Winners of the Month Much to learn from this

Winners of the Month â€" Much to learn from this Note: Lots to write here, not enough space. I was planning on giving this award to 60 people this month, which would be worth $3,600. Alas, it only goes to a fraction of that. Read on So Ive been following the Jobster layoffs for a few weeks (sorry to bring it up again it had pretty much died down), and found a most intriguing thread on Matt Martones blog. The big question boils down to So these guys get terminated and were supposed to jump to action to help them? What about the billions of others that lose their jobs? You can see my response in there, the 17th comment. I think its pretty brilliant :p It doesnt really matter what your position is, the bottom line is there are about 60 people that have been put out on the street (thats what I heard, not sure what the final numbers were), and they have to find a new gig. It is interesting because Jobster is the company to watch, and it has been watched. The CEO gets criticized for his blog style (I think his style is great, and he makes no excuses for the transparency (although he does kind of apologize for calling Monster a crap product), and news like this layoff has lots of people talking (lots of recruiters that blog, that is). Im not taking a position. I think its a cool tool, and its definitely different. But back to the winner of the month I have found a number of ex-Jobster professionals that I want to feature as winners this month. Note something different this month is the use of their LinkedIn profiles, which I need to blog about in another post. There would have been 60 awards this month, if all 60 of them got it. But read on, for the interesting outcome. Dana Bos Co-founder and Editor of ThreeImaginaryGirls.com. Freelance Content Guru. Danas LinkedIn profile and her ThreeImaginaryGirls are totally complementary and scream I know my stuff! I know web content. I know podcasting. I know how to communicate online. The fact that she had the role of Website Producer/Content Manager at Jobster tells me that she could cross industries easily. You need to check out her LinkedIn profile and constrast it with her Jobster profile it is very interesting (and something to consider based on your target companies)! While she doesnt have a blog or her own personal branding website, shes posted these profiles on comments of at least one other blog. Rob Humphrey talent professional if you want to see You Get It in action, go check out Robs profile. He blogs in multiple places (DigitalRecruiter, TriangleAtWork and CareerCowboy) and uses the SquareSpace.com very effectively to present himself and his achievements. You cant spend 10 minutes on this guys sites and NOT get an appreciation for his breadth/depth. Terrific stuff, presented very, very well. Sara Elkins Strategic Account Manager no website, no blog but shes obviously spent some time on her LinkedIn profile it looks very nice (read: its way more fleshed out than mine). This is a topic for another post but you can learn a lot by comparing your LinkedIn profile with hers, as she has all the right stuff. If you are in the mode of improving yours, check hers out and then read this post about improving your profile by Guy Kawasaki. Heather Gray Sales and Marketing VP this took a little poking around I got her resume from her Jobster profile page, and then found a blog address (it isnt active). But she does have a LinkedIn profile yahoo! Interestingly, her resume does a ton more for her personal brand than her LinkedIn profile but at least she has one. Ive just looked at 10 other Jobster profiles that dont have a LinkedIn profile, or a blog, or a website, or well, anything more than their Jobster profile. Heather can do some more work here, probably have an excellent blog a la Kent Blumberg style and be the thought-leader in this area her resume is super impressive and Id love to learn more about her breadth and depth through a blog hint hint! Ariel Stallings two writers in one on her website theres a section to go to see about being an author, and one about being a copywriter. And she advertises other services (like blog consultation hm, I wonder what shed do to change my blog!). Her website is great, has lots of information about her passions, skills etc. This is a good time to highlight the way Jobster has profiles its kind of like an interview where she has questions, and she has responses. These are NOT dry questions, mind you. They are more like casual conversation or regular conversation that you would get into the first time you met. Kalindi Kunis Marketing Communications and Product Management Kalindi had a resume on her jobster profile that had a link to her LinkedIn profile. Feel like Im stretching here, as far as substantiating her personal brand? I do too but thats okay it goes along with the theme this month. Her LinkedIn profile has interesting information, and I learned a lot about her from the resume+LinkedIn profile. At least she has two instances of using the web to help her brand and finally thats it. Thats all I found :(. Out of supposedly 60 reductions (love the term?), only 40 had their profiles on the Jobster site in this category. And out of these 40, this is all I found that had any substantiation of their personal brand. Im amazed to not see more blogs. Actually, I was amazed that so many (past) employees of a web 2.0 company that has a very active CEO blogger havent done much to substantiate their personal branding online. Before I went through the 40 profiles I thought Id have a TON of reading to do, going over each of their blogs. But I guess the reality is that too many people are spending all of their time on their job and no time on their career management. Sorry for the morbid note, I wont end on that! For all those mentioned here, you get the exceptional prizes of a cyber-high-five, a link on my blogroll (if you have a site so far this is just Rob and Ariel), and six months of premium access to JibberJobber! Good luck to each of you (and those not mentioned here), and please continue to pay attention to your career management even after