Boost Your Credibility on Your Resume with LinkedIn Recommendations! - Hallie Crawford

Boost Your Credibility on Your Resume with LinkedIn Recommendations! - Hallie Crawford If you have great recommendations on your LinkedIn profile, have you thought of including some snippets on your resume? Adding recommendations to your resume is a great way to have others toot your horn and increase your credibility. Now I’m not saying you need to include the entire recommendation, but an impressive statement attesting your skills, abilities, or performance can go a long way by adding another dimension to your resume. Here is an example: I recently worked with a teacher who is very passionate about teaching and great in her field. After reviewing some of her performance reviews, and reference letters, and LinkedIn, I found some great statements from others that said in a couple sentences exactly what can be difficult to convey in a traditional resume. Without altering any of their comments, I added this little blurb into a small textbox next to her name: “… an outstanding teacher who employs strategies geared toward enhancing students’ intellectual abilities and problem solving activities. Her room is alive with learning.”                                                                                                                                                                     B Smith, Administrator, Great Schools This was included not only on her resume, but her cover letter as well in essence creating a header for all her personal marketing documents. Look through your performance reviews, peruse your recommendations on LinkedIn, and see if there are strong statements there that can attest to your abilities and expertise. With a little creative formatting, you can include a recommendation anywhere in  your resume. A few tips to keep in mind: Keep it short and sweet. In our digital age keeping it short, direct, and to the point works wonders rather than a wordy recommendation, which will only distract the reader and potentially not add value. Make sure it’s strong. Verbalize the quote to yourself a couple times or to a friend. If you were to hear those couple sentences about a person you were getting to know, what image or idea would you get? Don’t let the recommendation take away from your resume, keeping in mind that your resume is after all, still a resume. Include the person’s name and title which adds to the credibility of the recommendation. Steer away from using a recommendation from someone you provided a LinkedIn recommendation to. Potential employers will see this and there is a high potential that their recommendation will be automatically discredited. Thank you to our resume expert, Jasmine Marchong, for this article and the resume tips. Want more Resume and Cover Letter Tips? Watch these helpful videos Hallie has created by clicking here. Please Share This

Depression and Job Search

Sadness and Job Search I am not an emotional well-being proficient, in this way, I am not able to offer assistance here. In any case, what I know and what I see is that there are a great deal, A LOT, of individuals who are discouraged because of their drawn out joblessness (LTU is the thing that Ill call this ailment). It is treatable. It is even treatable. The treatment and fix expect visits to an emotional well-being proficient and that costs cash. One of the other bi-results of LTU is that medical coverage inclusion can pass because of the expense. Here we have a one-two punch, cannot get the assistance on the grounds that youre jobless and cant manage the cost of it. It just isnt right. Here is my request to the psychological wellness network, offer facilities for emotional wellness help for the jobless. Hell, collaborate with the Dept of Labor on the off chance that you need official documentation of joblessness. Offer gathering treatment in rural zones where the expert jobless numbers run high. This downturn isn't only an issue for poor people, yet additionally for the well off, who are having an a lot harder time acclimating to the shame of not having an occupation. As we take a gander at the not exactly uplifting viewpoint for occupations in our nation, we should put resources into helping them adapt to this LTU illness. It will be a year or two preceding it is anticipated to be better. That is quite a while. What should be possible to offer reasonable mental and physical medicinal services to the jobless? There are answers. We simply need to get imaginative and not trust that administration will make sense of it. There are assets in each network for crisis administrations, food cabinets, advising, and so on. Make an inquiry or two and you will begin making sense of it. Sadly, it isnt generally so natural.

