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Linkedin Tip
10:00am Monday 27 July 2009 - Top Margin Ever tried to create a custom name for your Linkedin profile and found it was taken? Here’s an idea, use your position title with your name. It helps differentiate you and stamps your brand at the same time. Instead of say, Linkedin/John Smith, try JohnSmith-CEO, or JohnSmith, Operations Manager, or JohnSmith, General Manager (Telco Multinationals). | View Full Article Email Article |
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Wordle: A fun tool that helps you
8:53am Wednesday 13 May 2009 - Top Margin A fun site that makes a word “cloud” of oft-used words and phrases is wordle.net. However unexpected opportunities present themselves with Wordle that will allow you to see the ‘big picture’ of your resume development. From your existing resume, highlight the entire document and click on “Edit” and “Copy”. Now make your way to the [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Network your way into a job
11:54am Thursday 23 April 2009 - Top Margin The buzz today is about networking. Everyone networks as we have been told it is the key to penetrating the hidden job market. So that’s true. Absolutely. You find out more through talking to people than you ever could ploughing through the classified ads, which let’s face it, represents the largest pool of candidates for one job [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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New service Announcement: OnBrand-ID
9:00am Wednesday 15 April 2009 - Top Margin The Reach Online Brand Calculator has assessed me (Gayle Howard), as being on the top of the “Digitally Distinct” tree. This is the nirvana of online identity meaning the first three pages of Google provide 80% on-brand, positive information. So what about you? Before you are interviewed you can assume that recruiters and/or employers will Google [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Introducing New Service Through “WinTheView”
3:52pm Saturday 04 April 2009 - Top Margin I am proud to announce Top Margin’s newest strategic alliance with Digital Career Services, via their program called “Win the View.” WinTheView is a solution that prepares and educates senior level and on-the-rise jobseekers to win interviews and build reputations through a start-of-the-art, online presentation tool. The President and CEO of DCS, Ken Diamond, explains [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Are your searches on SEEK Complete?
4:49pm Tuesday 17 March 2009 - Top Margin Every thought of searching for a job from SEEK by using key word spelling booboos? Check this link out: http://is.gd/nEzt Amazingly, there are 359 jobs currently in the SEEK database with the name “Manager” misspelled as “Manger”. Think about that. People seeking manager roles are missing these jobs and therefore the pool of candidates could potentially [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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The Solution to No Jobs: Pursuing Opportunities vs. Openings
7:43am Wednesday 11 March 2009 - Top Margin By Susan Britton Whitcomb, Career Coach Academy / Job Search Academy I was so impressed with this article by Susan, I have reproduced here — her links and details are provided above. Please note that the statistical information refers to the United States, however the content is very pertinent to Australia. * * * Too often, job seekers [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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World Resume Writing Contest: Place Winner!
4:27pm Tuesday 10 March 2009 - Top Margin First-ever World’s Best Resume Writer winner’s announced! Last year, Career Directors International embarked on a unique competition to find find the World’s Best Resume Writers. The competition was open to any English-writing individual in the world who wanted to try their hand at professional resume writing. It was standardised by providing all candidates the same note [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Predictions 2009: The year ahead in tech | Australian IT
11:12am Thursday 19 February 2009 - Top Margin via Predictions 2009: The year ahead in tech | Australian IT. EVERYONE in the Australian IT business agrees this year is going to be a grinder. Business bracing for a rough ride The year ahead will be tough as the global financial crisis plays out, according to Australian IT’s Predictions 2009 report All the chief information officers, analysts, influencers [...] | View Full Article Email Article |
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Talent Talk: Conversation with résumé expert Gayle Howard | Destination Talent
9:43am Thursday 19 February 2009 - Top Margin Talent Talk: Conversation with résumé expert Gayle Howard | Destination Talent I’ve been interviewed by Phillip Tusing of Destination Talent about writing your own resume, lying on resumes, video resumes, and more. | View Full Article Email Article |
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