Tag: Work

Extreme LinkedIn Profile Makeover

 

I have been working on a LinkedIn makeover for myself but not having a background in design or marketing I have struggled with the details.  I want to acknowledge Scott Allen for taking on this challenge and want to say thank you.

Extreme LinkedIn Profile MakeoverInspired by Jason Alba’s blog makeover for Ryan Smith and the popular relaunch of Ryze profile reviews on The Virtual Handshake Network on Ryze, plus a little nudge from my channel editor Doug Hanna, I’m going to start doing Extreme LinkedIn Profile Makeovers. They’ll be once a month (I reserve the right to do it more or less frequently, depending on demand), and I invite readers to join in with your comments as well. 

 

Slash Your Career

I have thinking about titles a lot recently after reading Guy Kawasaki's LinkedIn Profile Extreme Makeover. I am not a student of marketing, I have never take any formal training but I feel that I do a lot of "selling" for my IT projects especially now in times of severy limiting IT budgets. After reading Guy's posting I decided to make over my LinkedIn profile and I started thinking about what sort of title to put in my profile. I decided that the one my employer gave me failed to convey the value of experiences, expertise and aspirations.

Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Tip of the Week: Slash Your Career «Creating a slash career allows you to personalize your work to your skills and interests, explore different facets of your personality with lowered risk to your wallet, and take advantage of today’s increasingly flexible and fluid workplace.

So here's my slash title: Information Security Professional/Web Developer/Blogger. Does it fit?

What Gen Y Wants from Work

Wow! This is one awesome post! It almost reads like a manifesto.

Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Guest Post: What Gen Y Wants from Work «In other words, companies must feed our urge to jump ship and start a business, by giving us the opportunity to come up with an idea and have free rein over development, implementation and follow through. Logic tells us that companies should not “train” young employees to be entrepreneurs for fear of losing them.