Find a Job for Tijs Vrolix, Get an iPod
This must be cool resume week. Yesterday I wrote about the World’s First Google Earth Resume, and on its heels I got an e-mail from Tijs Vrolix telling me about his Web 2.0 resume. I gotta say, I’m a sucker for this kind of creativity. If you help Tijs find a job, he’ll give you an iPod. In the meantime, I give him a nod for being clever.
World’s First Google Earth Resume
Where have you been lately? I saw London. I saw France. I saw…well, you know the rest.
I got a note yesterday from Ozgur Alaz, a “trendspotter” based in Istanbul, telling me about geo resume — the world’s first Google Earth resume. He writes:
Inspired from MemoryMaps, I prepared a resume using Google Earth for me. How did I prepare? Firstly, i grouped my googleEarth Cv into six sections. They are; personal, education, work experiences, trend reporting, awards and interests. Secondly, I assigned different colours of placemarks to each group. Then, I placemarked and added some descriptions to related locations. Final step is exporting my placemarks. That’s all.
I am absolutely dazzled by this resume. Ozgur says he’s not looking for a job, but I have to believe people will look for him because of his creativity. Yeah, it’s not machine readable. But who would you rather hire, someone who knew how to format in Arial font, or someone who told their life story on a map? It’s a real challenge to think about for recruiters. Are the creative people that you want slipping through the cracks because their resumes aren’t scannable?
For those of you who like to read in Turkish about cool trends, you can also check out Osgur’s Marketallica. And if you want a really cool way to see where Turkey is in an Earth flyover, you can download Google Earth for free.
Blogging Your Way to a Job
Who would you hire, someone who says they can write, or someone who has demonstrated their writing skills? An article on Innovation Zen titled Are Blogs the New Resumes? says “[B]loggers certainly have an edge over job seekers that do not publish one.”
People can certainly find out about me. I’ve written 1,996 posts on my personal blog (no, I’m not kidding, I have written almost two thousand articles in two-and-a-half years), plus I’ve written over 250 articles here on KnowHR blog in 181 days. If you’re a regular reader, you probably know that I’m not a big fan of traditional performance reviews, I’m totally captivated by innovative technology, and I can’t get enough of watching great presenters do their thing.
Heck, you can find out more about me than I could write in 20 resumes by just looking at About the Authors on this site. I don’t need a resume anymore, I’m exactly where I want to be. But if I did need one, I’d probably provide a link or two. Le blog, c’est moi.
Power Words for Your Resume
Developed. Negotiated. Revitalized. | Bolstered. Conceptualized. Fortified. | Induced. Launched. Prompted.
Ever need just the right power word for your resume? Here’s a complete list of English power words from eMurse that you can use to “bolster,” “fashion,” and “modernize” your curriculum vitae.
What Would You Write for Your Personal Annual Report?
I know, two “cool” posts in a row. But I’m shunted onto a design and architecture siderail right now and I’m following that path. So, when I came across designer Nicholas Feltron’s 2006 Annual Report on Swissmiss, I thought I should share. Besides what a fantastic concept a personal annual report is, I was thinking what an HR Annual Report might look like. Then I started thinking, “Let’s stamp out bad performance review systems. How cool would it be if employees created a personal annual report instead of getting the one hour seven-things-you-did-right-and-three-things-you-did-wrong performance review?”
I’m going to start scrapbooking for my 2007 personal annual report right away. So far, I can add “two Starbucks’ cinnamon dolce lattes” to my liquid metric. And I’m going to put some more thought into this device as a performance review. I think this one has legs. Who says reading artsy sites is a waste of time?
Coming Soon: A review of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.
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