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How To Turn Facebook Into A Virtual Resume

This article is written by a colleague of mine, Miranda Vande Kuyt, who is a self-employed communications consultant. She writes and edits, as well as creates and manages websites, blogs, and social media strategies for several companies—including the MyERC blog where this article was originally published. In this article Miranda helps us understand Facebook Timeline and how [...]

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Strategy for finding good resume keywords – get found by the Applicant Tracking System

The world of job seeking has changed drastically in just the last few years, and the increase of using an Applicant Tracking System has made it difficult at times to be found. Many companies are using Applicant Tracking Systems to filter out good resumes from other resumes they do not want to look at, searching for key words, phrases, and other significant facts to make the pile smaller. For you to be found as an applicant, you need to use those keywords so that the program says you are a good fit – but you still have to be found. You can read about a few strategies in this posting.

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