How To Make a Cool Facebook Resume in 5 Easy Steps

How To Make a Cool Facebook Resume in 5 Easy Steps 706 The Do-It-Yourself Facebook Resume Kit in 5 easy steps. The best way to show off your resume on Facebook. Photo Credit: mkhmarketing This is a guest post by Claudio Nader. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Want a resume that looks like this?eval Why this is a great idea Many job seekers kick off their job search with an email to everyone they know asking for leads. A common problem is that after a few weeks or months, friends and family forget that they're still looking for a job.eval Your Facebook profile resume will constantly remind every visitor about your job search without you needing to send followups. Then when a lead comes to mind, they'll just need to click ‘Share Profile'. Now, when sending that first job search announcement, tell people to follow your Facebook profile to see if you're still available. Pretty clever, right? How it works The new Facebook profile layout displays your last 5 tagged photos across the top, while showing your profile picture on the left. Use your profile picture for a headshot and a brief but hard-hitting summary of your skills achievements Use the tagged photos as banners for each of your print resume's sections The caption of each banner image should contain the relevant text from that section of your resume Here's how to make yours. 5 easy steps Create the images Upload the images Tag the images Adjust your bio Set up the texts 1. Create the images This is the most complicated step of the Facebook resume creation process, but it's really not so bad as you'll see. To make things easier, I've created some sets of Facebook-styled banners that you can download for free and use on your Facebook resume for a slick, “official Facebook” look. Some banner set samples of resume section headings: Each set contains at least 6 banners to choose from, and you can download all of the other free sets from the JobMob Facebook page (click now, it will open in a new window). Want to create your own banners? Each image should be 97 pixels wide x 68 pixels high. For the profile picture, you're limited to an image no larger than 180 x 540 pixels. If you have design skills and aren't afraid to slice crop images for cool effect like Claudio, here are some time-saving tools to check out. Otherwise, follow these simple steps to create a profile picture with a hard-hitting summary using the Pixlr online image editor: Click ‘Create a new image' Name it ‘Facebook Profile Picture', ignore the Presets, set a width of 180 and a height of 540 and click ‘Ok'. Set the foreground color of the new image to be the same color as the banner set you've chosen. Click the big black square beneath the hand tool, and in the popup that appears, replace 000000 with the relevant color code â€" dark blue is 3B5998, light blue is D8DFEA and white is FFFFFF â€" then click ‘Ok'. Select the paintbucket tool and click anywhere in the white area of the new image to change its color. Import your portrait photo by clicking Layer ‘Open image as layer' from the menu bar at the top of the screen. Left-click the imported portrait and hold down the mouse button to drag the portrait into position. Put it near the top of the new image. Finally, add your text. Select the Type tool (it looks like an A) and click in your image where you'd like the text to appear. In the Text popup, choose a font size 14 or higher, change the font color to match the text of your banner set (see #3 above) and for the Font itself, choose either Lucida Grande or Tahoma. Type your summary text, watching how it appears as you type and pressing Enter whenever you need to start a new line. You can always left-click and hold to drag the text to a better position, while editing it or afterward. Once you're done, save your image by clicking File Save… from the menu bar and saving it to your computer. Pixlr offers the option of saving directly to Facebook but since you don't know what they'll do with your password, don't risk it. 2. Upload the images For the new profile picture, go to Edit Profile Profile Picture (in Facebook) and browse for the profile image on your computer. For the banner images, upload them to a new album in the order you want them to appear on your profile from right to left. Using the sets above as an example, you would first upload the Experience banner, then the Portfolio banner, and so on. 3. Tag the images Tag yourself in each of the banners but do it in backwards order. Using the banner sets above as an example, this means that the Experience banner would be the last one tagged. 4. Adjust your bio (optional) By now you can already view your mostly-complete new profile to see how your Facebook resume looks. Instead of your Wall, the key is to check your Info page since that is what non-friends will see. Depending on which information you've already entered in the past, your new resume's top banner images may not be evenly spaced. In that case, you'll need to modify your bio until the spacing is fixed. 