Every time I come across someone’s suggested story formula, I ask myself whether the structure could be applied in job-search stories. Most of the time, they can, and I’ve written about many of them. Here’s another one posed by Marc Stoiber on MediaPost, along with my italicized comments on how … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytelling and Career
Improving Your Storied Brand in Social Media, Part 2: Storytelling about Your Brand Book Is Here
I’ve written more than once about Bernadette Martin’s book, Storytelling about Your Brand Online & Offline: A Compelling Guide to Discovering Your Story. The book was “forthcoming” in those posts (and also had a slightly different title), but now it’s here, published in both hard-copy and ebook formats, and I’m … Continue reading
Job Posting Invites Candidates to Start Their Story with Organization
Gregg Morris yesterday turned me on to what he thinks might be the first job posting ever to use “story” in the way this posting does. It is certainly the first one I’ve seen that does so. The posting is for the position of Social Media Specialist. Here are some … Continue reading
A List Too Great Not to Reprint
In an exuberant blog entry called The Chemistry of Storytelling, Marguerite Grant has created an inspiring list that answers the question, “Why story?” We don’t just buy a product, we buy the story behind it. We don’t just join a company, we join because of its story. We don’t just … Continue reading
Taking Career-as-Narrative to the Next Level
The concept of career-as-narrative is not new. Scholars like Larry Cochran and Kerr Inkson, both of whom I mention in this article, have written extensively about the notion. Now life strategist Walter Akana has taken the concept to a new level in a terrific blog post entitled The Job Interview … Continue reading
A Subtle Twist on Job-Interview Stories
It’s been a little while since I wrote about one of my favorite storytelling topics, storytelling in the job search. Storytelling especially lends itself to responding to questions in behavioral interviews, the style of interviewing that has grown in dominance over the last couple of decades and is based on … Continue reading
How About a Storied Internship?
I’ve heard of corporate people whose job functions deal extensively with storytelling and who even have titles like Chief Storytelling Officer. But until recently, I had not seen an opportunity for someone with a burgeoning interest in storytelling to get in on the ground floor. Michael Margolis is offering an … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: George Dutch: Our Personal Stories Have the Power to Help us Heal
It took me a long time to realize that I was not the only “story guru” in the professional organization of which I serve on the executive board, the Career Management Alliance. Story also figures prominently in the practice of Alliance member George Dutch. Unlike the way previous Q&A subjects … Continue reading
Slideshow: Latest Twist on the Storytelling Resume
The folks at SlideShare aren’t declaring the resume dead but are dubbing it “old school.” In a newsletter I received this morning, SlideShare tells the story of how Laura Gainor (pictured) told her story in a slideshow targeted to a prospective employer: Laura Gainor wasn’t always the PR & Social … Continue reading
Common Characteristics of Stories that Get People Hired
Count A. Harrison Barnes among career gurus who support storytelling in the job search. Harrison, founder and CEO of CareerMission.com, the parent company of more than 100 job search websites, employment services, recruiting firms, online employment news magazines and student loan companies, characterizes the stories of those who get hired … Continue reading