LinkedIn has been adding lots of new features over the past year. The one that has proven the most useful to me has been the RSS feed allows you to follow updates to your professional network. It is a convenient way to follow any changes made to anybody’s profile that belongs to your network.
Something that [...]
Category Archives: Career
Following Your LinkedIn Network
Get Rid of Your Resume
Over the last few months, I have learned that one of the best people to get career advice from is Seth Godin. I have a few posts in the hopper that I will finish up and get posted within the next few days.
Except I saw a post he did today on how resumes will not [...]
Networking Pays Off
My last post I mentioned getting a job at Etelos. Things have been going well since starting. I like the people I work with and what I am doing as a web developer.
I thought it would be useful for others to know how I ended up getting the job. By the way, if you are [...]
Job Search: Complete
I just realized I have not posted for an entire month. Although I have lots of excuses, I am not going to make any. But I do have good news to report.
For those of you that know anything about me or have been following this blog know that I have been looking for work [...]
Millions of Profiles, Thousands of Resumes
As I go about the Internet looking at company web sites, learning more about them, searching for a job, I have noticed something. It was something that I was aware of before. It has just become way more obvious doing what I have been doing lately. I’m sure many of you have experienced the [...]
Help Me Help Myself
At the beginning of the year, one of my resolutions was to use my blog to better promote myself. Up to this point, I give myself a D- on my performance. The good news is that I have until the end of the year to improve that grade.
When I made the goal, I knew I [...]
Searching For a Job With RSS
Those of you who know me, know that I am a big fan of RSS. It has become especially useful in my job hunt.
Various job sites have made RSS feeds available for job searches. All of them should make it a part of their search.
I wrote a post about Jobster earlier today. In it I [...]
My Jobster Profile
During my job search, more than a few people have asked if I have checked out Jobster. Since everybody was mentioning them, I have checked it out in the past.
Today, I finally created my profile on the Jobster web site. There are a few things that set it apart from other job-seeking sites. You can [...]
Using LinkedIn
I spent part of last week updating my LinkedIn profile. Since starting to look for a job, I have had a number of people ask if I am on LinkedIn. My profile hasn’t been totally complete (still isn’t). It is something that takes time to complete by adding connections and getting recommendations. But there are [...]
Good Luck Etelos
It’s been exactly one month since ended my tenure at Etelos. I loved working for them. In the year I worked there, I learned a lot and I worked on some cool projects. The people I worked with were great. They have some awesome talent there.
The Etelos platform is totally unique. The fact that a [...]