A
website is the complete opposite of curriculum vitae. Everything bad about
curriculum vitae can be fixed simply by having a website. That is the era now!
A
website isn’t static; it’s dynamic. It’s ever-changing. The moment you
accomplish something, you can add it to your website. You don’t need to print
new copies of it and send it out to your contacts over and over; you just update
it. People can continually come back and see what you’re up to.
Having
a website makes you more findable. If all you have is a resume, you have
to go out and hand it to people to get your name out. If someone wanted to look
you up on the internet and you didn’t have a website, all they might get is a
Facebook or Twitter profile.
If
you have a website, you
can be found by a much wider audience and
control what it is they see first. This is key for establishing your
personal brand and for highlighting your accomplishments.
Succeeding today requires that you make yourself stand
out. Having a website can help you do that. It shows that you’ve taken
the time to learn how to do something fairly technical, and it shows that you
have some skills others don’t have.
A website gives you a platform to share information with
others which in most cases may be new to them. This establishes you as a
teacher or lecturer or instructor and the ones you helped to learn will never
forget you. As a matter of fact you and your website will act a references, isn’t
that cool?
You may use a website to write book or film reviews, of to
make personal evaluations and drawing conclusion to incidences happening in an
area, country or worldwide and you will be recognizes and remembered for this.
A personal website provides contacts through which those interested
to contact you pass.
A personal web works as a display window or showcase to show
all the good works that you have ever done and you are proud of them. This is
done through photos and videos. You can use a video to demonstrate a skill, or
procedures in a process. Believe me if it’s something new, people washing you
doing it will never forget and will always want to come back so long it’s
meaningful and interesting.
A website helps you control what your readers (visitors) see
first.
With a personal website, you can be able to collect all your
other professional and social links in one place. Such as links as Facebook,
linkedin, twitter, etc. But if a website is a professional one, avoid linking
sites that contain what you would not like your prospective employers or audience
to see.
Having a personal website is a sign of a trendy, organized,
serious and flexible person, which are part of the employ selection criterion
especially in this era of information technology.
