Tweets from the 2013 NRWA Conference: Miriam Salpeter and Laura Labovich

Want to see what I was up to at the 2013 NRWA Conference in Chicago? My tweets use the hashtag #NRWA13.

Some key points from the final session, with Miriam Salpeter and Laura Labovich:

Learning about social media from @Keppie_Careers and @LauraLabovich at #NRWA13 #TheNRWAConf pic.twitter.com/yoUBeMHvYu
— Bridget Weide Brooks (@RWDigest) September 20, 2013

When choosing a social media channel, "Always think, 'What is the point' and 'So what'" via @Keppie_Careers #NRWA13
— Bridget Weide Brooks (@RWDigest) September 20, 2013

@LauraLabovich: Suggests making certain #Facebook status updates Public (professional nature/wins/successes) & Followers. #NRWA13
— Bridget Weide Brooks (@RWDigest) September 20, 2013

Great tip @LauraLabovich: If creating content online, BE SURE TO BACK UP. Woman who answered Q's on LinkedIn Answers lost it all! #NRWA13
— Bridget Weide Brooks (@RWDigest) September 20, 2013

@Keppie_Careers and @LauraLabovich -- go to http://t.co/GsyeLfosrC and type in a keyword & it suggests related skills. #TheNRWAConf #NRWA13
— Bridget Weide Brooks (@RWDigest) September 20, 2013

@Keppie_Careers: Identify the social network that is a natural fit for you/your client's goals, skills, and abilities. #TheNRWAConf #NRWA13
— Bridget Weide Brooks (@RWDigest) September 20, 2013

@LauraLabovich From 1995-2012, the contingent workforce grew by 4.3 million workers. Social media helps with portfolio careers! #NRWA13
— Bridget Weide Brooks (@RWDigest) September 20, 2013

Final session of the conference! With @LauraLabovich and @Keppie_Careers on "Leverage Social Media Litmus Test..." #TheNRWAConf #NRWA13
— Bridget Weide Brooks (@RWDigest) September 20, 2013

Best of Today: 9/16/10

Julie Walraven Blog Post: "Where Did I Put That Resume?"

From Keppie Careers: Target Your Pitch:

http://www.keppiecareers.com/2010/09/16/target-your-pitch/

(via Dawn Bugni and Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter)

“Constant Contact to Help E-mail Marketers Track Social Behaviors”

I think this will be part of all e-newsletter services in the near future

Why You Have a Facebook Page But No Friends

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

@GayleHoward: #Jobseekers. The first step in any job search is having a clear goal. If you can’t describe what you’re looking for, then you’re not ready.

I’d argue any resume writer who doesn’t have a clear client goal isn’t ready to write either.

Penelope Trunk Tells Resume Writers To Blog

To go along with my new gig as a guest blog author, I was researching some other blogs. When you type in "blogs for resume writers" in Google, basically you get a listing of resume writers who blog.

One post was by Penelope Trunk, who has established a fairly unique voice in the career blog community. The post was about how to edit your resume with the eye of a professional resume writer -- so naturally, that caught my attention. I scrolled down through the comments (thinking of posting one myself), but was stopped dead in my tracks by this comment by Margaret W on March 18, 2008:

Huh. I hired a professional to rewrite my resume a few years ago; it was a total disaster. It read like a template from CorporateSpeak 101, and was not appropriate for my skillset or for my industry. One can say that this was a cruddy resume writer because he didn't fully understand my goals. Or maybe I didn't communicate them well.

I finally landed a new position after I ditched the plastic resume and handled writing it myself. It also didn't hurt that I got the job through connections. I also got my subsequent (and current) job through connections, where the resume is something they're obliged to hand over to the HR drone for her files.

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Penelope responded:

This is a good time to say that the resume writing industry is sort of like the social worker industry — it's a real crap shoot who you get unless the person comes recommended from someone you trust.

Sidenote to resume professionals: You should blog. It's a way to establish credibility with an audience that is inherently weary of the industry.

So I thought I'd assemble a short list of career professional blogs I've compiled -- as a way of inspiring you to start your own blog.

• Keppie Careers (Miriam Salpeter)
  
• Career-Resumes (Peter Newfield)
• Blue Sky Resumes (Louise Fletcher)
• Resume Power (Kim Isaacs)
  
• Resume Edge (Darlene Zambruski)
• CollegeRecruiter.com

Are you a professional resume writer who blogs? E-mail me and I'll include your blog too.