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Cliff Notes for Successful Job Search

I was inspired by @ErinKennedyCPRW's latest post to create a post that consolidates the best resources available in the Twittersphere and Blogospere to help you accelerate your job search. I am a new Tweeter and Blogger, but I have already discovered many fantastic career experts that have taught me more in the last six months than I learned in the first twenty years of my career. I hope you find this extremely valuable and that it helps you get the job you want more quickly.

Job Search Planning
Plan your job hunt from @Keppie_Careers
Jump Start Your Job Search from @StephanieALloyd
Get the Top 5 Priorities to Accelerate Your Job Search from @HCITJobs
Job hunting? Get yourself organized from EmploymentDigest.net
Prepare for a layoff before it happens from @JasonAlba

Resume Tips
Q + A: What would make a recruiter want to read my resume? from @StephanieALloyd
Edit your resume. It’s very impotent. :-) from @Keppie_Careers
You are never done with your resume from @Keppie_Careers
Writing your own Resume. Up to the Challenge? from @ErinkennedyCPRW
Job Seekers, get resume help here from @ErinKennedycprw
How long should your resume be? from @HCITConsultant
Resume tip Day! 10 Tips to Bulletproof your Resume from @HCITConsultant
10 Ways to Get Your Resume Tossed in the Trash from EmploymentDigest.net

Job Searching
Can You Find a Job On Twitter? from @Keppie_Careers
Why you didn’t get the job from @Keppie_Careers
How a Highly Successful Recruiter Uses Twitter for Recruiting from @StephanieALloyd
How to Find a Job in My Area? from @AlisonDoyle
Little Things That Make a Big Job Search Difference from @AlisonDoyle
Good story on Twitter for job search in today's NYPost from @heymarci

My Favorite - Career Resource Listing
The 101 Best Twitter Job Search/Career Experts Plus 6 from @@JobHuntOrg

If you are still searching for answers, please feel free to contact me for additional assistance. Good luck and always Act As If It Were Impossible to Fail!

Tags: acceleration, career, job, resources, search

6 Comments

Comment by Walter Brown on July 12, 2009 at 8:08pm: There are a number of ways to have a successful job search. Are you getting the interviews after all of the effort put in? If the answer is NO, check out www.pzhone.com

Be Noticed... There are millions of resumes out there and thousands applying for each job listing. It is getting increasingly more difficult to find a new job in today’s market. How do you get your resume noticed and moved to the top of the list? Designing a Personal Portfolio is just what you need to make yourself stand out in the crowd. This Portfolio provides your viewers all aspects you have to offer. www.pzhone.com

Comment by Joe Lavelle on July 12, 2009 at 10:53pm: Hi Walter - thanks for the tip on http://www.pzhome.com Looks like a great site for jobseekers!

Comment by Laurent Brouat on July 13, 2009 at 12:49pm: Hi Joe,

great list!
We could also add blogs that can help the job seekers to think differently as seth godin's blog or the personal branding blog (Dan Schwabel).

Comment by Joe Lavelle on July 13, 2009 at 11:31pm: Hi Laurent - Great point! I am a fan of both Dan's blog http://personalbrandingblog.com/ and Seth's blog http://sethgodin.typepad.com/

I like the way that you put "help job seekers to think differently" as I try to help young professionals think and act differently to accelerate their careers at http://www.ActAsIfBlog.com Best wishes!

Comment by Erin Kennedy, CPRW, CERW on July 18, 2009 at 3:48pm: Hi Joe!

Glad I was your 'inspiration' for this great list! I am honored!

I know what you mean about what you have learned from Twitter in the last 6 months is more than you learned the past 20 years. I feel the same way. Heck, half of the time I spend way too much time reading everyone's posts, but I learn oh-so-much (did I just justify my blog addiction?) LOL.

Thanks again.

Erin Kennedy
Professional Resume Services

Comment by Joe Lavelle on July 20, 2009 at 7:00pm: Hi Erin - and thanks for the inspiration and for your comments! My $0.02 is that you can never spend "way too much time" learning! I do continue to get more and more efficient in deciding what/what not to read.

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