Sital Ruparelia

Are you confused about the plethora of social media platforms?

Are you unsure about what you should (or shouldn’t) be doing in the online world of blogs, forums, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook etc..?

Wandering how you can effect your career by the click of a mouse?

Question what you need to know and what you don’t?

Ok, here is everything you need to know in 20 seconds:

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(Cross Posted On The Career Hub Blog)

Earlier this week I wrote a guest article for the EFinancial Careers site on how to create CVs / resumes that stands out in a tough job market.

On the back of this, I had the following question and answer exchange in the comments box with one of the readers:

Question

“Sital,
Why even worry about the more traditional versions of a resume?
Is LinkedIn not the new ‘resume’?
John”

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Just seen a very useful post on Jason Alba’s Jibber Jobber blog.

Jason (the author of the excellent book, “I’m on LinkedIn – Now What???”), points out how LinkedIn currently have no back up system and so your profile, contacts and recommendations could all dissappear in the blink of an eye.

So if you have a LinkedIn profile and contacts, it would be wise to back up now.

It’s a simple 2 minute task - just follow the guidelines here.