Posts Tagged ‘cv’
Is Twitter the new CV (resume)?
December 3rd, 2008
Over the course of the last few months I have heard tit-bits of conversation revolving around Twitter and new jobs. I also know of a couple of people who have been headhunted via Twitter and asked to attend job interviews, and of brands advertising vacancies via Twitter.
So that begs the question, are people using Twitter as a kind of ‘live’ online CV?
So what are the similarities between Twitter and your CV (resume)?
- They both have profiles.
- You paint a picture of yourself via your Twitter account, and your CV list your interests and hobbies.
- You send your CV off to companies you want to work for. On Twitter you can follow specific brands, or spokespeople.
- Services like twitbacks give you the option to add links to more online profiles of yourself. A CV will have similar information.
- Both have your picture on.
- CVs have all your contact details on, and Twitter allows you to get in contact privately via a direct message.
So as you can see there are many similarities, and I’m sure you can think of plenty more!
So we already know Twitter is a great communications channel and way of engaging, which is why it has the potential edge on the the traditional CV. The more devious/clever people among you could target specific brands and then use the @ functionality to wow the recipient with useful knowledge, insight and ideas, making you an ideal candidate for the next vacancy!
What do you think, are people doing this already? Let me know your thoughts?
Social media press release spawns off-spring
February 21st, 2008
We have all heard about the SMPR by now, and we also know that not that much has happened since the original concept was released. But after reading my RSS feeds over the last few weeks I have noticed some SMPR reincarnations in the form of resumes/CVs.
A few weeks ago I came across the Visual CV :
“The Visual CV makes a traditional resume come alive with video, pictures and a portfolio of your best work samples and other supporting documents. Informational pop-ups provide background data on the companies you’ve worked at and the colleges you’ve attended. You can securely share different versions with your own network of employers, colleagues and friends, and control who sees what.”
Why is it like a SMPR you might ask? Well from the blurb it looks like you can add video, pictures, audio, charts, presentations and even share it on social networks. Check out a preview CV and see what you think.
But the Online Resume Builder illustrates the holy grail of social media CVs - the social media resume. The features seem pretty impressive and include images, video and direct links to your related online communities. The resume is also shareable, search engine friendly and trackable. All very impressive!
The only other SMPR spawn I know of is our own Liberate Media interactive Social Media Video Release which we did over three weeks ago for our client iCrossing, and has had over 2000 views now - case study to follow.
So what will be the next SMPR offspring? I’m not really sure , but I do think exciting times are upon us!. Now is the time for creative peoples to get their thinking caps on and evolve the format of the SMPR to the next level! WATCH THIS SPACE.