Best of Today: 9/13/10

Here's my finds -- from this weekend and today:

Alison Doyle – Job Postings Reach Record Levels

MediaBistro Article: So What Do You Do, Seth Godin, Author and Marketing Guru?

- I didn't know Seth had sworn off traditional publishing. Interesting.

Kathy Hansen – Quintessential Resumes & Cover Letters – “Only About Half of Resumes List Core Competencies” 

Doug McIsaac -- Ways to Get Traffic to Your Website

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BONUS, courtesy of DavidGraziano: Online alarm clock (set it to remind you of appointments & phone consultations!):

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

@MikeRamer: “Whatever you are, be a good one.” Abraham Lincoln

Here's A Great Idea for a Holiday Promotion

If you have a product you sell to job seekers, here's a GREAT example of how to draw attention to it this holiday season -- tie it into a gift-giving theme!

Alison Doyle has assembled a list of gifts to benefit the job seeker. You'll find many products offered by our colleagues here!

That's Not a Job Search System

I subscribe to About.com's Job Searching e-newsletter because I'm always looking for resources I can recommend to my clients ... or to you, wonderful readers.

So I opened up Alison Doyle's latest missive and found this tantalizing link:
"Start a Job Search System." Oooh, I thought. I always recommend an action plan for my clients -- maybe here are some new resources.

The tagline below the link sounded promising:
It's important to have a system in place when you start a job search. Start by searching the top job sites, your local job sites, and the job sites that focus on your career field(s) of interest each and every day.

Unfortunately, if you (like I did) clicked through to the link, her "job search system" involved searching online career sites, and using online career agents.

Not exactly what I'd consider a "Job Search System."