Slide Share for your Mid-Life, Mid-Career Job Search
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”Midlife Career Strategy:How To Use SlideShare To Stand Out In Your
Job Search”
By Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D. http://www.MidlifeCareerStrategy.com
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“What IS Slide Share?”Relatively new social medium
Allows you to upload and share visual filesPowerpointPDFWordExcel
Others see your presentation and get to know you.
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“WHY Slide Share?”
People are more visual these days.
You stand out from competition.
You gain more visibility
It’s lLess intrusive than video.
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“WHAT to Put On Slides”
Introduce yourself.
Use info from your resume, one item per slide.
OK to use smaller fonts than in a presentation.
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“EXAMPLE”Designed a training seminar for sales reps to showcase a product that lagged in sales.
Sales of that product increased by 300% within one year.”
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Add a tasteful graphic. Avoid stock photos of people.
Use quality stock photos (e.g., istockphoto) , take your own photos or modify.
Use fiverr.com to polish up your graphics.
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What else to include on slides
Contact informationRelevant Education, Training, CertificatesAwards
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WHERE to use slides Upload to slideshare.net
Very easy to get a free accountPlan for keywords and description
Add to your LinkedIn Profile
Add as a widget to your blog - Some career coaches recommend blogs Good way to demonstrate your knowledge
Tweet and post your SlideShare presentation
Add to Pinterest
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Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.
http://www.MidlifeCareerStrategy.com
http://www.MidlifeCareerStrategy.com/services.html
I’m available to help.