In response to Georgianne's post
If I were a Product how would I market Myself?

I agreed with a lot of what the post says, but the part of arranging your resume to be geared as much as possible to meet their needs/wants I don't agree with. A resume is essentially your accomplishments in paper form. Changing it for every different company you apply for is but ridiculous. I can understand if you make it geared towards the industry you want to work in but I personally feel you should put whatever is relevant and somewhat important, you never know what questions will be asked at an interview and somethings you took out of your resume might have become relevant. What do you think?

Marketing Myself
                    
Think of yourself as a product. How would you market yourself to a future employer using the other "3 P's"?


The three P's:

1. Place
2. Promotion
3. Price

PLACE: To me its all about location, living in central NH through high school job opportunities were hard to come by. But since I started college I moved to Boston and was working 40hrs plus a week! Location is huge part of how I am able to market myself. Not only are there more jobs in the city, you can use public transportation! So you've heard it before....Location, Location, Location.

PROMOTION: I promote myself through publicity and public relations. I strongly believe life is all about net-working, making friends, and being good to those friends because you never know when you'll need a favor from then. Having good public relations once you have a job allows you to either keep that job or use it as a great reference.

PRICE: Everyone values there time and effort, whether its amount of quality or putting a price on it. I detailed cars for a few summers, and I believed my time was worth 15 dollars an hour as well as doing a job so they come back for another detail and hopefully they tell their friends and colleagues.

So that's how I market myself...How do you?