5. Set up the texts Each of the 5 banner images now appearing at the top of your profile corresponds to a section of your resume. For each banner image, copy paste the text from your print resume into the banner image caption and save your changes. Now when someone clicks one of the banner photos, they'll be able to read that section of your resume, right there on Facebook. Bonus tips Every time someone tags an image of you, it will be added to the images at the top of your Facebook profile. Make sure Facebook sends you a notification whenever someone ‘Tags you in a photo', so you can hide that photo from blocking one of your resume section banners from appearing. From each of your Facebook resume sections, include a message and a link for visitors to download your real, print resume. Finally- don't forget to choose your square avatar from your new, long profile picture, preferably the part with your face. You wouldn't want your avatar all over Facebook with only a chunk of your eye and half of 2 words appearing. Do this in Facebook by clicking: Edit Profile Profile Picture Edit Thumbnail. About the author Claudio Nader started his UK life in London at the end of 2010, just because “Italy is not a country for young men”. After experience at the Municipality of Bologna, he's available for a good job (in the UK) designing and planning events and other kinds of media communication. You can find Claudio at his blog and on Twitter @claudioandnader. 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7 Basic Skincare Dos And Donts - Classy Career Girl

7 Basic Skincare Dos And Donts We all want that radiant complexion that makes it seem like we are glowing from the inside  out. If you are anything like me, you end up purchasing product after product at the drugstore hoping that it will work skin miracles. But, do these products even work? We all know the answer to this, dont we? Instead of depending on the products that we dont even know will work or not,  lets focus on the basics of how to take care of your skin. 7 Basic Skincare Dos And Donts 1. Do Drink Plenty Of Water Your skin is one of the largest organs which technically covers your entire body. That means  a dehydrated body will result in a dehydrated skin. Therefore, it is essential for a person to drink at least 8 glasses of water daily to keep your skin hydrated. This will maintain a healthy complexion of your skin and flush out unwanted toxins from your body. 2. Dont Keep Touching Your Face   Its tough; especially, when you have a blemish. Feels like a nightmare, doesnt it? But, the truth is that the more you touch your face, the more problems will arise. Breakouts happen because of unclean hands full of bacteria when you touch your face. And, this acts as a fuel for the blemishes. At least try to keep your hands off your face as much as possible. 3. Do Exfoliate Gently If you dream of having healthy and glowing skin, regular exfoliation is a must. It will remove the dead cells from your skins surface, as well as keep your pores clear from pesky black and white heads. Irrespective of your skin type, exfoliating once a week can bring new life to your complexion. However, do not use an exfoliator that is too rough because it can leave your skin dry, irritated and damaged. [RELATED: 5 Simple Health Tips We Love] 4. Dont Take Hot Showers Even though hot showers are immensely relaxing and soothing, they are considered less than ideal for your skin. Taking a hot shower not only upsets your skins natural moisture balance, but it also strips the natural oils and proteins from your skin that keeps it healthy. This eventually will result in inflammation, dryness, redness and even itching. In order to protect your skin, shower in warm water only and avoid taking more than two showers a day. 5. Do Eat Healthy Food Great skincare starts with what food you eat. If you love junk food, consume a lot of alcohol, caffeine, and even smoke, getting perfect skin will always seem like a long distant dream and will be almost impossible to achieve. This is because consuming such a diet will keep your body and skin dehydrated most of the time and thus, contribute to inflammation, breakouts and collagen loss. So, instead treat your body and skin by loading up on foods rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, E, A and beta carotene. 6. Do Not Leave Without Sunscreen Protection SPFs should never be an option, but a priority to be worn daily for all skin types. Especially, in the winter! Sunscreen helps fights against the damaging effect of the UVA and UVB rays which causes premature skin aging and wrinkling along with skin cancer. To effectively lighten skin damage caused due to the sun, choose products that are natural. For the sunscreen, either opt for a moisturizer with an SPF or mix your favorite moisturizer with an SPF to ensure a good hydrating coverage. 7. Do Sleep Soundly For 7-8 Hours Even science has confirmed that beauty sleep is indeed a necessity. Every single cell in your body, including your skin cells require a lot of sleep on a daily basis. Night is the time when fresh and healthy cells rise to the skins surface and repair any damage accumulated over the day. But, without enough time to sleep, the skin does not get repaired and that is when skin related problems begin to surface more frequently. So, do not mess with your sleep time. Begin to follow these dos and donts today and notice the change you always wanted to see. Its never too late! What are your favorite skincare tips for radiant skin?