3 for Friday Social media edition - Sterling Career Concepts

3 for Friday Social media edition 3 for Friday: Social media edition A day late but worth waiting for asthis weeks collection ofposts discusses the relationship between social media and job searching today. Ill show you mine if you show me yours.QR code, that is.They are popping up everywhere in magazines, on products, in real estate materials, on the front or back of business cards, and now on resumes. Technically-advanced candidates or job seekers inhigh-tech, marketing, or Internet-related fields may want to consider adding a QR code to their resume or networking card to link the reader to more information, perhaps a blog, LinkedIn profile, or online profile of work samples. QR codes are a hot topic of late in the careers field. As they continue to take off in the US, their presence on job search materials will proliferate. Read more here: Standing out from the crowd with QR codes; 3 ways tospark your job search using QR codes; andWhat is a QR code and why do you need one? Resumes are not joining thedinosaurs. My esteemed colleague Jacqui Barrett-Pointdexter wrote a compelling andeloquentresponse to the topical debate of whether resumes are a dying entity. Read Jacquis post here:Is your resume disposable?andsee why Jacquiarguesthat your resume is the heartnot the predecessorof your online career profile. Jacqui explains thatexceptional resumes require introspection, well-thought-out story ideas, the fleshing out and parsing of career case studies mapped to your target audience’s need, and then crisp, yet brilliant, hearty, high-impact writing that markets your value in a way that entices the reader. Positions available. Companies are hiring nationwide. Take agander atMSNs list and see if your skill set isa match withthese companies hiring this month.