Sarah graduated from UCLA and got a job at Bear Stearns, but was laid off when the markets collapsed. She struggled to find work during a difficult job market. Sarah updated her resume to a slide format presentation that caught people's attention on LinkedIn. This led to more responses from her connections and better job interviews. The slide resume format helped Sarah market herself more effectively in her job search.

1. Meet Sarah

2. Sarah went to school at

3. UCLA

4. She loves…

5. guitar

6. And starts her mornings with a…

7. [Luna bar]

8. After graduation, Sarah traveled the world

9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/satbir/210865136/sizes/l/

10. She came back and interviewed at Bear Stearns

11. and landed a job in the Client Services dept

12. But then…

13. Markets collapsed

14. All went down…

15. Now Client Services…

16. Had neither clients

17. nor services! Need a pic

18. Sarah was last hired …

19. … and first fired :-(

20. She started looking for jobs…

21. searched everywhere …

22. but only found temp work

23. Job hunting is hard during…

25. Sarah felt like…

26. … giving up

27. she remembered who could help her…

29. a text resume seemed too ordinary

30. Sarah wanted a profile that caught the eye

31. and stood out …

32. But how?

33. She saw something new on LinkedIn…

35. How about a slide resume ?

36. Meet Sarah that catches the eye…

37. The day she uploaded to SlideShare , she got 10 responses

38. A mentor forwarded it on. A friend sent to his boss . Her connections came to life.

39. She landed some good interviews

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