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Posts tagged "LinkedIn"

Linking Into Job Stalking Success

Linking Into Job Stalking Success
Last Wednesday afternoon, I achieved a personal best when it comes to job stalking. Heading into the Loop for an afternoon meeting, I checked e-mail on my smartphone, and found a request for a connection via Linked In, with an urgent request for a phone call. Although yes, I could have used the Android application... Read more »
By Gordon Dymowski,
February 22, 2012 at 2:21 pm
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Your Pre-Valentine's Day Networking Post

Your Pre-Valentine's Day Networking Post
There’s an old saying – “When one door closes, another door opens….but it’s a hell of a hallway.” And I feel like I’ve been in the hallway for awhile. It’s less about worrying about an income (my sole freelance client is providing plenty of work) and more about moving forward. I have been submitting my... Read more »
By Gordon Dymowski,
February 8, 2012 at 5:02 pm
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Closing Those Resume Gaps

Closing Those Resume Gaps
Recently, I had the opportunity to ask several of my fellow Chicago Now bloggers for ideas about what to write about. Granted, being a job seeker/freelance-between-gigs kind of person who only posts here once a week, you would think that thinking up a topic would come easy….but alas, it hasn’t. (It also would have been helpful... Read more »
By Gordon Dymowski,
January 25, 2012 at 6:06 pm
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Some LinkedIn strategies ...

by Nan Palmero – http://t.co/oerHKCO This week we have another post from “co-JobStalker” Gordon Dymowski, with his advice on using LinkedIn.  Hope you find this helpful! — As the newest addition to the “Job Stalker” family, I am finding that I’m hitting a relative lull in my job activities – no recent calls for freelance... Read more »
By BrendanTripp,
June 1, 2011 at 7:22 pm
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Are "job fairs" totally useless?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lobsterboy1980/3236053870/ Hey, once again I don’t have something “exciting” for you for this mid-week missive … sorry about that!  I’ve been, frankly, surprised at the reluctance of some folks in the “job industry” to have a profile in here.  One would think they’d be all over that, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. ... Read more »
By BrendanTripp,
November 17, 2010 at 12:18 pm
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Guest Post: Ford R. Myers ...

We’re trying something a bit different today, instead of a “job industry profile” on Wednesday, I contacted one of the authors previously featured in The Job Stalker, Ford R. Myers of Career Potential, about providing a guest post.  The idea came from an e-mail notice (I do subscribe to the newsletters of several of the... Read more »
By BrendanTripp,
September 29, 2010 at 1:30 pm
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So many things, so little time ...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22261474@N08/4305938392/ Wow, it’s Friday again?  These weeks just blow by anymore.  Aside from the obvious things (paychecks, self respect, restaurant lunches) I miss from having a job, there’s the structure to the day.  The hours when one sleeps, the time one gets up, the getting to work, the time one is expected to be productive... Read more »
By BrendanTripp,
September 25, 2010 at 12:46 am
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A new vision of engagement ...

I’ve followed the author of this week’s book on Twitter for quite a while, as he’s one of the Social Media “big dogs” who seems to end up speaking on a lot of programs, and has quite a record of successfully using these tools for his business.  While not about the job search, this is... Read more »
By BrendanTripp,
September 20, 2010 at 4:46 pm
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A Chicago institution ...

Those following this blog will recall that one of the main reasons that I got The Job Stalker assignment was that I’m in my third major job-search in the past 10 years.  After my publishing company faltered (it was a long slow death), I went back to school to learn web development and related programming... Read more »
By BrendanTripp,
August 11, 2010 at 12:42 pm
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Someone else you should know ...

Well, it looks like this “folks you should know in the job biz” feature is likely to be running on an every-other-week cycle.  I find I’m having to do a bit more “leg work” on these than I’d anticipated, so my schedule hasn’t filled up with them the way I’d expected. This week we’re taking... Read more »
By BrendanTripp,
June 16, 2010 at 6:44 pm
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