As a marketing coach working with other coaches, I've found that most coaches still are thinking about the old-style resume and job interview, and frankly don't get many interviews. But when you start thinking about developing a series of steps into your marketing funnel, then consulting can be an easy sell. After all a company that would hire you as a consultant has far less risk to hire you for a month or two to get predetermined results than they'd have to hire you full time, and add benefits, training, etc.

If consultants would just stop trying to sell themselves as an employee with all of those risks attached, they'd find that getting a consulting contract in comparison is easy. And once you've proven yourself in month 1, then it's even easier to get either more months of contracting, or if you want, now it's easy to turn that into employment.

I did start writing last year and am having fun. I'm a guest blogger occasionally for "Take the Wheel Wednesday" on a relatively new leadership blog for a new colleague of mine.

I'll heed your advice on getting more video out there. Good thing my daughter did a "digital media camp" last summer.

Thanks for the insights. Well done.

Steve

I needed to find a job ASAP to provide for my family, so I interviewed for a part-time copywriter position Fishbowl. I knew little about inventory management software, but I had several years of experience in blogging, SEO, Web writing and more. They were looking for a college student, but I was too good a bargain to pass up. They quickly hired me and I immediately started writing websites and other content too quickly for them to keep up, so they put me in charge of as many writing projects as possible. I've been writing three blogs for them for the past six months: Fishbowl Inventory Blog, Inventory System Software Blog and QuickBooks Inventory Blog.

They got so much value out of me in my first 90 days that they kept giving me more hours until finally making me full time. I can honestly say I'm having fun here. I love being creative and spending all of my time writing. My job doesn't offer as many diverse tasks as other jobs I've had, but it's constantly challenging me to learn new things about inventory management processes, QuickBooks and more.

I don't mind being overqualified for a job because it lets me prove my value faster. Like you said, I don't know why a company wouldn't want to hire talented people who are even better than they had expected. Any manager who isn't sure if they should hire an overqualified worker should listen to your counsel and read my story to figure out what they should do.

Thanks again for your article. Have a great day!

Sincerely,
Robert Lockard

Thanks! Gloria

Here's what would worry me...
I once had someone send me a self-portrait with their resume. The last thing I need is someone trying to get creative with the video resume which is exactly where this will go if it takes off. People will need a new way to stand out, so before you know it people will be repairing motors or cutting someone's hair or holding a business meeting on their video resume.