Career Services Informer

YOUR ONLINE BRAND…..

Jason Alba, author of ‘I’m on LinkedIn ~ Now What???’ and founder of the career management website JibberJobber.com, gives 5 tips in creating a solid online brand!

1.  Blog 3 Times A Week:

If you haven’t already established an online presence, Alba suggests the best way to show up on search engines and claim a significant amount of the first page of results is to have alot of content that’s comes up associated to your name.  For example, get noticed and distinguish yourself from the other jobseekers by posting 3 times a week within your field, industry or profession.

2. Get Accounts on Google-Friendly Sites:

Create profiles on websites such as LinkedIn.com, Jobster.com and Emurse.com. Your profile should be: customized to a specific field or industry(like your resume), search-engine friendly, include plenty of targeted keywords to hook the interest of a hiring manager that is reading the post or searching the profile site.

3. Comment on Relevant Blogs:

Build some kind of name recognition by posting comments on a popular blog within your career, educational or passion area (ie. a business student majoring in finance, could comment on well-known finance blogs)

4.  Keep it Clean:

Alba reminds people that their name is attached to these posts and online writing is difficult to “erase” and to avoid strong language or profanities, discriminatory comments, excessive whining and ultimately anything overally negative.

5. Substantiate Yourself:

In your online posts demonstrate you have experience or expertise on the topic your are writing about by providing evidence to sustantiate that claim.  (ie. A computing science student pursuing a Webdesigner or Game Developer career within the hightech industry, may link to their personal website and online resume and portfolio)

This blog post was condensed from the ‘Brand You’ article written by Simon Payn in the jobpostings March, 2008 edition.  If you would like to read the entire article and/or other career-related titles, pick up your own copy at SFU Career Services, MBC 0300 ~ Burnaby Campus!

Get involved and network with your industry and like-minded individuals all for a good cause!

PMC – Sierra 9th Annual 5k

Science Fair Fun Run
Sunday, May 25, 2008 @ 9 am

Set the Pace in the Knowledge Race

Participants get FREE Admission to TELUS World of Science on race day!

For details and sponsorship organizations visit:  www.sciencefairs.ca

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Tourism is now British Columbia’s largest industry.  Are you interested in employment opportunities in the booming Tourism Industry?
As part of Youth Week, the One Stop Career Shop is putting on a great panel presentation with tourism professionals.

Tuesday, May 6 2008
3:30-5:30pm

 

Speak with Professionals in the Tourism Industy: Move on up!  Go 2 Hostelling International, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Boutique Hotels
Aside from professionals, there will also be pizza, beverages and door prizes too!

Call to register, 604-988-3766.  Space is limited

YWCA  One Stop Career Shop is located at:
15 Chesterfield Place, Suite A
North Vancouver, BC

Semiahmoo House Society, a non-profit organization located in Surrey/White Rock, exists to provide quality services and support to people with disabilities and their families in the community. They are looking for a Recreation/Day Program Assistant and Activity Worker for their Summer Programs. 

• Are you looking to have fun, learn and earn all at the same time? 
• Do you have a lot of energy and like working with children? Then why not try the experience of working at a fully integrated daycare and learn about how a non profit organization operates!

If you are interested in working this summer, please submit your resume and cover letter by June 15, 2008 to Michele Jones via: 

• Email: m.jones@shsbc.ca 
• Fax: 604-536-9507
• Mail: 15306 24 Avenue, Surrey, BC  V4A 2J1

 

Since 1997, the Coady International Institute’s Youth In Partnership Program has given recent Canadian university graduates experience working with development organizations in their area of expertise, to help them increase their understanding of development issues and participate in their roles as global citizens. The program is also aimed at providing experience that will improve participants’ employment opportunities when they return from their internship.
The interns work for six-months with one of the Coady International Institute’s partners in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean. Interns who go to Rwanda and Botswana are placed with Xtending Hope partner NGOs whose work focuses on issues related to HIV and AIDS. This year, 6 of 14 internships will be in these two countries.

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