A brand called Jia:An INTERN 2.0 story powered by RESUME 2.0
Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by Oliver Ding, filed in Friends, Career, Personal Brand, SocialNetworks, TheirInternet, The Long Tail, Cyber Self, Identity, slideshareI just now read Jia’s new post about her experience of looking for intern job through a unique social media website Slideshare.net
It is a great story that I have been following from 1.0 to 2.0 
A brand called Jia 1.0
7 months ago
Jia said the story about the first slideshow:
I uploaded my first PPT resume 4 months ago to Slideshare and was excited to see so many downloads and comments here. My friend Minmin got inspiration from my ppt and did her own. It was great to know that both of ours are selected into Spotlight section here. 4 months past and my life changed a little. Now I updated a new version of the resume and hope you will like it as well.
In fact, she got the first intern through the first slideshow resume. She was doing the intern of Assistant Marketing Manager at Nuovomedia Laboratories, Boston, she honed her research skills in a business setting, accumulated real world knowledge on marketing, and contributed insightful strategies during team meetings. Her boss recommended her as a great find on Linkedin.
A brand called Jia 2.0 2 months ago
Jia updated her A brand called Jia 1.0 ppt resume and uploaded it 2months ago.It attracted more traffic as well as feedback. But that’s it, story seems ends:)
Not yet,the story continued… Jia told us the other half story at the new post:
Until one day in April, I got an email from Doug, one of the directors at PJA, that if I’d like to go there and talk for a possible internship. Puzzled? It turned out that he came across my ppt which was featured on slideshare’s frontpage back to then. After checking out the agency website, I was really excited because I almost went out for a on-campus co-op job fair with limited attending companies which could align with my interests. …So, I replied, made appointments, went for three round interviews, talked to five people at the agency, and finally received the email extending a three-month offer to me.
Jia got the intern job again, it is an exciting story that how people use slideshow as social media tool to spread personal brand,improve social capital,and make advantage of career.That is INTERN 2.0 powered by RESUME 2.0.
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