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Would You Market Your Resume Like This?
It seems almost every social networking Web site includes at least a throwaway claim that, among other things, it’s going to help your career. (Hey, being social is highly desirable to employers!) What’s the latest edge you can put on your career? A Klout score.
“Getting Your Klout Out: The site's social media influence score is showing up on resumes” is about a new service that counts your tweets. Actually, it counts the value of your tweets. What are your tweets worth? Do they make you worth hiring?
Says AdWeek: “A doting Twitter following now comes with perks, thanks to Klout, a website that analyzes and rates the influence of tweeters…Quantifying one’s Internet popularity has real world corollaries. Klout scores are showing up on resumes, for example.”
The efforts to spin Klout’s clout every which way are, well, klouterrific: “A VIP on the Internet should be treated that way offline too, or so the idea goes.”
Now there’s an idea that must have come and gone so quickly that this headhunter missed it entirely. “It’s like a social credit score,” says Klout’s CEO, Joe Fernandez.
Uh, now I get it. This oughta revolutionize hiring. Right up there on your resume, above your academic credentials: your Klout score, or, your Tweet Potency.
I dunno if I can write a whole column about this. I'd like to first see 10 employers ask for those Klout scores from job applicants.
I’d rather do something clever myself. Pay attention because this could help you land a job, or, at least, impress an interviewer. (It might even get me some venture capital.)
Here on CMO Insider, we’re going to start giving out CEEMOs--CMO.com Employee Excellence Monitoring Orbs. (Once we get this rolling, the symbol on the logo will include an orb--cool, eh?) Each time you read an Insider article, if you then post a comment on our new discussion forums, you’ll be named a VIP and earn 10 CEEMOs.
A CMO Insider VIP should be treated that way by employers, too. Or so we hope. A thousand CEEMOs should get you a job anywhere you want. Cool, eh? Everyone will put CEEMO scores on resumes. I think CEEMOs could even replace keywords--you know, those special tokens that resume experts claim will get you into the candidate database.
Ha ha, you say. It could help you get a job! Why am I making fun of Klout? Well, because it’s silly. I could just tweet this paragraph instead. 140 characters. Just right.
Would you market your resume like this?
About Nick Corcodilos
Nick started headhunting in Silicon Valley in 1979. His contrarian "Ask The Headhunter" media properties feature his radical approach to winning jobs and to hiring great workers. On CMO.com, Nick shows you how to tackle the daunting obstacles that job hunters and managers face when trying to work together. Join Nick on the discussion board to talk shop and get an edge in the C-suite. In addition, his newest books, How to Work with Headhunters and How Can I Change Careers?, are available as PDFs.
