Well, look at that … this is my 100th post as The Job Stalker, having been at this for either 9 or 10 months, depending on how you want to count it, with my introductory post going up towards the end of last October, but my not “hitting the ground running” until late November. Frankly, this blog seem to be fated to be a bit “unstuck in time” as it appears to have pre-existed Chicago Now by a couple of weeks (no, I don’t know how that works, just the earliest posts by previous writer, Julie Wernau, are dated prior to the start of the site!). Go figure.
I had hoped to have had a very special 100th post that still was aligned to the “resource” theme of Wednesdays of late, but I ran into some inexplicable resistance with what would have been the subject of that, so I’m falling back on the easy concept of a “retrospective” of the first hundred posts. Now, before you start thinking “oh, Brendan’s being lazy”, it not only took a lot more time to work up the following listing, but it also serves a purpose. I’d noticed that one can’t just keep “backing up” through older posts past about 40 of them, and I’d recently been wanting to refer folks to some of the earlier posts, and was frustrated in that. I knew the posts were available (as some of Julie’s still show up on the traffic reports), but didn’t have a handy way of pointing folks to them … until I remembered that I’d given them all a bit.ly URL for posting links to Twitter.
So, the list that follows is all my The Job Stalker posts since when I took over this last fall … hope your find it handy (after the cut):
10/20/09 – Howdy …
http://bit.ly/4mOU9i
11/19/09 – Let’s get this started, shall we?
http://bit.ly/2TE6jX
11/20/09 – Some context, and places to start …
http://bit.ly/3GFDBV
11/21/09 – Some weekend reading …
http://bit.ly/5yaE7Y
11/23/09 – Whew …
http://bit.ly/4HRzYW
11/24/09 – Ya gotta get out there …
http://bit.ly/7fz0Xy
11/25/09 – Your holiday reading …
http://bit.ly/5g7vJU
11/30/09 – An important networking tool …
http://bit.ly/8lGQhG
12/02/09 – A web home …
http://bit.ly/7P6ltY
12/04/09 – Some more reading …
http://bit.ly/7GWmGQ
12/08/09 – A Book You Should Read …
http://bit.ly/5adtQN
12/09/09 – Parties are networking events too!
http://bit.ly/8l3VwQ
12/10/09 – Holding job listings hostage …
http://bit.ly/85G6cj
12/11/09 – A weekend’s worth of links …
http://bit.ly/5sR7U2
12/12/09 – “The Job Stalker” on ChicagoNow Radio!
http://bit.ly/6Edkuc
12/14/09 – Looking for WORK instead of a JOB …
http://bit.ly/5f1LKG
12/18/09 – Links for your weekend …
http://bit.ly/6lmkOC
12/21/09 – Do as I say, not as I do …
http://bit.ly/91NHMJ
12/24/09 – Gratitude – sometimes the hardest attitude …
http://bit.ly/8jQfXk
12/25/09 – HO, HO, HOliday reading …
http://bit.ly/7jUObz
12/26/09 – Radio, Radio …
http://bit.ly/5delLL
12/28/09 – When you don’t fit in …
http://bit.ly/62eoTK
01/03/10 – Well, THAT was ugly …
http://bit.ly/67auAO
01/05/10 – A guest entry of sorts …
http://bit.ly/4u3hqC
01/11/10 – When it rains, it pours …
http://bit.ly/7DnDhi
01/15/10 – Struggling back …
http://bit.ly/8HpYbB
01/18/10 – If you won’t take GOOD advice …
http://bit.ly/6UmiEM
01/23/10 – Another week’s research …
http://bit.ly/8wpAzr
01/25/10 – On-Line Robbery …
http://bit.ly/7Xmrug
01/26/10 – Some VERY good news …
http://bit.ly/cCYSYf
01/29/10 – Reading & Networking …
http://bit.ly/awxDUy
02/01/10 – Towards brave new worlds …
http://bit.ly/aOUDXy
02/02/10 – The value of a word …
http://bit.ly/90gZ8O
02/04/10 – Organizing your time …
http://bit.ly/a7IZuq
02/05/10 – More links from Twitter …
http://bit.ly/bTwTlh
02/10/10 – Bits & Pieces …
http://bit.ly/ci2x6x
02/13/10 – Research, research, and more research …
http://bit.ly/d9vt0P
02/15/10 – Miscellania …
http://bit.ly/95W1zr
02/17/10 – Delving deeper …
http://bit.ly/96GfFk
02/19/10 – Links for the week …
http://bit.ly/biQL2i
02/22/10 – The issue of trust …
http://bit.ly/ayeciJ
02/26/10 – So many events, so little time …
http://bit.ly/b7uIKd
03/01/10 – Getting past the stress …
http://bit.ly/bBbczM
03/03/10 – Some more personal hints …
http://bit.ly/a52MZ3
03/05/10 – Never enough hours in the day …
http://bit.ly/ajowwH
03/08/10 – A Tale of Two Gurus …
http://bit.ly/a33n1T
03/12/10 – Networking and research …
http://bit.ly/bHxSoq
03/15/10 – Using video …
http://bit.ly/dziIj4
03/17/10 – Jobs? What Jobs?
