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Job Search 2.0: Build Your Online Reputation to Attract Jobs

Build a strong online presence with the tips below to earn a great reputation that will get you more business or job offers. This is a guest post by Mohammed Al-Taee . If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Today, you don’t need to pay $$$ to get more business or job offers. Your online reputation can speak on your behalf and get you your dream job. Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell said in a CNN interview that “by about 2020, our entire life histories will be online and searchable.” What ego do you want the next employer to hear when he searches on your name? Remarkable Personal Brand Jacob Share said “A personal brand is the impression you want to leave on people, the way you want to be remembered. Everything you do and create to reinforce that impression is also part of your personal brand. Protecting your personal brand means protecting your investment in yourself.” Part of what Personal Branding can do for you...

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August 26, 2010

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Resume 2.0: Blogging Your Way To A Better Job Search

"A blog gives you the opportunity to show potential employers why you’re a good fit for them." This a guest post by Kelli Brown. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Imagine the scene: A talented, young college graduate is ready to enter today’s job market. He’s armed to the teeth with a CV chock full of great internships, excellent grades and collegiate honors, and three solid references certain to impress. Tucked under his arm is an impressive portfolio of work demonstrating that he isn’t only well-studied, but capable, too. For so many of today’s job seekers, that’s where the preparation ends. Ten years ago, it would have been enough. Today, you need a Resume 2.0. You need a web site – and specifically, you need a blog. Lucky for you, it’s never been easier to build a strong, professional site to showcase your talents for prospective employers.

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August 24, 2010

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Goodbye Gatekeepers: Use Social Media To Target Hiring Managers

Use social media to directly reach the people who will want to hire you most. This is a guest post by Peggy McKee. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Today’s job search is unlike any you’ve ever seen before. In addition to the recession-fueled glut of workers, the explosion of web-based job searches and online social networking has turned the process into something entirely new. That has resulted in candidates who previously, would have flooded the market with resumes, gotten several responses, a few interviews, and a couple of job offers, but now face online job applications that thousands of others have seen, too. It’s all too easy to get lost in the shuffle, and never even get a “Dear John” letter. Instead of lamenting the cyberspace crush of candidates, you can use the same tools that work against you and turn them into aids in your job search strategy.

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August 19, 2010

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4 Essentials For Your Job Search Travel Bag

Tips to help you plan the journey to your next job. This is a guest post by Joey Trebif. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. “On the road again... Just can't wait to get on the road again.” – Willie Nelson It's 6am and the car is waiting outside your house to take you to the airport. Bag and briefcase in hand, you head out to the car for the beginning of yet another tiring business trip. You think back to the beginning of your career when you could not wait for the time when you would get to travel for business. A couple of too many trips later, there is nothing you would like better than to be stuck behind your desk with no travel at all. Grueling as it all is, you are on the road again for better or for worse.

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August 16, 2010

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4 Ways To Write Yourself To A Job From Someone Who Knows

Simple tips from a web content writer about how you can easily use your most basic skill to attract jobs online. This is a guest post by Marina Shemesh. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. What not to do online We have all heard the cautionary tales of being careful about what you post on the Internet. Recruitment officers like nothing better than Googling potential employees to dig up some dirt about why they should NOT hire you. If you are looking for work, it is better not to boast that you are one serious party animal on Facebook. Blog posts and comments should be fine-combed for the smallest grammar and spelling mistakes and you really shouldn’t Twitter a daily tip on how to grow awesome cannabis. Just one inappropriate photo of you with a can of beer in your hand and you can kiss that dream job goodbye darling! No wonder the most of us only have a boring, half-baked profile on LinkedIn.

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August 12, 2010

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