The document discusses creating a personal website to help with job searching and networking. It recommends including information about one's education, experience, skills and accomplishments. Basic steps are outlined, such as choosing a domain name, finding a hosting company, using a website builder or template, adding content like resumes and videos, and promoting the site on social media and business cards. The document emphasizes that only basic computer skills are needed to create an effective personal site in 2-3 hours.

1. Creating Your Personal Website
Loren Doppelt
Job Search Circle
October 27-28, 2015
The Magical Mystery of Cyberspace

2. What makes you – YOU?
 Education
 Background
 Additional training
 Unique skills
 Previous companies you worked for
 Your key accomplishments

3. How do YOU keep organized and share
your information?
 Resume
 Hand Bill
 LinkedIn Profile
 Twitter
 Facebook
 Business Cards
 Job Boards
 Profiles and information on applications, recruiter sites

4. There is just ONE thing missing that could pull everything together….
YOUR OWN PERSONALIZED WEBSITE

5. …and it could/should be your
NUMBER ONE Networking tool!
 Resumes are boring.
 It is difficult to differentiate yourself
 Websites are DYNAMIC – easily changeable as you need to update or
add more information in real time.
 Makes you searchable and findable by a wider audience.
 Shows you are staying current with technology and Social Media.
 Further reinforces your Brand!
 Helps you STAND out.
Here is why…

6. Best of all…
 What you only need to know :
 How to use the internet
 Basic Microsoft Office Skills
 Cut and paste
 Insert functions
 Writing and editing
 What you don’t need to know :
 HTML, PHP, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, XML, XSLT, Ruby, Zend, Python, Flash, MySQL,
Nginx, Apache, or any other language
 Photoshop, Dreamweaver, or any other program – these can be very useful for
customizing things later down the road, but to get up and running all you’ll need
is a web browser.
Time to create a site – 2-3 hours

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8. It’s easy to do and here are the basic steps
• Get Domain
Name
• Find a Hosting
Company
Step 1
• WordPress or
Hosting Website
builder
• Kick Ass Theme
Step 2 • Add Copy,
Content, Videos
• Add Plugins and
widgets
Step 3
• Publish
• Promote
Step 4

9. Domain Names and Host Companies

10. Domain Names
 Pick out a domain name that sounds professional
 Use your first name and last name as your first choice - www.marysmith.com
 If it is already taken, add a middle initial, name, or hyphen if you have to. –
www.mary-smith.com
 Avoid names such as Rockstaraccountant.com,
dowecheatemandhowattorney.com
 Pick most common suffix such as .com, .net, .org, .me
 Don’t use .biz or .info
 URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is the address of a web page. This is
how your computer locates the web page that you are trying to find

11. Host Companies
 Find a web hosting
company
 You can register
your domain name
and host your
website at the
same company.
 There are a number
of companies to
choose from.

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13. Tools you can use for the artistic
challenged!
Or you can use the website template builder on most sites!

14. Hosting Company
For this demonstration, I will be using Wix.com
Other sites are very similar in function.

15. Content
 Add key accomplishments
 Sample Projects
 Resume
 Contact Information
 Recommendations and Endorsements
 Social Media Links
 Presentations

16. Promote your new Website
• Make some eye catching business cards and be sure to include your URL on them
• Put your URL in your Twitter bio
• Add your URL to other social networks – Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, etc.
• Add your URL to the top of your resume
• Add your URL to your signature in all emails and communications
• Share your website when you are in an interview or include it in a portfolio

17. A Personal Website…..
YOU CAN DO IT!!
Questions or Comments?

18. Magic and Job Search
A lot in common!

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23. With your hard work, persistence,
and a little bit of Magic…
You will find your Dream Job!