Posts Tagged ‘2.0’

CV2.0

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Is there nothing that can’t be two point zeroed?

I’m starting to feel like the Readers Digest. Is it my job to find out about this web2.0 stuff and summarise it for my adoring public(Hello Mum!)

As if your linkedin profile wasn’t modern enough, you can now have a trackable version from visualcv.com. What do I mean trackable? Well the problem with your linkedin profile is that, unless you’ve paid for it,you don’t know who has looked at it. Visualcv solves this problem by hosting your info on their site, for free and then telling you who has accessed it. You can of course add all the extra stuff you want to your online cv to make you “stand out from the crowd”. So we have sales people posting  sales charts and social commentators posting videos of their social commentary etc etc.

So will I be joining in the visualcv fun? The jury is still out. If any of my lovely readers have already been there and done that, then let me know by adding your comments, please.

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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Has the world gone2.0 mad?

Those of us old enough to remember the dotcom bubble and subsequent crash will be feeling less than overwhelmed with “the internet changes everything” attitude that the 2.0 branding seems to echo.

My take on it is this. Web1.0 is stuff that can also exist outside the internet; ie email is quite like normal post except not delivered by a guy on a bike. Buying your shopping on tesco.com is a lot like buying it in the shop, except a guy in a van brings it round. Web2.0 is stuff that just wouldn’t be possible outwith internet land: ie how would linkedin or twitter work without t’interweb? “I’ve been following your postcards and want to connect with you” “Help, a stalker, call the police!”

Right, I’m a sales trainer who specialises in recruitment so what I suggest is that the 2.0 moniker can just as easily apply to the things I do. It’s about using web2.0 stuff to move the world of recruitment, sales and training on, a lot.

Now, I’m not pretending that I invented twitter (that was Stephen Fry) or have  a gazillion connections on linkedin (82 as of today). No, what this and later posts will do is show one man’s journey into web2.0 or how sales2.0 saved my life or even training2.0 we’re on a mission from (insert appropriate deity).

Here endeth todays lesson2.0

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