The Dangers of Exaggerating Your LinkedIn Profile Accomplishments: Lessons from Rachel Reeves In an era where online presence can make or break professional reputations, LinkedIn has become the go-to platform for career networking, job searches, and corporate branding. However, as UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves recently discovered, when something isn’t quite right, any inconsistencies or exaggerations …
Whilst watching our twitter feed this morning, Bill Boorman gave his impressions of Linkedin and its constant beta state. For the non technical, this translates as ongoing change and improvement measured by the time and interaction with the site. For job seekers and those in a position it gives an insight into how Linkedin and …
Those of you that have read my ramblings about a Linkedin and CV convergence might like to know that there is a new app for Google Chrome called whoworks.at that is worth looking at and works on the ability to provide Linkedin search capability while browsing, rather than searching within Linkedin itself. Once installed it …
Have you taken control of your Job hunting or left it to chance? I would love to be able to say to you that you can just click a mouse button and send your CV to hundreds of recruiters or employers then just sit back and wait for the offers to role in. Unfortunately this …
Beyond being just a cold callers dream come true, Linkedin has jostled and elbowed its way to the top of an unsteady pile of business networking sites. Often referred to as Facebook for grownups, what is its actual use? Is Linkedin a Facebook for grownups? From an outside perspective, it can have the appearance of …
Blame the French! Résumé (or resume, without accents) appears to have its origin in France somewhere between 1800 and 1805. It is the term most commonly used in North America for what is known in the UK as a Curriculum Vitae in full(a Latin phrase and first appears to have been used a century later …