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Original CV design 7.0

Have you ever seen a remarkable CV? More likely in a negative way because the document had many different fonts, sizes, images, tables or colors. Fortunately, there are also very beautiful and creative specimens. Often… Original CV design 7.0

Recruitment video: “Walking”

Every week I post a recruitment video or presentation on the Global Recruiting Roundtable blog. This week a new and subtle TV commercial from the Milwaukee Police Department with a strong tagline:

You’ve Got 0 Friends

A funny episode from South Park (S14E04) about Social Media! Kyle “Friended” the wrong person and now all of his old friends are deserting him. His situation is desperate. Kyle looks for help from the… You’ve Got 0 Friends

Google Earth CV design 5.0

Have you ever seen a remarkable CV? Probably in negative way because the document contains many different fonts, font sizes, images, tables, etc. Luckily, there are also very creative and beautiful specimens. Often designed by web designers who use this opportunity to showcase their work. Unbelievable how beautiful certain CVs or online profiles are. What do you think of the first CV that has been created in Google Earth:

Google Earth CV design 5.0

Cultural challenges with LinkedIn

LinkedIn, more than any other business networking site has a truly global reach. There are now over 60 million users throughout the world and this is growing by a staggering 2 million every month (LinkedIn claim that a new user signs up every second).

LinkedIn can be used for many different purposes (finding a job, finding new employees, market research and business development to name a few) but it is essentially a networking tool. Mastering visibility through effective networking techniques is key to success with LinkedIn (whatever your objectives) but there are increasing challenges presented by the international and multicultural nature of this network.

I was reminded of this fact recently over a coffee with Jacco Valkenburg when we met in London. Jacco asked me how a Recruiter in the UK would react if they saw that a potential target candidate hadn’t ticked the ‘career opportunities’ box in their ‘interested in’ section (at the bottom of their profile).

My answer was very clear – they would ignore it and approach the candidate anyway! Jacco was clearly surprised and stated that in the Netherlands this was considered to be poor practice and that if a user had not ticked this then they should be left alone. My argument was that this tick box is only ever noticed when someone first opens their account and that could have been years ago so how do we know it is still accurate?

Cultural challenges with LinkedIn