Resumes, the Internet and Everything

Say you need a resume. Do you update an old one (if you can remember where you put it) or start over and go through the misery of finding all those names, addresses, etc? Either way it's a hassle, right?

Oh no, my friend. That is sooooo yesterday!

Just as the Internet has changed shopping, keeping in touch, publishing, you name it - we are now in the age of the Internet Resume. I was introduced to this concept at Entrepreneur Days, an Internet business conference I recently attended in Atlanta, GA.

Jennifer Navarrete, a Social Media Expert, turned me on to LinkedIn.com
This is an online Resume and Networking site. You fill out a simple form with all your background information and it's there for anyone looking for your expertise to view, download as a pdf, or print.

You also have the opportunity to ask questions of the community. Say you're considering incorporating and you don't know what kind of corporation you need. Ask a question. You'll get answers from professionals who've been there, done that.

Arguably the most powerful aspect of this site is the connections aspect. Right now I have a mere five direct connections, i.e., people I know that are on LinkedIn. Through them I have 12 connections (friends of friends.) And through them I have 400 connections. Remember the old Six Degrees of Separation concept: you are six people away from any person on earth. LinkedIn is like that, only you're probably more like three people away from any person on LinkedIn.

The next time you need to send someone a Resume, just print off your LinkedIn page. Or, better yet, email them the web address of your public profile. Here, for example, is mine:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/9/a1b/5

Have a great day and...

Blessings on you!
Marilyn