Three for Friday - Sterling Career Concepts

Three for Friday Three for Friday I wanted to once again share with you three recent posts or articles by colleagues of minethat I found particularly interesting this week. Jason Alba sharedon his Im on LinkedIn Now What???bloghow to access the LinkedIn list of industries. Like most of you, I am always open to soaking up new information on how to get the most out of LinkedIn so knowing that thiscumulative list exists and how to access it will begreat whether youre working on your own profile or conducting searches for companies or contacts. Barbara Safani wrote an interestingarticle over at AOL Jobs on how recommendation letters may be hurting womens chances of getting job offersbased on a recent study at Rice University. Barbara gives three ways for women totake control over how their recommendations are perceived, including coaching references to highlight certain skills, offering to help draft a recommendation letter, and requesting endorsements on social media sites such as LinkedIn or Naymz. Erin Kennedy of Exclusive Executive Resumes gave some great advice on how togetemployers to call you back.Erin makes a great point that Ill get back to you is never enough and recommends never letting an interview or phone call end without determininga time frame or next step. But dont fret if you werent able to confirm a follow up timeline ahead of time,wait three days and follow up yourselfin a professional manner. Three for Friday Three for Friday I wanted to once again share with you three recent posts or articles by colleagues of minethat I found particularly interesting this week. Jason Alba sharedon his Im on LinkedIn Now What???bloghow to access the LinkedIn list of industries. Like most of you, I am always open to soaking up new information on how to get the most out of LinkedIn so knowing that thiscumulative list exists and how to access it will begreat whether youre working on your own profile or conducting searches for companies or contacts. Barbara Safani wrote an interestingarticle over at AOL Jobs on how recommendation letters may be hurting womens chances of getting job offersbased on a recent study at Rice University. Barbara gives three ways for women totake control over how their recommendations are perceived, including coaching references to highlight certain skills, offering to help draft a recommendation letter, and requesting endorsements on social media sites such as LinkedIn or Naymz. Erin Kennedy of Exclusive Executive Resumes gave some great advice on how togetemployers to call you back.Erin makes a great point that Ill get back to you is never enough and recommends never letting an interview or phone call end without determininga time frame or next step. But dont fret if you werent able to confirm a follow up timeline ahead of time,wait three days and follow up yourselfin a professional manner. Three for Friday Three for Friday With so many great articles recently, we thought it was time for another Three for Friday… Click each title to read the full article. 1. Three interviewing truths True, true, and true!!  When coaching a client who hasn’t interviewed in a while, one of the most common things I need to remind them of is that the interview is not about what they want (point #1) â€" it’s to show how they can solve the hiring manager’s need, how they are a good fit.  And having a strong story (point #2) is key to effectively making this point. 2. Adding graphics to your LinkedIn profile A careers colleague of mine Brenda Bernstein shares a great tip for  stand-out LinkedIn profiles in her recent blog post. If you’ve ever looked at someone’s LinkedIn profile and wondered how that character got inserted, read along for Brenda’s step by step directions.creating 3. Creating a  strong LinkedIn summary section Sandy Jones-Kaminski writes about the increasing importance of a strong summary section since LinkedIn now hides profile sections that were previously visible. Jason Alba shared Sandy’s post with his readers in one of his recent blog posts for I’m on LinkedIn. Now What? I recommend reading both posts and taking a look at your LinkedIn profile. Is your summary as strong as it could be? Now may be a smart time to revise it. If you need help creating a dynamic profile that will attract the attention of hiring managers and recruiters, check out our LinkedIn services. Three for Friday Three for Friday I read some great articles and blog posts this week and wanted to sharethree favorites with you: Job-Hunts article on Defining the New Green Economy Job-Hunt.org is jam-packed with resources to begin with, but this articleon the topic du jour green jobs is agreat primer on the new green economy and the four industries that make up thisgrowing space. If you havent already, you may want to consider how your skills might be transfer or add value to the green economy as more and more job opportunities arise. What Part of You is Outdated and Irrelevant?over at Tims Strategy A friendly reminder that there are early accomplishments on many of our resumes that are no longer relevant to our present day careers. Its time to pull em! Remember: a resume is not your life history, its a marketing document.Every piece of information on there needs to be on-brand and contributing toa consistent message. Tory Johnson on how to address Youre overqualified in an interview Tory spoke on Good Morning America this morning on ways to tackle the dreaded Youre overqualified comment in an interview. Great tips on how to turn the concern around as well as how to address several other common interview pitfalls.