slide share for your mid-life, mid-career job search

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”Midlife Career Strategy: How To Use SlideShare To Stand Out In Your Job Search” By Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D. http://www.Midlife CareerStrategy.com

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When you're engaging in a job search and you're at the midlife, mid-career stage, you probably want to stand out from the competition. One way is o create a presentation file, upload it to slideshare, and embed it in LinkedIn. Supplement your resume with this attention-getting job search tool. It's very new but growing in popularity so you get to start on the ground floor. This presentation gives you tips to do just that. And I'm available for career consulting at http://www.MidlifeCareerStrategy.com

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Page 1: Slide Share for your Mid-Life, Mid-Career Job Search

”Midlife Career Strategy:How To Use SlideShare To Stand Out In Your

Job Search”

By Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D. http://www.MidlifeCareerStrategy.com

Page 2: Slide Share for your Mid-Life, Mid-Career Job Search

“What IS Slide Share?”Relatively new social medium

Allows you to upload and share visual filesPowerpointPDFWordExcel

Others see your presentation and get to know you.

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“WHY Slide Share?”

People are more visual these days.

You stand out from competition.

You gain more visibility

It’s lLess intrusive than video.

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“WHAT to Put On Slides”

Introduce yourself.

Use info from your resume, one item per slide.

OK to use smaller fonts than in a presentation.

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“EXAMPLE”Designed a training seminar for sales reps to showcase a product that lagged in sales.

Sales of that product increased by 300% within one year.”

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Add a tasteful graphic. Avoid stock photos of people.

Use quality stock photos (e.g., istockphoto) , take your own photos or modify.

Use fiverr.com to polish up your graphics.

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What else to include on slides

Contact informationRelevant Education, Training, CertificatesAwards

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WHERE to use slides Upload to slideshare.net

Very easy to get a free accountPlan for keywords and description

Add to your LinkedIn Profile

Add as a widget to your blog - Some career coaches recommend blogs Good way to demonstrate your knowledge

Tweet and post your SlideShare presentation

Add to Pinterest