Being able to tell your story — and to tell it well — is one of the most important skills a job seeker can have. My friend, Ken Revenaugh’s blog, Fast Track Tools, shares information about how to tell good career stories. He reminds us that being a good communicator relies on collecting factoids and being able to share them with an audience.

Another resource for job search storytelling is fellow Career Collective member, Katharine Hansen’s book, Tell Me About Yourself. You may not have realized that interviewing is mainly about being able to tell a story well.

The most important thing for job seekers? Learning how to SHOW, not just TELL. This applies to the resume, all written correspondence, networking meetings, online profiles — any place where you have an opportunity to detail exactly how you can help the organization solve its problems. Maybe you can touch on problems the organization does not even know that it has? If you can network your way into a company, you have a chance to show why they need you.

A great example of how to show, not tell is the OnStar commercials. They say, “Whether you need help to get to where you’re going, or want peace of mind with safety and security in an emergency situation, OnStar has your back.” But, they don’t leave it at that. Their commercials vividly recount situations when having their system made the difference between life and death. I admit that most of the commercials give me goosebumps. (No, this is not a sponsored post!)

Take a look at their latest ad and think about how you can do a better job of being the person your target organization cannot do without.

If you want to learn how to look for a job today, check out The Career Summit…more than a dozen online presentations to help you land that next job!

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Have you considered using SlideShare as a tool in your career search arsenal? This network allows you to share presentations, documents and PDFs with a network of 25M monthly visitors. You can easily embed your SlideShare presentations on LinkedIn and via your blog or website, which helps you reach a potentially new audience.

SlideShare itself encourages you to share ideas, connect with others, and generate business leads via their site. These are some of the things you can do on SlideShare (per their site):

Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week, they take on “flexibility” – an often overused term in business. This free template will help you stand out from the crowd when you incorporate flexibility as a concept in a presentation or slide show.

CLICK THROUGH TO SEE the free, downloadable template and subscribe to Fast Track Tool’s blog so you won’t miss any of the templates that are available for your use with no copyright limitations. Collect them all and you will have a slide library that really WOWs your audience.

You may also keep up with FastTrackTools via Twitter @fasttracktools and  join the Facebook community! Connecting will ensure you don’t miss special subscriber or “friend” only offers down the road.

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