Thursday, May 21, 2009

Audio Added to My Website

I have just added an audio welcome to the Home page of my website and plan to add audio tips that coincide with different subjects on many of the pages of the website. I think this will enhance the benefits of visiting my website and make it more interesting to anyone who visits.

If you have something about which you would like me to create an audio tip, please e-mail me at aresume@roadrunner.com or call me at 330-666-5858.

To hear my welcome, visit http://www.aresumes.net. Any suggestions you may provide will be greatly appreciated.

Monday, May 18, 2009

How to Get Started on Linked-In

You are invited to join me on Linked-In.com.

After creating an account and logging in, the first thing to do is start completing your profile.
1. From the homepage, click on Profile on the left side of page, which will bring you to your profile. Each section has an edit button.
2. Edit the Basic Info – name, professional heading, location, and industry.
3. Complete the Experience and Education with your top line info.
4. Complete the Summary with a short blurb or “elevator pitch” about yourself or your business. This is a quick way for users to understand your goals.
5. Edit your Public Profile URL. You can edit that last section to be your name or business or other phrase that would be easy for hiring managers and/or business prospects to understand.
You can copy this URL into your cover letters and résumé so others can access your LinkedIn profile as a supplement to your résumé and job application. This is a useful tool and shows prospective employers that you are Internet literate.

Do Later!
1. Use your current résumé as a reference to add more details to Experience and Education.
2. Add a photo; it helps people recognize you.
3. Add a link to your website, if you have one.
4. Follow LinkedIn’s suggestions to further complete your profile, such as getting recommendations from former associates or employers.

Now people on LinkedIn can find you. You’ll get invitations from current and former colleagues and classmates.

Visit and join http://www.linked-in.com/ to help you network online, but continue to network by phone and in person.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Congratulations Rachel Alexandra and Mine That Bird

I watched the Preakness with great anxiety, remembering how horrible I felt when Barbaro was injured. At that time, I vowed I would never watch another horserace. But I watched the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness this year and was happy to see Mine That Bird, a long shot (50-1) owned and trained by "cowboys" from New Mexico, and Rachel Alexandra, a filly racing against the boys, win races and achieve beyond expectations. These beautiful horses had the drive and desire to repeatedly accomplish great things. I looked at them and thought about how proud they must feel, and I just hope that their owners won't push them to the point of injury. Mine That Bird and Rachel Alexandra can be an inspiration to you. When others may doubt what you can do, you can say I can and will do it, and then you can show them.