Career Change for Academics ? Blog Archive ? for PSCDA, 4-7-2012

?

?Assessment? Tools for Discovering and Articulating Strengths

http://www.reachcc.com/360reach?? 360 Reach Personal Branding assessment tool (Basic tool is free)

http://www.dependablestrengths.org/?? Dependable Strengths (self-assessments)

http://www.strengthsfinder.com/home.aspx? Clifton StrengthsFinder ?(1.0 and 2.0) ?Code accessed through several books by ?Marcus Buckingham, Douglas Clifton and/or Tom Rath (Gallup organization)

http://www.cappeu.com/Realise2.aspx? Realise2 (Marketed as a strengths assessment AND development tool)

http://viacharacter.org/www/?? http://www.viacharacter.org/SURVEYS.aspx ?VIA Classification and Inventory of Strengths (Billed as the scientific study of character, and the ?backbone? of the science of positive psychology?

?

Articles on (and Definitions of) Social Media and Job Search Techniques

http://mashable.com/follow/search?q=job+search+and+social+media+2012&commit=Search?? (a search on Mashable for job search and social media 2012)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites? (pretty current)

http://www.job-hunt.org/social-networking/social-media.shtml? Social Media and Job Search

http://socialmediatoday.com/jorgen-sundberg/358886/how-social-media-will-help-your-job-search

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2011/05/09/social-media-helps-hinders-job-search-for-grads

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/onlinecareernetworking/a/socialrecruiting.htm? ?Social recruiting and your job search, ?by Alison Doyle
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/networking/a/socialmedia.htm? How to use social media in your job search, ?by Alison Doyle

http://windmillnetworking.com/2011/02/25/tips-integrating-social-media-linkedin-job-search-2011/

http://www.recareered.com/blog/2012/04/05/get-the-strongest-impact-from-your-weak-linkedin-connections/

http://www.fastcompany.com/1818177/the-unexpected-way-to-use-your-social-network-strategically

?

Top Social Networking Sites (and Articles, Reviews and Comparisons)

http://social-networking-websites-review.toptenreviews.com/

http://jobmob.co.il/blog/gigantic-linkedin-job-search-tips/

http://www.cio.com/article/508121/Facebook_Bible_Everything_You_Need_to_Know_About_Facebook

http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites??? (April 2012)

http://social-networking-websites-review.toptenreviews.com/? 2012 Social networking Website Comparisons

http://jobsearch.about.com/b/2011/07/11/companies-using-social-media-for-hiring.htm

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/onlinecareernetworking/a/socialrecruiting.htm

http://www.fastcompany.com/1818177/the-unexpected-way-to-use-your-social-network-strategically article by Don Peppers

?

For more current, and very lively, discussions of job search, resume techniques, cover letters and anything job-search related, look at LinkedIn?s? Career Central Group ? managed by Phil Rosenberg (an uber-connector, recruiter and prolific writer of inflammatory articles on related topics)

?

http://www.preptel.com/resources/?? company has developed an ATS-look-alike computer process (called Resumeter) to ?grade? resumes for ?Fit? with a job description ? claims that ATS determines the keywords and phrases used (for Resumeter?, sign up for 7 days free ? normally $25/month after that)
?Articles of particular interest on the resources part of the site? ?Technology: Foe or Friend??
Information cited:
?At most companies, computers read your resume, not humans.
?About 75% of resumes are discarded for low word match..
?More than 20% of resumes have formatting issues (per machines).
?Only 1% of total applicants get an interview.
?worthy of a news flash: Today, most employers no longer share your r?sum? with hiring managers. Hiring managers receive a summary report generated by Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software that removes bias-causing problems, tracks EEOC compliance and performance, and supposedly levels the playing field across the applicant pool. Regardless of how your clients are getting into the company ? friend, job board, recruiter, or online application ? everyone goes through these ATS systems
?.A survey of more than 300 biotech and health care job seekers showed only 20% knew the importance of keywords and the correct way to use them strategically in a r?sum?. About 80% knew the importance of doing pre-interview company research, but none of them thought about using that research to devise and derive keywords to use in their r?sum?.
? Quotes above from http://www.preptel.com/resources/? ?by Jon Ciampi

?

Also see? http://wordle.net?? Word Cloud tool

?

For continuing information on the topic later, see Seattle Career Trainer ? ( http://seattlecareertrainer.com/blog/ )

?

pittsburgh steelers charles barkley beyonce troy polamalu james harrison james harrison falcons