I just attended a webinar delivered by Bernadette Martin, a Paris-based American who has a new book coming out soon, I Need to Brand My Story Online and Offline — Now What???. Martin’s work has a lot in common with my Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get Jobs and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytelling and Career
Should a Career Changer Use a “Cover Story?”
When we hear the phrase “cover story,” we think of a story that’s not true. Recently on CollegeRecruiter.com, Sital Ruparelia suggested that career changers should have a cover story for those between-jobs situations when someone asks what the career-changer is up to these days. Ruperelia describes his personal experience with … Continue reading
Transmedia Storytelling for the Individual/Job-seeker: What It Might Look Like: Part 2
In yesterday’s entry, I proposed deploying transmedia storytelling on an individual basis for the purpose of, say, getting a job or attracting clients. I used a framework suggested by Jeff Gomez, president and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, for looking at individual transmedia storytelling. Gomez (who very kindly stopped by … Continue reading
My Wackiest Proposal Yet: Transmedia Storytelling for the Individual, Job-seeker: Part 1
What I’m about to propose here may be wacky, but it’s also timely, given personal-branding guru Dan Schawbel’s blog post yesterday asking readers to predict when traditional resumes will die. My proposal: Individuals and job-seekers can use transmedia storytelling to tell their personal stories and brand themselves. It’s wacky primarily … Continue reading
Finally: “Story-Mindedness” from the Employer Side
Storytelling in the job search is my crusade, one that I am joined in by a small band of folks on the job-seeker-advocacy side of the desk: Terrence Gargiulo, Rob Sullivan, and Judy Rosemarin among the most prominent of them. I am also quick to pick up hints and glimpses … Continue reading
Your Brand Is Your Story Is Your Promise
I’ve been rummaging through my A Storied Career files, not because I need material (I always have far more than then I know what to do with), but just to make sure I don’t overlook some really good stuff, and a piece by Chris Brogan from more than a year … Continue reading
Denning’s Attention > Desire > Reasons Formula Especially Suited to Cover Letters
Continuing to update some entries from the early years of A Storied Career while I finalize my e-book, Storied Careers and prepare for hosting a teleseminar on 09-09-09. New entries will resume Tuesday, Sept. 8. Over the years of this blog, and in my book Tell Me About Yourself:, I’ve … Continue reading
Case Studies in the Job Search Are Storytelling, Too
Continuing to look back at the early years of A Storied Career while I finalize my e-book, Storied Careers and prepare for hosting a teleseminar on 09-09-09. New entries will resume soon. Career coach Wendy J. Terwelp touts the value of story, or case studies, in the job search, noting … Continue reading
Storied Networking Advice Endures
Continuing to look back four years ago to the first year of A Storied Career while I finalize my e-book, Storied Careers and prepare for hosting a teleseminar on 09-09-09. It’s interesting to look back at that first year. My entries were a lot shorter (I could learn from my … Continue reading
A Classic: Famed “Story” Resumes
While I’m working on finalizing my e-book, Storied Careers and preparing for hosting a teleseminar a week from today, I’m republishing an updated “classic” entry from the first year of A Storied Career. These two examples of “story resumes” never fail to make me smile. Alexandre Gueniot explains that he … Continue reading