graduatejobtips.com » online CV http://www.graduatejobtips.com The alternative way to finding a job Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:24:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 An online CV platform that will make you stand out from the crowd http://www.graduatejobtips.com/an-online-cv-platform-that-will-make-you-stand-out-from-the-crowd/ http://www.graduatejobtips.com/an-online-cv-platform-that-will-make-you-stand-out-from-the-crowd/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 23:21:14 +0000 GraduateJobTips http://www.graduatejobtips.com/?p=494 Living in the digital age means that every facet of our life is now becoming more and more entrenched in activities online. From reading books to dating to watching movies – its  all online. In this post I will look at an awesome online CV platform.

One thing that is also shifting online in a big way is CV’s. If said this before in an interview here, and I will say it again, we are not far away from the point where recruiters will ask for a URL instead of an attached CV doc.  Ideally, what you should have is a few URL’s. These should all form a part of online personal branding effort. Most people presently use LinkedIn and twitter to promote themselves online.  Some use a blog as well. These are all really good in their individual respects. LinkedIn serves as the online CV, the blog as a way to substantiate the knowledge in your area of interest, and twitter as a promotional platform to create personal brand awareness. The CV format on LinkedIn is nevertheless a bit dull and very much mimics a word document CV.  If you send a recruiter your LinkedIn URL, you may as well just them your Word document CV. There is definitely a need for a more dynamic online CV platform.

The answer to this is “sliderocket”.

Sliderocket is website which specializes in creating presentations. Part of their service includes promoting the Presume (Sorry, I don’t have the accent for the ‘u’ on my keyboard) – an amalgamation of a resume and a presentation.

Isn’t this a just an online PowerPoint presentation you may ask?

No, this is what makes it cool:

  • First of all its free (well, the basic option, which is enough)
  • You can install Presume templates, which saves you the hassle of starting from scratch
  • You can integrate video into your Presume
  • Free coaching!
  • You can make your CV public, either through a URL or an embed code – This is the future!

The best thing about this online CV platform is that you can tell a story about yourself. Everybody loves a good story!

Check out a demo Presume here:

]]> http://www.graduatejobtips.com/an-online-cv-platform-that-will-make-you-stand-out-from-the-crowd/feed/ 1 How to build an online personal brand – Interview with Howard Kingston http://www.graduatejobtips.com/how-to-build-an-online-personal-brand-interview-with-howard-kingston/ http://www.graduatejobtips.com/how-to-build-an-online-personal-brand-interview-with-howard-kingston/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:27:29 +0000 GraduateJobTips http://www.graduatejobtips.com/?p=386 Howard KingstonWith the exponential growth we have witnessed in the internet over the last decade, people have begun to utilise the interwebs as a personal promotional platform. The fact that the internet is a largely unregulated, truly open source system, gives anybody looking to promote themselves through it, a wealth of opportunities. There are of course ways to do it right, and ways to do it wrong. From the perspective of Graduate Job Tips, prospective graduates should know which platforms will serve them better, and more importantly how they can optimise these platforms. The grand goal should be to create a multifaceted online CV. This becomes the start to the creation of an online personal brand.

I recently got in touch with good friend and digital marketing guru, Howard Kingston to find out from him how we can create a online personal brand.

After a tough game of tennis, we sat down over a beer and talked about building a personal online brand.

In this interview Howard will talk about the following:

  • The best platforms for a graduate to use for building an online personal brand
  • How to make LinkedIn really work for you
  • The importance of creating an opinion based blog
  • How to integrate a multitude of platforms and create one interconnect online CV

Watch it here:

 

Howard’s details:

blog: http://www.startupremarkable.com/

@howardvk

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