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Landing a job in the digital age
The document provides guidance on how to effectively secure a job in the digital age, emphasizing the importance of a targeted resume that tells a narrative about one's skills and experiences. It highlights essential elements such as a strong digital presence, consistent branding, and the necessity of practicing for interviews. The presenters, Paul Cheung and Sharon Pian Chan, offer actionable advice on resume design, networking, and interview preparation to help individuals stand out in a competitive job market.
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- 1. LANDING A JOBIN THE DIGITAL AGE 2015.09.05 NLGJA Convention
- 2. PRESENTERS Paul Cheung @pcheung630 Director ofInteractive and Digital News Production Associated Press Sharon Pian Chan @sharonpianchan Director of Journalism Initiatives Seattle Times
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- 4. Pet Peeves Nottargeted to the role, lacks a narrative Listing of duties instead of accomplishments Overplay or downplay key various skills sets Use words that sounds important but explains nothing Bad, Crazy and boring designs
- 5. The resume isa story about you
- 6. What’s your goal? • Firstjob • Moving up to management • Transition from freelancer to permanent staff • Transition into a different platform (From print to broadcast or online) • Landing a job after layoff
- 7. Build a narrative Organize a narrative that builds up your skills and experience Be specific about your accomplishments. Remember PAR. Problem, Action and Results Have a sense of direction on where you want to be and why this job is the next logical step
- 8. Design matters Agood resume design is like a good suit. It will last for a long time Keep the design clean and simple but not BORING
- 9. Bad Too muchdesign Resume tells me nothing about her experience Lacks a flow and narrative
- 10. Bad Inconsistent layout Too much color Different type fonts and sizes
- 11. Boring No design Looks like the 500 other resumes I received today
- 12. Good Has avisual hierarchy Sub headlines allow for scanning Mix of list and sentences Contact info easy to fine
- 13. Good Layout allowfor easy scanning of info Efficient use of space to pack in tons of info
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- 15. Your checklist Personal website(preferably not free) Public social media presence Good photo LinkedIn profile Brand consistency
- 16. Consistent Voice • The voicedetermines the audience you attract and how people perceived you • Is your voice consistent across all of you social media presence • Be authentic, be yourself
- 17. Consistent Design • It matters! • Don’t be a twitter egg • Don’t catfish me with an outdate headshot • Does it reflect your identify & voice
- 18. Prep a bug-outkit (aka earthquake survival) When it comes to the Internet, assume ALL IS LOST Back up your portfolio: download PDFs of articles, screenshots of Web pages you designed, photographs, video Download your contacts emails, phone numbers
- 19. Extra credit Develop apersonal news mission statement and add to your website, LinkedIn, Twitter profile Upload any training presentations you’ve developed to Slideshare, add them to your LinkedIn profile Add a few “how I got this story” posts to your website
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- 23. Formal Stand out fromthe crowd, send a card
- 24. Email Hi Marty,Congratulations on your newsroom’s Pulitzer! You totally deserved it. – Sharon Dear Suki, Congratulations on your new job at the Star-Tribune. We have a great chapter in Minneapolis. Let me intro you. – Paul Dear Ken, Liked your angle on Xi Jinping’s new leadership style in this week’s story. – J.L.
- 25. Social Follow them ontheir social networks, mention them
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- 28. Interview DON’Ts DON’Tramble DON’T be too brief DON’T just speak in generalities DON’T be too negative, too arrogant, too pushy or too know-it-all DON’T take anything for granted
- 29. Interview DOs DOpractice 30 second elevator pitch DO have a few key points to make and stories to back them up DO be memorable. (i.e. offer interesting details) DO your research on the company, person in advance DO be enthusiastic, passionate, and grateful
- 30. Let’s do somerole playing. Volunteers? Career Booth Breaking into a conversation Graceful exit
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- 32. PRESENTERS Paul Cheung @pcheung630 Director ofInteractive and Digital News Production Associated Press Sharon Pian Chan @sharonpianchan Director of Journalism Initiatives Seattle Times