Thinking of Pursuing a Career in Cybersecurity Heres What You Should Know

Considering Pursuing a Career in Cybersecurity Here's What You Should Know I was a product designer and ceaseless incorporation specialist for over 20 years before I inadvertently ended up in the cybersecurity field. This was during the incredible downturn of 2008. I recollect even today the date: October 3. That was the day I discovered the organization where I was working was shutting. I had no clue about what my best course of action would be â€" or ought to be. I before long wound up talking at a security firm, which would later be procured by Synopsys. The questioner posed huge amounts of inquiries about security. I continued rehashing again and again, I have no security foundation. Regardless of this, I more likely than not said something that allured them since they gave me an offer the next day. Since I had no idea about anything identified with security, my task surveys were at first terrible. In any case, I pledged to be the best. I consumed the 12 PM oil to take in â€" without any preparation â€" everything about data security. Figuring out how to talk shrewdly about the field, and sharing my insight at gatherings, helped me a lot to construct my security profession. Having a strong comprehension of programming improvement, start to finish information on the product advancement life cycle, and a profound comprehension of programming designs was instrumental to my accomplishment in the field. Yes, these are the three key zones where you should pick up information and experience to exceed expectations inside the product business, however they are considerably increasingly imperative to an application security vocation. Considering how you can turn out to be a piece of a quick paced industry that has a serious ability shortage, all while having a beneficial outcome on the world and developing your vocation? Lets analyze the absolute most current, trendiest territories of specialization in cybersecurity: 1. Cloud Security Practitioner Cloud is all the rage. Each association, huge or little, needs to move to the cloud, on account of its adaptability, cost, capacity to recoup information, security techniques, and convenience. To fill in as a cloud security expert, youll need to delineate that you have experience building, imparting, and overseeing cloud conditions. You ought to have the option to show how you have bolstered as well as overseen relocation to the cloud, conveyed a cloud-local task, or conveyed cloud computerization. Do you have working information on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform? What about information on Red Hat OpenStack? This mastery is exceptionally significant. In the event that you dont have these abilities at this moment, does that mean you cannot fill in as a cloud professional? Not in the slightest degree. Find a way to become familiar with your way around one cloud supplier. Become more acquainted with the terms and become capable. Then, move on to other cloud suppliers. Its about the excursion and building your abilities after some time. 2. DevSecOps Engineer DevOps, DevSecOps, SecDevOps â€" whatever you call it, this procedure is on the ascent all inclusive. On the off chance that you are keen on being a piece of an extraordinary DevSecOps group as a DevSecOps engineer, you should pick up involvement with containerization innovation, ideally Docker and Kubernetes. It is essential to have composed venture in Java applications utilizing the JEE innovation stack. Have profound information on construct mechanization (utilizing instruments like Jenkins and Bamboo) and discharge computerization (utilizing devices, for example, Jenkins and Puppet), in addition to encounter utilizing scripting dialects (e.g., Ruby and Python). In the event that you dont yet hold these aptitudes, you can learn them as long as you approach a PC. There are free online assets to assist you with learning these languages. It may take some time, however its time very much spent. 3. Security Champion Security champions give the principal level of resistance with regards to offering application security direction to improvement groups. Security champions serve fundamentally as engineers, yet in addition assume a bigger job in guaranteeing their applications are secure. Champions may invest all their energy performing security audits, giving remediation help, and preparing designers over an arrangement of uses. On the off chance that you are a piece of an advancement group, have great relational abilities, and are interested to find out about security, youre a perfect contender to turn into a security champion. 4. Security Consultant Do you like voyaging? Does parachuting in to step out bugs and defects any place they shroud sound energizing? Provided that this is true, you would appreciate life as a security expert. In this job, you can perform source code investigation, programming infiltration testing, and secure programming plan and engineering, all while becoming an irreplaceable counsel to clients. This job additionally requires a comprehension of utilization models, systems, and application danger scenes. There is a developing need over all territories of cybersecurity, and this is a magnificent beginning stage to manufacture your security abilities. â€" The way to being fruitful with regards to a profession in cybersecurity is the drive to continually find out about new assault vectors, procedures, and dangers. Most importantly, youll need to concentrate your drive on helping clients eliminate bugs and unravel the defects that make their frameworks shaky. Meera Rao is senior head specialist at Synopsys.

