Over the last few months, I have learned that one of the best people to get career advice from is Seth Godin. I have a few posts in the hopper that I will finish up and get posted within the next few days.
Except I saw a post he did today on how resumes will not help you impress employers. What an amazing idea! One that I totally agree with. The last paragraph reads:
“Great jobs, world class jobs, jobs people kill for… those jobs don’t get filled by people emailing in resumes. Ever.”
Show don’t tell. I know that I can improve on a lot of that stuff. I have a few projects that I have been working on that I need to expose. I’ll do that over the next few weeks.
Those of you who frequent my site may have noticed that I even removed a link to my resume. I had it on my page for my job hunt last year.
Thinking back to my job hunt, it wasn’t my resume that got me my current job. I’m sure it played a role in getting it but my blog got me noticed.
So even though I have not posted as much as I would like, what I am doing here has made a difference. It makes me wonder what could happen if I devote more time to it. What have you done in the past to get noticed?
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The best way to get noticed is to know people. Every job I’ve ever been hired for has been the result of knowing someone who helped me get that job. That’s how I got my jobs at Dixie College Concessions and at Anderson Lumber in high school, but it didn’t end then. I got my job at Disney based on who I knew and who knew me. I figure there are a lot of people who could do any job, and employers are most likely to hire the people they expect to like and trust. The best way to prove that you’re likable and trustworthy is to have a reputation with people already at the company you’re applying to. So the best thing you can do to get noticed is to have lots of friends. I’ve also been noticed when I entered dance contests… I won a hat in a dance contest once. Eveyone noticed that. And every now and then (if ever), I get noticed at the very bottom of Josh’s blog’s long list of links.