Used to be that you put all your work experience (hopefully with some results) on a resume – that was your testament for What you Accomplished and was a blurred lens into what you What you Know. Today’s resume is flawed, it is a rear view mirror of past performance. Experience is still important in building your career, but top applicants will need to demonstrate Insight. Now everyone has ability to publically demonstrate insight and applications insight. Publishing your views, thoughts and business insights demonstrates how you add value today and tomorrow.
Progressive employers are moving to an interview style that focus on insights and application of insight to solve today’s business challenges. In a few years, I predict the personal resume evolves into the Social Resume. The Social Resume contains your experience and demonstrates your insight. The social resume content is a combination of your thoughts and accomplishments combined with the public commentary on your social publications. Already HR departments are using social content to invalidate candidates. Why not use social content to validate candidates?
Blogging is a great social experiment for anyone to demonstrate insight. There are over 200,000,000 Blogs and 54%of bloggers post content or tweet daily- anyone with a passion can blog. And it costs just a bit of your time. If you are currently working at a company and they lack a blog, suggest they begin and if you are passionate, start blogging about your area of interest and experience (relating to your industry, your profession). If you are self employed, a student, or in between jobs; then start your own blog about your passions related to your career interests.