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Extra: Paper resumes are dead, dead, dead…or ought to be

October 20th, 2008 · No Comments

This guest post appeared today in the blog, The Graduate Student Survival Guide on the web site of the Albany Times Union. Thanks to blogger, Brandon J. Mendelson for presenting this piece to his readers.

Paper resumes are dead, dead, dead…or ought to be
by Douglas E.Welch
The paper resume is a relic of a century past. Designed [...]

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Career Tip for July 31, 2008

July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

One in an on-going series of daily career tips via Seesmic. You can also get a text version via Twitter.

iPod Ready Video

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Make a personal statement when using online networking tools like LinkedIn

July 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I use a lot of social media and networking sites, including LinkedIn. One of the features of all of these sites is the ability to “invite” someone to join your network, your contact list, your group whatever. Each site also has some default text that gets sent to the person. In the case of LinkedIn, [...]

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Latest CareerTips via Twitter

July 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Career Tips from Career Opportunities

Get daily career tips directly in your Twitter account, visit http://twitter.com/careertips

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Audio: Prelude to Revolution Part 3 - Happy 4th of July!

July 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

A July 4th Gift from WelchWrite.com
“I am apt to believe it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, [...]

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Seesmic Video Comments now enabled

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Want to leave a comment, but hate to type?
Career Opportunities now support video comments. Click the comments link below and leave me a few words of wisdom
Try it out!

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Career Tips via Twitter

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Today I started a new daily Career Tips message using Twitter. If you are on Twitter already, you can type follow careertips or visit http://twitter.com/careertips

Career Tips from Career Opportunities

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Audio: A Year of Visibility from BarCampLA-5, March 1, 2008

March 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This is the audio from my talk A Year of Visibility at BarCampLA-5 on March 1, 2008. The audio quality here is slightly better than the video segment, as I was using my lavaliere mics.

Listen: A Year of Visibility

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What I’m Reading…

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Responses from the Seesmic Community…
Video: Zombie Survival Guide
Amazon: Zombie Survival Guide
Video: Billion Dollar Kiss
Amazon: Billion Dollar Kiss
Video: Odd Mom Out
Amazon: Odd Mom Out
Video: E-Myth Revisited
Amazon: E-Myth Revisited

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Archives and Tagging Project - Your Help Needed!

January 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Hello all Career Opportunities listeners and readers!
I hope you New Year was great and you are already diving into new ways to make your career even better.
Archives
That said, I am starting a project myself. I have been remiss over the last couple of years in creating one, complete, archive page for 2005, 2006 and 2007. [...]

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