Comments on: Resume 2.0 – Who are you online?

By: Matt Golfcovers

Matt Golfcovers — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:51:44 +0000

I’ve heard some goody things about this blog. The content has really been useful a great balance of text and pictures.

By: Walter

Walter — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:46:38 +0000

Hear ye hear ye! As an employer who has done numerous interviews (my team is now approaching 15 and will grow to about 20 in future), the online world is one of the first place I go to in order to suss out a candidate.

Resumes can be professionally written and interviews can be polished with various techniques. But what you do online can never be erased (well almost) since the Internet (or google cache) never forgets.

Incidentally, job offers can also come purely from one’s online presence without so much as single glance at your resume. I should know…

By: pristan

pristan — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:26:27 +0000

Derrick, thanks for sharing those interesting links. Today, i was looking at my blog’s dashboard and searches that end up in this blog, a couple of them were actually searching for “priscilla tan yaho pr”. Heh. Sometimes, it makes me wonder who these people are…

By: pristan

pristan — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:24:13 +0000

Daryl, I was just thinking… in much earlier days, communicating/ chatting online is about creating another separate “online identity”.

People were worried about how spending too much time online will create social issues ie: isolate oneself too much and lose the face to face communications skills etc. Now, it’s probably about brushing up those communications and creating an identity online that positively reflects your offline identity…

By: Derrick Kwa

Derrick Kwa — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:21:01 +0000

Oh, and something I just came across: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-facebook-college-20-sep20,0,2460681.story

Even college admissions officers are looking at Facebook/Myspace profiles now.

By: Derrick Kwa

Derrick Kwa — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:11:13 +0000

Yeah, this is a trend that I think will definitely continue to spread.

I think Scott Ginsberg hit the nail on the head with his post last year: http://hellomynameisscott.blogspot.com/2007/11/whats-your-resume.html He basically says that “your resume is most effective when someone OTHER than you writes it.”. And in today’s world, with search engines and all, there are definitely lots of other sources.

Scary or not? Well, yes it is, in a way. But personally, I actually think of it more as a great opportunity. It becomes so much easier to establish credibility and build connections. So yeah, while it is scary and you have to be careful about what you put online, it also provides a great opportunity.

By: Daryl Tay

Daryl Tay — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:38:35 +0000

I think it’s one of those things that really only hits you when it happens (as in your case) or you see that it’s really prominent among your peers (in my case).

But yes, it’s new and maybe scary at the same time that more than ever our “digital footprint” that we leave behind will be of great importance to our lives either personally or professionally.