after submitting it to various firms. This will make sure it gets the attention it deserves. Just like your co ver letter, a good resume is like a first impression that can have a positive or negative outcome on your job search.