FAP754: 7 Ways To Leverage Your Social Media Resume Listen now: Student Financial Aid News + Made it into the New York Times! More on that in the Jobcast + Inside Higher Ed: The Utah Tax Commission has ruled that textbooks sold in college bookstores are part of the educational mission of colleges and thus are tax exempt. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the policy shift, effective April 1, will save about $60 per student a year, or $4.7 million for students statewide. + Other states could potentially follow suit + Columbia University is today announcing an expansion of financial aid, ending student loans for students who are eligible for aid, The New York Times reported. + I had a quick blog post about how the Federal Reserve and student loans yesterday - with some dissenting comments. What about your thoughts? Scholarship Update + New York Times Scholarship Program + 180 scholarships worth $30,000 each ($7,500 per year for 4 years) + The New York TImes College Scholarship Program: Since its founding in 1999, this program has awarded 180 grants – 80 to current undergraduates, 100 to students who have already graduated from college. The scholarships provide up to $7,500 a year for four years of school. The winners each year are 20 students who have overcome exceptional hardship and achieved excellent academic records in New York City high schools, public, private or parochial. Times Scholars must also show a commitment to community service and aspire to make a contribution to society. + In addition to the scholarship money, each New York Times Scholar receives a job at The Times during the summer after high school and help finding paid summer employment in the college years after that. The Times also provides mentoring of various sorts, academic counseling throughout college, social and cultural enrichment activities – and a laptop computer. + Deadline October 20 of each year + Details at our free college scholarship search site Jobcast + Reviewing the Social Media Resume + Marci Alboher did a great job covering the social media resume’s evolution + So you have the social media resume, now what? + Use social media promotional tools to make it sizzle + Build a network of professionals on LinkedIn - and make sure your SMR is in your profile + Simple: put it in your email signature + Build a network of presence on Twitter + Use link traffic services like Digg and StumbleUpon + Make sure it’s present all over your online presence + Consider a video cover letter or a multimedia cover letter + Find employers on traditional online indexes like Monster.com + Submit a PDF or normal resume but make sure your SMR is linked prominently at the top Promo + Private student loan consolidation Did you enjoy today’s show? If so, please consider subscribing for free to get it delivered to you . Subscribing for free means you don’t have to remember to download it every day. + + + Direct MP3 file download: Click here to download the MP3 Reminders + Student Loan Network Fall $10,000 Scholarship + Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidPodcast.com. + Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook + FAFSA form tutorials and free help at FAFSAonline.com + Grad student? Get graduate financial aid information at the GradLoans.com blog! + Stafford federal student loans at StaffordLoan.com + Student loan consolidation at StudentLoanConsolidator.com + Private student loans available at any time - visit AlternativeStudentLoan.com + The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network. I want to hear from you! Email me at financialaidpodcast {at} gmail {dot} com, visit http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com, or call 206-350-1208. Technorati Tags: financial aid financialaidpodcast ShareThis Less