Should you put your Facebook or Linkedin profile Link on your Resume?

OrlandoJobs.com's "The Juice" answers this question as well as many more. Please submit your career questions to Roger Lear. (roger@orlandojobs.com)

The Readers Always Have GREAT Career QuestionsBy: Roger Lear

I have been gathering your questions for the last couple months and thought I would share some of the more common career questions. If you ever have question, please make sure you submit it and we will answer it!

Q: When a company has more than one job posted that I am qualified for, should I apply to all of them even though they are with the same company?

A: This all depends on a couple factors. First, if the application process for the job takes you directly to the hiring company's own application technology, this will prevent you from applying more than once. However, it is critical that in your cover letter, you let the hiring managers know you are qualified for xyz position as well. Secondly, only submit your resume more than once if the jobs that you are interested in go to completely different departments with different email addresses.

Q: Should I put my salary requirements in my cover letter?

A: I get this question every week. In most cases I would suggest never putting in your salary requirements. If you do, you run the chance of pigeonholing yourself into that amount should you get the job. Most people don’t negotiate salary well anyway, and if you show your hand early, you are usually dead in the water. Hopefully, you are not applying to ANY job that you don’t at least know the salary range for the position.

Q: Should I put my LinkedIn or Facebook profile link on my resume?

A: Another very good question. I would say yes for a LinkedIn Profile and no for a Facebook profile. LinkedIn allows you to virtually put your resume online with the ability to add pictures, blogs, links to news stories about you and references. Just make sure that your LinkedIn profile matches your resume. Facebook is your social network. Keep it that way.

Q: What should I put as my objective on a resume?

A: No matter what job you are applying to, you must build your resume for the “eyes” of the person who will review it. Most job postings are getting at least 50 resumes. The easier you make it for the person who gets your resume to identify you as a potential fit for a position, the more interviews you will get. To do this, at the top of resume state your objective clearly and make sure it matches the position. Here are a couple of examples:

Objective: Property Claims Specialist (Tie is to the job you are applying)
Objective: Executive Administrative Assistant (keep it simple)
Objective: Insurance Compliance Specialist (Catch the eye of the hiring company)
Just make sure that your career experience matches your objective. I have seen too many long winded objectives that are canned and meaningless. Get noticed by being simple and direct.

How technology can increase your chances of accelerating your career?

In a recent study done by the University of South Wales, 69% of 772 college and high school students indicated that chance events in their lives influenced their career path. Does this mean that being in the “right place at the right time” is why you do what you do today?
Most of us “fell” into our current careers by chance.

After years of recruiting and working with numerous professionals in Central Florida, I truly believe that “chance” does play a role on how many of you ended up in the career path you have selected. Sure, many people grow up wanting to be a doctor or fireman, but if you ask most people, they found their jobs by accident. Many people find industries and jobs that they had no idea existed just by meeting the right person at the right time.

So if chance is playing such a big role in getting you into a certain industry, what can you do today to increase your “chances” of accelerating or changing your career path? To have a “chance” to win the lotto, you must have a ticket. The same is true for your career. Here is a way to increase your chances by knowing what is going on in your career at all times:

LinkedIn Groups. Many of you are members of LinkedIn.com. By joining groups around your career you will see many discussions on what is going on in that industry. You may find a discussion that really can help your career that you didn’t even know existed. Search Groups Here

News Feeds. Set up Google alerts that can scan the internet and bring you back industry stories. Use key words that describe your industry. For example, if you are a Chef, set up a Google alert for “new restaurant designs”. Google will scan the world and bring you interesting stories about what others are doing in your industry. These are delivered directly to your email. Set up Google Alerts Here

Blogs. Just like talking to your neighbor about careers. Blogs yield tremendous information about your career and will present opportunity. Search Blogs Here
Technology has made the opportunity for “chance” to become more of a reality. The information you gather about your career will allow you to find out more about your career and make great decisions about your future.

I still remember the meeting I went to in 1995 in Atlanta. By chance, I met a great person named Jay Rollins. He was the person that told me about the next big thing before most people…the internet.

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Central Florida Job Market Outlook. Interview with radio host Bud Hedinger from 540 WFLA.

Bud Hedinger of 540WFLA interviews OrlandoJobs.com Roger Lear on the current state of the Central Florida Job Market.

You can listen to this interview here. It gives you a good idea where the Central Florida Job Market is heading. Where are the jobs in Orlando? What sectors are hiring?

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WFTV produces a great story about UCF's College of Medicine. Medical City will produce jobs!

The University of Central Florida's new medical school has its first class. WFTV produced this 20 minute titled UCF College of Medicine: The Players, The Vision, The Future.

Medical City is a reality and will create many jobs for Central Florida. Orlando is well known for its hospitality industry, in a few years our health services corridor will be known world wide!

Watch the video HERE.

Podcast with Bud from 540 WFLA- Where are the jobs in Central Florida

This Morning I spent a 1/2 hour with Bud Hedinger Live(aka the Bud Man) on 540WFLA. We talked about the current state of the Central Florida employment. Also, we previewed the 3rd and 4th quarter Central Florida Hiring Survey that will be released next week. The survey contains data that that shows who is hiring, where the jobs are and some projections for the rest of the year. I will post to the blog, Facebook and Twitter as soon as it is completed.

Listen to the podcast by clicking here:

Roger Lear on the Bud Hedinger Show July 23, 2009 7-7:30

The BEST 30 Careers for 2009!

Here you go, a great list of potential jobs you should consider. Please pay special attention in Central Florida to the following areas:

1. Fundraiser
2. Health Policy Specialist
3. Government
4. Hairstylist
5. Management Consultant

Click HERE for the full report!

What are Clean Energy Jobs and How Can you Get One?

This report is a must read if you want to find out about Clean Energy Jobs. This report will tell you what those jobs are, where they are located and the future of this industry. It is a must read if you want to understand this growing industry. Pew Research has published this report and it is located here:

Clean Energy Jobs Report

Some of the jobs this industry already has and will create include:

1) Engineers
2) Teachers/Trainers
3) Machinist
4) Electrician
5) Recycling
6) Solar Jobs
7) Wind Jobs
8) Traffic Monitoring Software
9) Hybrid Diesel Buses
10) Bio fuels infrastructure

...and many more. They are both white collar and blue collar jobs.

With our US Government putting money into this area at a unprecedented rate, jobs in these areas will provide some great opportunity...not to mention help the environment.

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Testing OrlandoJobs.com Social Media Reach Today July 14, 2009 with a FREE Job posting

Hello Friends,

We are testing our social media reach today on Twitter and Facebook. (July 14, 2009) To do this, I wanted to give something away to catch your attention. SO.....

Today only, if you have any job you want to post at OrlandoJobs.com (84,000 users per month), you can do that for FREE.

Please feel free to retweet or send to your Facebook Friends!

Here is how to take advantage of this offer. ($195.00 value)

1) Go here to post your job and use the promo code TWEETOJ. Once posted, you will not be charged for the job posting.
2) Call one of our fabulous OrlandoJobs.com account managers @407-645-4224.

We look forward to hearing from you. Pass it on to your Twitter or Facebook followers. (This offer EXPIRES at midnight on July 14, 2009.)

Thanks!

Roger Lear
President
roger@orlandojobs.com