Even more evidence that the job search process is changing..

Check out today's article on Business Week discussing how the job search as we know it is changing:

Recruiting: Enough to Make a Monster Tremble - Online job-search and headhunting is changing rapidly, and frontrunner Monster is losing ground to LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, and even Twitter.. [read on]

Portkeys, portfolios and portmanteau

As always we had lots of fun in class discussing our portfolio projects and how to create a network of sites that help to define and illustrate your personal niche and talents.

Specifically we discussed how to incorporate VisualCV, LinkedIn, print versions of resumes and portfolio items. We also looked at ways to extend our portfolios using creative strategies such as adding slide shares for portfolio items, or creating a personal videos that professionally highlight personal skill sets.

Developing your online portfolio and preparing for your job search

Today we will be further developing our online portfolios and preparing materials for future job search expeditions.

Specifically we will continue to add information to our LinkedIn profiles and explore other ways to exhibit our work and skills online.

We will also explore site names and domain names as an additional step to help build and place emphasis on your personal brand.

I will be asking you to research how other people are using social networking tools, such as wikis, blogs and other tools to showcase and link up their experience, skills and samples of work. As always I would like you to compile your sources into a list on Diigo and post a summary of your findings (with the link to the Diigo list) on your weblog.

Building your workplace reputation

With tools like LinkedIn, BusinessCard2 and the prevelance of social networking it is easier than ever to get a jump start on your professional reputation. We have begun putting some of those pieces in place already.

This week we will continue to develop our LinkedIn pages, send our first tweets and create a personal business card on BusinessCard2.

We will also research what kinds of behaviors in the workplace and within the social networking sphere are the best approach to increasing our credibility and professionalism, and also which we should avoid. So I will be asking you to create a list of "Do's" and a separate list of "Don'ts", and we will also create yet another Diigo list that will serve as a compilation of resources related to behavior in the workplace, professionalism and how social networking tools fit into this mix. (Note: You are welcome to discuss the positive and the negatives of social networking in regards to reputation.)

Building Your Online Identity

This week we will be extending our workplace identity by developing an online reputation and identity using a variety of social networking tools, including LinkedIn, Twitter and our blogs.

As we discussed in class, please experiment with using different email accounts for different purposes (work/job hunting/spam catching/personal/bacn) and different aspects of your online identity. If you do not already have a neutral (in between work and personal on the email continuum), all purpose email account, consider creating a free Gmail account for this purpose which can be associated with your blogger account.

For next week I would like you to further explore how to develop your online reputation (i.e. your personal brand) and share what you have found. Feel free to reference my list on developing your visual identity and brand on Diigo. Keep in mind that since we are branding ourselves we may have to get creative in how we apply the advice given from the articles I have referenced.

I would like you to share your findings by creating a new Diigo list cataloging the articles you referenced. Please post a brief summary of your findings with the link to your Diigo list on your weblog for next week.