I was quite tickled last week and felt I’d made the bigtime when Dan Schawbel mentioned my social-media resume on Mashable (along with his own and several others). I first blogged about my social-media resume almost exactly a year ago.
I created my social-media resume partly because I saw that others had 
them, and I thought they were cool. My other motivation was experimental/research. I wanted to see what would happen if I joined as many social networks as possible and then aggregated my membership in them (to the degree possible) in one place. One problem was that I set aside a full day to join a bunch off social networks — but that chunk of time wasn’t nearly enough to create the kind of comprehensive profiles the various venues wanted — let alone maintain those profiles.
In looking at some of the other social-media resumes that Dan cites, I now see greater possibilities for actual job search, personal branding, and career advancement — not just aggregating all the venues I belong to.
Here are the advantages, according to Dan:
Social media resumes are important for attracting hiring managers directly to you, without you having to submit your resume, blindly, to them. … With a social media resume, you’re able to paint a completely different portrait of yourself for hiring managers and customize it to reflect your personal brand. With the inclusion of various multimedia elements, sharing options, integrated social networking feeds and the same elements you’d find in a traditional resume, you are better equipped for success.
“Paint a completely different portrait of yourself” sounds a like like “Tell a story of yourself,” doesn’t it?
Seeing the other sample social-media resumes Dan mentions gives me good ideas for improving mine (like using one’s LinkedIn Profile as a executive summary).
I’m also really excited about Dan’s forthcoming book, Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success. I believe I will find some interesting convergences among “Me 2.0” and career storytelling and storytelling for identity construction.
Do check out Dan’s article if you have any interest in your own social-media resume as it is a comprehensive how-to.