When you're engaging in a job search and you're at the midlife, mid-career stage, you probably want to stand out from the competition. One way is o create a presentation file, upload it to slideshare, and embed it in LinkedIn. Supplement your resume with this attention-getting job search tool. It's very new but growing in popularity so you get to start on the ground floor. This presentation gives you tips to do just that. And I'm available for career consulting at http://www.MidlifeCareerStrategy.com

1. ”Midlife Career Strategy:
How To Use SlideShare To Stand Out In Your
Job Search”
By Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.
http://www.MidlifeCareerStrategy.com

2. “What IS Slide Share?”
Relatively new social medium
Allows you to upload and share visual files
Powerpoint
PDF
Word
Excel
Others see your presentation and
get to know you.

3. “WHY Slide Share?”
People are more visual these days.
You stand out from competition.
You gain more visibility
It’s lLess intrusive than video.

4. “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.

5. “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.”

6. 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.

7. What else to include on
slides
Contact information
Relevant Education, Training, Certificates
Awards

8. WHERE to use slides
Upload to slideshare.net
Very easy to get a free account
Plan 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

9. Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D.
http://www.MidlifeCareerStrategy.com
http://www.MidlifeCareerStrategy.com/services.html
I’m available to help.