Category Archives: Storytelling and Career

Last week, Michael VanDervort blogged on RecruitingBlogs.com that resumes must die. He asked the question: Are resumes obsolete? To illustrate the flaws of resumes, he took up a large chunk of his entry with his own fairly lame resume from 2007, which he had built using a Careerbuilder template. He … Continue reading →

I tweeted last week about this blog entry from Michael Long (The Red Recruiter), but I haven’t blogged about it till now. Long writes about five skills recruiters will need in 2025, including storytelling, which he frames as “vision.” Sorry, Red, but 2025 is 16 years from now. Why do … Continue reading →

Last Sunday’s entry sparked a very interesting idea from Shawn Callahan. It’s in the comments to the Sunday entry, but I wanted to bring it to the forefront in hops of getting the thoughts of others. Here’s what he said: Here’s an that I would love to hear your thoughts … Continue reading →

Starfishpeople.com, an employment website for the consulting industry, is sponsoring a new blog for job seekers to share their stories, advice, and successes. Starting June 15, a new story from readers will be posted every day. More from the blog’s Karen Vogel: Each of these stories will be unique, inspirational, … Continue reading →

I am heartened by how often I come across career experts these days who share my support for using storytelling in the job search. The headline is almost not far-fetched — that I come across one almost every week. This week it’s Ford Myers, who was kind enough to send … Continue reading →

This must be the week for kindred spirits in the realm of using storytelling in the job search. Rob Sullivan, a pioneer on this topic, has been my Q&A subject this week. A more recent discovery was Judy Rosemarin (pictured at right) , whom I came across while researching the … Continue reading →

I’ve been saying for a while now that the fact that recruiters are increasingly using social media to find candidates indicates that they hunger to know more about candidates’ stories. Recruiting expert Kevin Wheeler just provided more evidence. In a blog entry from earlier this week on ERE.net, he compares … Continue reading →

Several weeks ago, Irina Shamaeva posed the question on ERE.net, a site for recruiters: Will Resumes Become Obsolete?. Not long before that, David Manaster asked on the same site: Social Media: The New Cover Letter?. Both postings are the latest in a long line of predictions from recruiters and job-search … Continue reading →

I recently rediscovered an academic journal article that I had first encountered in 2006. Though I had never seen any buzz or media attention to the study behind the article, I found it rather significant. The article described a case study of a single job applicant. This job-seeker had electronically … Continue reading →

Recent encounters have provided me with new ideas about how to structure stories in the job search. As I sold copies of my book, Tell Me About Yourself, at the recent conference of the Career Management Alliance, career practitioners told me they recognized the value in job-seekers telling stories but … Continue reading →