http://bit.ly/bxqtEG
03/19/10 – Doing battle with the baddies …
http://bit.ly/99qRkv
03/22/10 – Revisiting recent themes …
http://bit.ly/cW4ZxK
03/26/10 – Where to go, what to read …
http://bit.ly/aM1P0O
03/29/10 – Being fired; going viral …
http://bit.ly/cVMTvf
03/31/10 – Too much networking?
http://bit.ly/9Ww3tI
04/02/10 – More reading: a baker’s dozen links …
http://bit.ly/bWdmEX
04/07/10 – Is it good news, is it bad news, who can tell?
http://bit.ly/babyQF
04/09/10 – So, a bit more reading for you …
http://bit.ly/d0Qkdj
04/12/10 – From a book, about some books …
http://bit.ly/9oWZqz
04/16/10 – Well, THAT was interesting …
http://bit.ly/bPkUlS
04/19/10 – The “manual” for finding a job?
http://bit.ly/affFsT
04/23/10 – I wish I was passing this on …
http://bit.ly/cekNIQ
04/28/10 – Who to follow on Twitter …
http://bit.ly/ayxQtF
04/30/10 – The more things change …
http://bit.ly/bOoDFJ
05/03/10 – Back on the radio …
http://bit.ly/b6YkAq
05/05/10 – When a job isn’t a “job” …
http://bit.ly/9xpKsd
05/07/10 – More reading than I expected …
http://bit.ly/crieil
05/10/10 – Saving you a ton of money …
http://bit.ly/axh3tt
05/14/10 – Oops, there we go …
http://bit.ly/dv3z7O
05/19/10 – A new feature …
http://bit.ly/axWNj0
05/22/10 – A day late …
http://bit.ly/9xEKGt
05/24/10 – Maybe something that’s NOT a job …
http://bit.ly/9M3hMO
05/28/10 – From deep amid the chaos …
http://bit.ly/9kKuL2
05/31/10 – What do you say when …
http://bit.ly/cbNUe7
06/02/10 – Another local resource …
http://bit.ly/aMDzO8
06/04/10 – Some things you know …
http://bit.ly/cxhyvs
06/07/10 – Not just for newbies …
http://bit.ly/akn66Y
06/11/10 – Networking and research …
http://bit.ly/bqyVFX
06/14/10 – Something old, something new …
http://bit.ly/bQGWv7
06/16/10 – Someone else you should know …
http://bit.ly/bOlnjo
06/18/10 – Some weeks it pours …
http://bit.ly/9eduDe
06/21/10 – A beautiful day in the neighborhood …
http://bit.ly/byzqyd
06/25/10 – The best-laid schemes …
http://bit.ly/b3QPYQ
06/30/10 – A little change is good, no?
http://bit.ly/9yG5Xr
07/02/10 – Well, there you go …
http://bit.ly/aUSxKx
07/07/10 – I got nuthin’ …
http://bit.ly/c451pO
07/09/10 – These are dark days …
http://bit.ly/9uxnEa
07/16/10 – I’m just a guy who needs a job …
http://bit.ly/9wI5Zl
07/19/10 – Something beyond a job …
http://bit.ly/aKDsHu
07/21/10 – It’s nice to be noticed …
http://bit.ly/bXpQrf
07/23/10 – Things you should have read …
http://bit.ly/deO85E
07/26/10 – A little bit of levity …
http://bit.ly/bRlYxY
07/30/10 – Sometimes the reading burns …
http://bit.ly/cy2fhK
08/02/10 – Some skills that will help …
http://bit.ly/bEImez
08/04/10 – Some other folks on Twitter …
http://bit.ly/aSNjfB
08/06/10 – The week, and some reading for you …
http://bit.ly/aGfRWJ
08/09/10 – Good book, might be useful …
http://bit.ly/aTtpQo
08/11/10 – A Chicago institution …
http://bit.ly/cdaCKA
08/13/10 – Another crazy week, another bunch of links …
http://bit.ly/9vipxh
08/16/10 – Have it your way …
http://bit.ly/9jFNNA
As I’ve noted previously, I never anticipated being unemployed this long … heck, I thought I was going to be back to work before I took over writing this. As much as I might enjoy penning these little missives to you all, I sure hope I get hired sooner than later and become “disqualified” for The Job Stalker gig!
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Tags: anniversary, hundredth post, Job search, links, networking, The Job Stalker, twitter
