I had a conversation recently with Jim Storer of The Community Roundtable about the media coverage I received for my use of social media on the job hunt. Jim pointed out that Aaron Strout had written a post in 2008 about using social media in the hiring process, which led to Aaron being featured in the Boston […]
6 Social Media Tools for Job Seekers
The following is a guest post I wrote for Oneforty.com that was originally published here and subsequently picked up by Ragan‘s PR Daily as well. Oneforty has since been acquired by HubSpot and their site will soon be redirecting to HubSpot.com. I therefore decided to publish the post here on my blog. So, without further ado… 6 Social […]
Confessions of a Professional Networker
I’ll start off by quickly dispensing with the bad news: I am not currently gainfully employed (as covered in a prior post). This period of unemployment, albeit economically difficult, has been surprisingly educational, informative, interesting and enlightening. You’re probably shaking your head and wondering why I would say that, apart from the obvious freedom of […]
For What It’s Worth (FWIW)
For those of you new to my blog or perhaps unfamiliar with my For What It’s Worth post, you can visit the previous entry to learn more about the derivation of and inspiration for this style of blog post. I hope to make this post a semi-regular feature as a means of sharing my thoughts […]