LinkedIn Profile
and CV ©
By
Michael Casey
We’ve all been on Facebook and LinkedIn, we get to
know people and make “friends”. On LinkedIn it’s more about connections and
maybe business connections. So we have to rely on the Profile, my LinkedIn
profile tells my story, as I am a writer. But how accurate are these Profiles?
I am a born leader.
Means he was the firstborn boy in a family of 11
girls.
I created the supply chain structure.
Means he decided to use a clipboard and notepad
instead of just his memory.
I optimised the sales among target audiences.
He chatted up all the girls, he was kind to
seniors and went to church.
I was inventive and creative in gaining new sales.
Means he designed a flyer and went street to
street delivering them.
I was never afraid of going the extra mile for the
business.
Means there was a street gang chasing him after he
was at the bank
I am great at communicating the business message.
He just would not shut up, so the boss got him to
tidy the fruit outside the ma and pa store.
I always try and improve myself.
Means he has no friends so he reads a lot.
I created the new scheme to optimise the business
cash flow.
Means he took the store’s cash and put the money
on a horse.
I am now looking for new opportunities to excel
Means he got fired, cops not called as the owner
married to his sister
I created a great new idea for centralising
purchasing delivery.
Means he was a guard for the money delivery
company, crash helmet and visor.
I created my own start-up company
Means he stole the money from the cash delivery
company and started his own company.
I am now on a learning sabbatical before resuming
my career
Means he is in jail, working in the library.
So when you read those LinkedIn profiles or
reading a CV or resume think what do they really mean. Check the photos out
too, the reality can be far different. Just like actors, photos can be 10 or 20
years old, and they are. Dig deeper.
Me, I google and check people out, as far as you
can on Google. Google me (michaelgcasey) and my sites and think for yourself. I
am on a sabbatical myself, no I’m not in a library, thought we have plenty of
books in the house, no it’s called arthritis, which comes and goes and makes me
scream sometimes. But at least I can sit here and make some of you laugh, as I
Google everybody.
Since I wrote this I’ve had the joys of an
unplanned quadruple heart bypass.
I have written 1300+ such pieces, perfect for
radio, so get in touch. That’s over 1,231,000 words after 30 years of writing
and 20 years of Radio Listening BEFORE I started to write.
That's 50 years.
I started to listen as a child...
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