Category: Marketing Yourself

The Easiest Elevator Pitch to Deliver

Communication Skills, How To, Marketing Yourself, Networking, Personal Brandadmin@jobfully.comLeave a comment

Today our guest blogger is Jeff Haden. Jeff is a columnist for CBSMoneyWatch.com and Inc.com.  He has written more than 30 non-fiction books, including four Business and Investing titles that reached #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list.

Jeff learned much of what he knows about business from managing a 250-employee book manufacturing plant. Everything else he picked up from ghostwriting books for some of the smartest CEOs and leaders in business.  Follow him on Twitter at @Jeff_Haden.

 

I’m terrible at delivering elevator pitches. While some people are great at making a wonderful first impression on potential clients, to me making an elevator pitch feels forced and obvious, so I usually chicken out and console myself by rationalizing that impromptu encounters with people in need of a ghostwriter aren’t likely anyway. Read More

How to Find a Job in a Different City

Communication Skills, Complete Index, How To, LinkedIn, Marketing Yourself, Networking, Preparation and Planning, Research, Social Media, Special Interest, Strategy, TwitterDennis Grubbs, Jobfully Social Media Marketing Manager2 Comments

Job seekers have lots of reasons for considering work in other cities.  It could be for personal reasons, seeking a stronger economy, or hoping that there will be more demand for their skills.

Whether you are certain you want to move or are considering it, there are some special techniques you can use when looking for work in another city: Read More

Using LinkedIn Groups to Make Connections

Communication Skills, Complete Index, Generating Job Leads, How To, LinkedIn, Managing Your Job search, Marketing Yourself, Networking, Online presence, Social Media, Social Networking, StrategyDennis Grubbs, Jobfully Social Media Marketing Manager2 Comments

Most jobseekers are familiar with the power of LinkedIn as a marketing and networking tool. But did you know you can use LinkedIn to contact people you don’t know including those in industries or with job titles of interest to you? Read More

How to Get a Job as a Developer in Less Than Six Months

Career Transition, Complete Index, Interviewing, Marketing Yourself, Networking, Preparation, Preparation and Planning, Software companyadmin@jobfully.com2 Comments

Today our guest blogger is Jeff Baird.  Jeff is a Ruby on Rails developer at Medivo.com.  You can find Jeff hacking at http://github.com/jeffreybaird and documenting the process at http://learnwithjeff.com.  Follow Jeff on Twitter @Jeffrey_Baird.

So the month of June came and went, and so did July. A lot has happened, but I wasn’t able to complete my goals.

I did, however, make huge strides in my programming skills — so huge, in fact, that I was hired as a junior developer at Medivo!

This post is about how I got hired for my dream job with less than six months of programming experience. Read More

A Job Seeker’s Guide to E-mail Communication

Communication Skills, Complete Index, Marketing YourselfKooper Wynkoop Jobfully Social Media and Marketing1 Comment

E-mail is probably the most common form of communication in the modern job search. You might use e-mail for networking, submitting resumes, following up, and more. Since e-mails are so important in so many stages of your job search, you want to avoid e-mail miscommunication. Here are some tips for ensuring that your e-mails are clear and effective. Read More

Debugging Your E-mail Communication

Communication Skills, Complete Index, Marketing YourselfMei Lu, CEO, Jobfully.comLeave a comment

Communication can make or break a job search.  With so many emails being exchanged during a job search, we rarely take a step back to think about the effectiveness of our email communications.   Given the importance of clear and effective communication, it’s well worth every job seeker’s effort to think about their email usage and debug any glitches in this common form of communication. Read More

Repairing and Building Your Online Reputation

Blogging, Complete Index, Marketing Yourself, News reports, Online presence, Other, Social MediaCarrie Krueger, Vice President, JobfullyLeave a comment

“The End of Forgetting” is a perfect way to signify today’s new reality of how difficult it is to retract information about and photos of yourself from the web. Many articles have discussed in-depth the issues of reputation and privacy. For job seekers, this topic is extremely relevant as the vast majority of recruiters are now using online tools to research applicants and many report turning down applicants after the discovery of controversial information.
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Using Conversation Marketing When Networking

Communication Skills, Complete Index, How To, Marketing Yourself, NetworkingMei Lu, CEO, Jobfully.com1 Comment

Today I’d like to share about an internet marketing strategy for businesses, called Conversation Marketing, and saw how it can also help job seekers with their job hunt.

I attended a talk by Ian Lurie, President of Portent Interactive, discussing SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for online content producers.  Portent Interactive is a Seattle-based Internet Marketing and SEO company, helping businesses practice intelligent internet marketing. Read More