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I started writing “a” blog on this day in 2004. I cannot believe it has been six years. I’ve been through a lot in that time.  I was running a telemarketing operation at the time. Then I had back surgery. I tried to launch an outsourcing business with some partners. That failed. I went to [...]

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I just signed an offer letter for a small company looking to do big things here in Rochester. (In fact it is about 3 minutes from my house! Bye Bye Jefferson Road!) I had been out of work for a little over one year. That is a long time. I had/have some immediate thoughts on [...]

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Last night I gave an updated version of my “Managing Your Online Identity: Using Social Media in Your Job Search” presentation to Hannah Morgan’s Career Club in Canandaigua, NY. It is really aimed at anyone who needs to manage their career not just job seekers. Using Social Media In Your Job Search V3.0 Dec 2009 [...]

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Interesting read from the Career Strategies section of the WSJ Online  in the last week or so. Beyond Job Boards: Targeting the Source provides me with some more cannon fodder for my Using Social Media in Your Job Search presentation I am trying to give. I was arguing with CareerSherpa’s Hannah Morgan the other day [...]

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Just read the latest from Penelope Trunk. Do you know who is using social media? Gen X. The average Twitter user is in their 30s. The median age of LinkedIn is 40. The majority of people who are joining Facebook right now are over 35. This is because Gen X wants to meet new people [...]

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Great article from McKinsey Quarterly “When Job Seekers Invade Facebook”. (You will have to register). With the apocalypse upon us, we are seeing a huge rush to “network” via the social networking tools of the day. I love this quote from the article: “There are, of course, powerful economic reasons behind the trend. As sociologist [...]

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UpMo posts a follow up to their study of elite networkers that forces a few powerful issues. The larger your network, the harder it is to create powerful advocates. Advocates are defined as people that can help you. Help. Not hurt. Are their people in your network hurting you because they are really just acquaintances [...]

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Hannah linked to a study by UpMo.com on the habits of elite networkers. She linked via facebook so I don’t feel like I am repeating anything. It’s an interesting article that shows the linkages between networking and career success and income status. There are some good takeaways from the article: 1. Network. Do it. 2. [...]

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Linked from Tom Peters….this is a post from Advertising Age: What to Do When Your Friends Get Laid Off. 1 – be a friend. 2 – network – put them in touch with your network. twitter, facebook, linkedin. 3 – collect everyone you know that has been laid off into a group. share. help. It [...]

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