Increasingly, employers are looking at the online social aspect of your life and basing part of the hiring decision on that. It may just be a search for faux pas or it may be a search on your expertise. You might have heard about the recent Best Buy marketing position that required applicants to have at least 250 twitter followers. Isn’t that incredible? Sure, they yanked the requirement after no marketing dudes had the chops, but this is definitely a trend.
We all know that Raveal provides a place to showcase your work and who you are. This is a great tool. We started with a resume. But we all know how limiting a resume is. Does anyone actually remember that it is ideally one page in length and at most two? We added a portfolio to showcase examples of your work. It certainly helps supplement the resume.
However, something was missing. How do you introduce employers to the “social” you?
There has been a lot of bad press lately around employers finding damaging “mistakes” on social networks. But “social” can be beneficial to your career. If you have a voice in your industry, no matter how small, that is a good thing. It shows you are passionate about your work. And if there are even people listening on the other end? It shows you are a leader in your industry.
I’d like to announce a new feature in Raveal: your online “Voice.”
The Voice will cover your online life in the same way that the resume tab covers your work life.
We are pulling in your blog, twitter, tumblr, facebook, and many other social feeds. In one spot, you can showcase to employers and clients exactly how much of an industry player you are. Of course, what you choose to showcase is up to you.
This has quite a few advantages. Maybe you keep your personal life on Facebook and you blog about your professional life. Pull in only what makes sense for your employers to see.
Check out the video to see how easy it is to set up your Voice.
Voice is immediately available to all Pro accounts. Initially, we are launching with seven networks and more to follow. If you want a network included that isn’t currently, tweet us @flowz.
About the author
Mike Wille - I'm the head techie here with a passion and hunger for all things digital. I got into programming because I love to create and couldn't cut a straight line in wood shop.