you land your next dream job! Winners of the Month â€" Much to learn from this Note: Lots to write here, not enough space. I was planning on giving this award to 60 people this month, which would be worth $3,600. Alas, it only goes to a fraction of that. Read on So Ive been following the Jobster layoffs for a few weeks (sorry to bring it up again it had pretty much died down), and found a most intriguing thread on Matt Martones blog. The big question boils down to So these guys get terminated and were supposed to jump to action to help them? What about the billions of others that lose their jobs? You can see my response in there, the 17th comment. I think its pretty brilliant :p It doesnt really matter what your position is, the bottom line is there are about 60 people that have been put out on the street (thats what I heard, not sure what the final numbers were), and they have to find a new gig. It is interesting because Jobster is the company to watch, and it has been watched. The CEO gets criticized for his blog style (I think his style is great, and he makes no excuses for the transparency (although he does kind of apologize for calling Monster a crap product), and news like this layoff has lots of people talking (lots of recruiters that blog, that is). Im not taking a position. I think its a cool tool, and its definitely different. But back to the winner of the month I have found a number of ex-Jobster professionals that I want to feature as winners this month. Note something different this month is the use of their LinkedIn profiles, which I need to blog about in another post. There would have been 60 awards this month, if all 60 of them got it. But read on, for the interesting outcome. Dana Bos Co-founder and Editor of ThreeImaginaryGirls.com. Freelance Content Guru. Danas LinkedIn profile and her ThreeImaginaryGirls are totally complementary and scream I know my stuff! I know web content. I know podcasting. I know how to communicate online. The fact that she had the role of Website Producer/Content Manager at Jobster tells me that she could cross industries easily. You need to check out her LinkedIn profile and constrast it with her Jobster profile it is very interesting (and something to consider based on your target companies)! While she doesnt have a blog or her own personal branding website, shes posted these profiles on comments of at least one other blog. Rob Humphrey talent professional if you want to see You Get It in action, go check out Robs profile. He blogs in multiple places (DigitalRecruiter, TriangleAtWork and CareerCowboy) and uses the SquareSpace.com very effectively to present himself and his achievements. You cant spend 10 minutes on this guys sites and NOT get an appreciation for his breadth/depth. Terrific stuff, presented very, very well. Sara Elkins Strategic Account Manager no website, no blog but shes obviously spent some time on her LinkedIn profile it looks very nice (read: its way more fleshed out than mine). This is a topic for another post but you can learn a lot by comparing your LinkedIn profile with hers, as she has all the right stuff. If you are in the mode of improving yours, check hers out and then read this post about improving your profile by Guy Kawasaki. Heather Gray Sales and Marketing VP this took a little poking around I got her resume from her Jobster profile page, and then found a blog address (it isnt active). But she does have a LinkedIn profile yahoo! Interestingly, her resume does a ton more for her personal brand than her LinkedIn profile but at least she has one. Ive just looked at 10 other Jobster profiles that dont have a LinkedIn profile, or a blog, or a website, or well, anything more than their Jobster profile. Heather can do some more work here, probably have an excellent blog a la Kent Blumberg style and be the thought-leader in this area her resume is super impressive and Id love to learn more about her breadth and depth through a blog hint hint! Ariel Stallings two writers in one on her website theres a section to go to see about being an author, and one about being a copywriter. And she advertises other services (like blog consultation hm, I wonder what shed do to change my blog!). Her website is great, has lots of information about her passions, skills etc. This is a good time to highlight the way Jobster has profiles its kind of like an interview where she has questions, and she has responses. These are NOT dry questions, mind you. They are more like casual conversation or regular conversation that you would get into the first time you met. Kalindi Kunis Marketing Communications and Product Management Kalindi had a resume on her jobster profile that had a link to her LinkedIn profile. Feel like Im stretching here, as far as substantiating her personal brand? I do too but thats okay it goes along with the theme this month. Her LinkedIn profile has interesting information, and I learned a lot about her from the resume+LinkedIn profile. At least she has two instances of using the web to help her brand and finally thats it. Thats all I found :(. Out of supposedly 60 reductions (love the term?), only 40 had their profiles on the Jobster site in this category. And out of these 40, this is all I found that had any substantiation of their personal brand. Im amazed to not see more blogs. Actually, I was amazed that so many (past) employees of a web 2.0 company that has a very active CEO blogger havent done much to substantiate their personal branding online. Before I went through the 40 profiles I thought Id have a TON of reading to do, going over each of their blogs. But I guess the reality is that too many people are spending all of their time on their job and no time on their career management. Sorry for the morbid note, I wont end on that! For all those mentioned here, you get the exceptional prizes of a cyber-high-five, a link on my blogroll (if you have a site so far this is just Rob and Ariel), and six months of premium access to JibberJobber! Good luck to each of you (and those not mentioned here), and please continue to pay attention to your career management even after you land your