Interview Fatigue declines more candidates than any other reasons

Interview Fatigue declines more candidates than any other reasons Interview Fatigue Dont cut your answers short and you will land the offer Interview Fatigue I have been using the term “Interview Fatigue” around our company for a while and because I am a firm believer that Interview Fatigue keeps candidates from landing jobs, I thought it would be good to articulate this idea.   If you consistently find yourself with multiple interviews for the same position but are not able to land an offer, this may shed some light as to why. I am not trying to take credit for this term.  Interview Fatigue is just a phrase I find myself using on a regular basis.  Out of curiosity, I Googled it to see if others were using it, and yes, the term does exist, but the definitions I found were not used in the same context.     From my quick Google research, Interview Fatigue relates to a candidate going through a full day of interviews and becoming physically tired.   Over the course of a day of interviews, the candidate becomes tired, lethargic, and their energy level decreases.   Although this is not my version of Interview Fatigue, I provide advice below to avoid experiencing this showstopper: Get a good nights rest the night before the interview.   Don’t stay out late and drink alcohol. Avoid a breakfast of coffee sugary donuts for breakfast.   After a few hours the caffeine and sugar wear off and you crash.   They don’t call it the most important meal of the day for nothing. The Interview Fatigue that I am referring to is a little different.   I find that some candidates get tired of answering the same questions over and over and their answers become abbreviated and less enthusiastic as the day wears on.   The great answers that I heard during the first interview are a far cry from what the 4th interviewer hears when asking the same questions later in the day.     1st interview: I am usually the first person to interview a candidate that is interested in working here at Acme Publishing.   A standard question I ask is some version of “Why do you want to work at Acme Publishing”.   This question gives me an idea about how excited the candidate is and gives the candidate an opportunity to show off how much homework they did.   A good answer could last 3 full minutes and spawn multiple topics of conversation.   The candidate tells us what they like about the company, who they have talked with, friends that work with us, our new products, our blog, and some of the great things they have heard about our company culture.   They may talk about the industry, the upside of the position, how much impact they feel they can make. . .you get the idea.   They are excited!   They are energetic and full of smiles as they deliver their answer.   This is all good stuff.   I get excited about a candidate when I hear this kind of answer and I can’t help but imagine how exc ited the hiring manager will be as well. Thinking I am going to look like a hero for uncovering this hidden gem of a candidate, I am excited to pass this candidate along to the hiring manager or hiring team.   Interview #2 The candidate is asked the same “Why do you want to work at Acme Publishing” questions in their second interview because everyone wants to hear the answer for him or herself.   What happens with Interview Fatigue is that the 3-minute answer I just heard becomes a 2-minute answer in the second interview.   Although not as animated as their first answer, the answer passes the litmus test and everyone is “excited enough” to pass the candidate to the third interview but no one is doing the Happy Dance like I was. Interview #3 This could be the hiring manager.   Of course, this manager wants someone who is sincerely interested in the company working on their team so they ask the same question.   “Why do you want to work for Acme Publishing”.   The answer that I heard in this candidate’s first interview was 3 minutes and on a scale of 1-10, rated a 9.   The answer that was delivered in the second interview was 2 minutes and rated a 7.5 on our scale.   Decent enough answer, but isn’t showing the passion that I heard. The hiring manager asks the same question and hears a 1-minute answer with very little emotion and none of the pomp and circumstance.   There were no jazz hands in this number and this lands the candidate in hot water with a solid 6 out of 10.   The candidate just answered the same question 3 times in a row and the third delivery was just “Meh”.   Now, remember, I asked 10-12 questions in the first interview.   Interviewer number 2 is asking 10 more questions of which we can be sure that 2 or 3 of these will be repeated.   Why do you want to work at Acme Publishing? What do you know about Acme Publishing? What do you like to do in your spare time? Our third interviewer is the hiring manager.   The hiring manager is also asking 10 questions and will be asking a couple of the same questions which were asked in interview number 1 and number 2. The Hiring manager just heard a 1 minute “Meh” answer.   The candidate just delivered 2 answers to questions at the beginning of the interview which for lack of a better term “suck”.   They delivered the Cliff Notes on the Iliad of answers. Our hiring manager is NOT impressed but presses on.   The hiring manager is wondering, “WTF, why am I wasting my time?   The gatekeeper and hiring team just passed the candidate along so there must be something here. . .keep pressing forward.”   The candidate doesn’t realize it but they just shortened their first two answers to such a degree that they are NOT going to win any favors let alone land the job.   What the candidate also did was subconsciously put themselves in the mode where they are not giving the hiring manager full answers FOR THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW.    All of the answers moving forward are shortened and less enthusiastic.   The candidate became lazy, tired, and “fatigued” of answering questions that they aced just 2 interviews ago.    The depth, detail, and enthusiasm displayed in their answers in the first interview is now non-existent.   The hiring manager in later stage interviews sees a VERY different candidate than the one that was presented in the first interview.   This is too bad.   Had they stuck with what they were doing earlier, they probably would have had a shot at an offer. The good news for the hiring company is that if you do not possess this discipline if you do not possess the “stick with what got you the win” gene this will probably carry over.  If you cut corners in your answers, you are probably going to cut corners in other factors of your work life.   This is why I like multiple interviews before making a hiring decision.   Multiple interviews will weed out those without the foresight.   We have all heard of Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection.   This is the HRNastys theory of natural selection in the hiring process. True Story:   I interviewed in corporate America back in the day.   I wore a grey pinstripe suit, white shirt, leather soled shoes, and conservative tie.   I had made it past the first interview and was invited back for what would be a series of 6 interviews and lunch.   I asked the recruiter at the time what I should wear to the second interview.   Although I had a number of suits, they told me to WEAR THE EXACT SAME THING TO THE NEXT INTERVIEW.   STICK WITH WHAT GOT YOU TO THE NEXT STEP.   DON’T JUST WEAR THE EXACT SAME SUIT, WEAR THE SAME UNDERWEAR AND WEAR THE SAME SOCKS.   Do not take any chances. Superstitious? Maybe, but the recruiter knew that what got me past gate one was probably going to get me past gate 6. Yes, I landed the job.   I always remember this story when I hear back from the hiring manager that the answers they heard were much shorter and incomplete than what I heard.   The candidate should have worn the same underwear.     Next week, we talk about long interview loops and HRNasty’s theory of interview frustration. See you at the after party, HRNasty nasty: an unreal maneuver of incredible technique, something that is ridiculously good, tricky and manipulative but with a result that can’t help but be admired, a phrase used to describe someone who is good at something. “He has a nasty forkball. If you felt this post was valuable please subscribe here. I promise no spam,