next dream job! Winners of the Month â€" Much to learn from this Note: Lots to write here, not enough space. I was planning on giving this award to 60 people this month, which would be worth $3,600. Alas, it only goes to a fraction of that. Read on So Ive been following the Jobster layoffs for a few weeks (sorry to bring it up again it had pretty much died down), and found a most intriguing thread on Matt Martones blog. The big question boils down to So these guys get terminated and were supposed to jump to action to help them? What about the billions of others that lose their jobs? You can see my response in there, the 17th comment. I think its pretty brilliant :p It doesnt really matter what your position is, the bottom line is there are about 60 people that have been put out on the street (thats what I heard, not sure what the final numbers were), and they have to find a new gig. It is interesting because Jobster is the company to watch, and it has been watched. The CEO gets criticized for his blog style (I think his style is great, and he makes no excuses for the transparency (although he does kind of apologize for calling Monster a crap product), and news like this layoff has lots of people talking (lots of recruiters that blog, that is). Im not taking a position. I think its a cool tool, and its definitely different. But back to the winner of the month I have found a number of ex-Jobster professionals that I want to feature as winners this month. Note something different this month is the use of their LinkedIn profiles, which I need to blog about in another post. There would have been 60 awards this month, if all 60 of them got it. But read on, for the interesting outcome. Dana Bos Co-founder and Editor of ThreeImaginaryGirls.com. Freelance Content Guru. Danas LinkedIn profile and her ThreeImaginaryGirls are totally complementary and scream I know my stuff! I know web content. I know podcasting. I know how to communicate online. The fact that she had the role of Website Producer/Content Manager at Jobster tells me that she could cross industries easily. You need to check out her LinkedIn profile and constrast it with her Jobster profile it is very interesting (and something to consider based on your target companies)! While she doesnt have a blog or her own personal branding website, shes posted these profiles on comments of at least one other blog. Rob Humphrey talent professional if you want to see You Get It in action, go check out Robs profile. He blogs in multiple places (DigitalRecruiter, TriangleAtWork and CareerCowboy) and uses the SquareSpace.com very effectively to present himself and his achievements. You cant spend 10 minutes on this guys sites and NOT get an appreciation for his breadth/depth. Terrific stuff, presented very, very well. Sara Elkins Strategic Account Manager no website, no blog but shes obviously spent some time on her LinkedIn profile it looks very nice (read: its way more fleshed out than mine). This is a topic for another post but you can learn a lot by comparing your LinkedIn profile with hers, as she has all the right stuff. If you are in the mode of improving yours, check hers out and then read this post about improving your profile by Guy Kawasaki. Heather Gray Sales and Marketing VP this took a little poking around I got her resume from her Jobster profile page, and then found a blog address (it isnt active). But she does have a LinkedIn profile yahoo! Interestingly, her resume does a ton more for her personal brand than her LinkedIn profile but at least she has one. Ive just looked at 10 other Jobster profiles that dont have a LinkedIn profile, or a blog, or a website, or well, anything more than their Jobster profile. Heather can do some more work here, probably have an excellent blog a la Kent Blumberg style and be the thought-leader in this area her resume is super impressive and Id love to learn more about her breadth and depth through a blog hint hint! Ariel Stallings two writers in one on her website theres a section to go to see about being an author, and one about being a copywriter. And she advertises other services (like blog consultation hm, I wonder what shed do to change my blog!). Her website is great, has lots of information about her passions, skills etc. This is a good time to highlight the way Jobster has profiles its kind of like an interview where she has questions, and she has responses. These are NOT dry questions, mind you. They are more like casual conversation or regular conversation that you would get into the first time you met. Kalindi Kunis Marketing Communications and Product Management Kalindi had a resume on her jobster profile that had a link to her LinkedIn profile. Feel like Im stretching here, as far as substantiating her personal brand? I do too but thats okay it goes along with the theme this month. Her LinkedIn profile has interesting information, and I learned a lot about her from the resume+LinkedIn profile. At least she has two instances of using the web to help her brand and finally thats it. Thats all I found :(. Out of supposedly 60 reductions (love the term?), only 40 had their profiles on the Jobster site in this category. And out of these 40, this is all I found that had any substantiation of their personal brand. Im amazed to not see more blogs. Actually, I was amazed that so many (past) employees of a web 2.0 company that has a very active CEO blogger havent done much to substantiate their personal branding online. Before I went through the 40 profiles I thought Id have a TON of reading to do, going over each of their blogs. But I guess the reality is that too many people are spending all of their time on their job and no time on their career management. Sorry for the morbid note, I wont end on that! For all those mentioned here, you get the exceptional prizes of a cyber-high-five, a link on my blogroll (if you have a site so far this is just Rob and Ariel), and six months of premium access to JibberJobber! Good luck to each of you (and those not mentioned here), and please continue to pay attention to your career management even after you land your next dream job!