How I Got My Job

The February 2010 issue of Cincinnati Magazine is now available on newstands. They did a special article entitled “Now What? A Guide to Reinventing Yourself in 2010″ (pp. 60-69), and I was interviewed for some thoughts on how job seekers can use social networking tools in their search.

I really liked that they interviewed a number of different people, highlighting some who have reinvented themselves. They also listed some resources for people in the Cincinnati area, including some familiar local networking organizations. I also enjoyed the advice they included from one of my favorite local authors, Andrea Kay.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 23:57, 22.0 MB), Marc Lawn shares how he got a job as a Marketing Director for a soft drink company in the UK a few years ago. Understanding his personal brand, interview preparation, and resilience were keys to his success  in getting this job. Remember what’s important to you.

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About Marc

Marc Lawn is renowned for consistently driving ‘double digit’ benefits growth through commercial innovation & optimisation. He developed award winning customer centric, commercial, marketing, sales, & procurement programmes and optimised & built sustainable streams for 12 businesses with complete success.

His areas of specialty include sales, marketing, operations, manufacturing, HR, change programmes, business transformation, procurement, M&A, post acquisition integration, food, beverages, retail, automotive, consumer goods, leisure, hospitality, franchising and international. Corporate and consulting assignments specialising in strategy, (re)structure, and turnaround.

Marc is the Chairman of Camp Quality UK, a charity supporting families of terminally ill children.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 26:31, 24.3 MB), Kevin Imfeld shares how he got a job as an Educator and web-based training creator for a former employer.  Never burn bridges and stay in touch with former coworkers.

Websites mentioned:

• The eLearning Guild (LinkedIn group)
• eProficiency (Lectora Learning tips)
• TriVantis Corporation (Lectora Developer)
• Health Alliance of Cincinnati
• Health Alliance Jobs

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About Kevin

Kevin Imfeld is an Educator with a large health care system in the greater Cincinnati area. He trains newly hired workers the proper procedures for using its propriety patient care software. As a skilled in facilitator he has also taught introductory classes in Microsoft Office products. He is an eLearning specialist experienced in using various software packages. His software skills also include Trivantis’ Lectora software which he uses to build web based training modules. He has worked as a technical writer for several software companies. He has a Master’s degree in Education and is a licensed Middle School Language Arts and Social Studies teacher.

He also enjoys reading, writing, music, the great outdoors and spending time with his family.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 25:28, 23.4 MB), Steve Weisgerber shares how he got a job as a Unix Administrator.  A great resume and interview were keys to his getting the job, even after he’d thought the opportunity was no longer his to have.

Websites mentioned:

• Unix Special Interest Groups
• The Circuit

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About Steve

Steve Weisgerber is a Senior Programmer, with experience in Unix and Linux environments. His strengths include the automation of daily procedures to make them more efficient. As a senior programmer, he has succeeded by mentoring, teaching follow employees and customers, and by being a team player who works well with cross-functional teams. His experience has been diverse, ranging in the medical field, oil refinery field and manufacturing fields.

He currently works in Unix Administration and Websphere Administration, responsible for maintaining security certificates, installing websphere on servers, adding and deleting of applications in Websphere.

He also enjoys scuba diving and underwater photography.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 24:32, 22.9 MB), Tony Cipollone shares how he got a job as a Senior Organizational Development Consultant at InterPro Teambuilding Systems. He cites his existing relationships, a helpful attitude, and being receptive to different job possibilities as keys to his getting this job. In addition he found LinkedIn to be a valuable online tool and networking with other people in local job search groups like the Job Search Focus Group in Hyde Park to be helpful.

Website mentioned: Society for Human Resource Management

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About Tony

Tony Cipollone, PhD, SPHR – Senior Consultant, InterPro Teambuilding Systems, is an experienced business consultant and training professional focused on removing obstacles to peak performance in organizations. His collaborative approach and creative energy helps others find connections that lead to sustainable solutions to problems. His work with InterPro includes process improvement, training design & development, employee engagement, and organizational teambuilding.

Tony has held human resource and training management positions with several international companies, including Siemens Energy & Automation and Kendle International.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 30:37, 28.5 MB), Kevin Kimball shares how he got a job as Senior Director of Corporate Marketing and Communications. He shared how he valued the transparency of those whom he had interviewed with and also shared some perspectives of moving from large companies to a smaller company.

Links mentioned:

• SimplyHired.com
• Indeed.com
• GlassDoor.com

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About Kevin

Kevin Kimball is a communications executive who promotes and protects the reputations of companies by developing integrated, cost-effective communications programs.

He is currently senior director, corporate marketing and communications at Force10 Networks in San Jose, CA. There, he is responsible for all worldwide external and internal communications. He’s held similar corporate marketing and communications leadership positions in Hitachi, Cadence Design Systems, Philips Semiconductors, Siemens and GE.

Currently based in Los Altos, CA, he’s originally from Upstate New York and has worked in Boston, New York City, New Jersey and Munich, Germany. He’s also gained considerable on-the-ground experience in various parts of Asia Pacific.

In his spare time, he enjoys his family, playing and observing sports (Boston Red Sox and the New York Giants), reading fiction and non-fiction, movies, traveling and collecting contemporary art.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 37:28, 34.4 MB), Jim Dailakis shares how he’s found work as a Comedian, Actor, and Writer. Sometimes you create your own opportunities.

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About Jim

Actor/writer/comedian and voiceover artist, Jim Dailakis, based in New York City, has been touring the USA for the last twelve years headlining in the major comedy clubs. He has worked with the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Larry the Cable Guy, Kevin Nealon, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin and Weird Al Yankovic. Jim’s been featured on CMT, VH1, MTV, XM Satellite Radio as well as Sirius Satellite Radio where he’s a regular guest.

A New York trained actor, he recently played a vagrant in a movie called, THE A AND D PROJECT, the award-winning film, MONA, and a comical character suffering from ADD in a TV pilot called, WORST FIRST DATE. He’s portraying a witty, sarcastic British doorman in a movie called, MELVIN’S APARTMENT. He’s currently working on several feature films he’s written as vehicles for himself. A couple of them have some funding and a sales agent already in place. NOT UNTIL SHE SINGS and ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GETTING MARRIED.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 23:45, 21.8 MB), Sonia Pressman Fuentes shares how she got a job as a Labor Law Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board over 50 years ago.

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About Sonia

Sonia Pressman Fuentes is a feminist activist, author, public speaker, and retired attorney. She has been involved in women’s rights since 1965, when she joined the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as the first woman attorney in its Office of the General Counsel. Ms. Fuentes served as an attorney with the Federal government (Department of Justice, National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development) for over 20 years and was an attorney and executive with multinational corporations (GTE and TRW) for over 10 years. She was the highest-paid woman at the headquarters of each of these corporations.

Ms. Fuentes is a founder of the second wave of the women’s movement. She has lectured extensively in this country and abroad on women’s rights and has written numerous articles on that subject in law reviews and other publications both in the U.S. and abroad. Her memoir, Eat First–You Don’t Know What They’ll Give You – The Adventures of an Immigrant Family and Their Feminist Daughter (affiliate link), has been required reading at Cornell University and American University. Ms. Fuentes resides in Sarasota, FL.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 38:53, 35.8 MB), Elliot Campbell shares how he got a job as a Communications Specialist. He cited many examples of networking and being prepared for interviews as keys to his getting this job.

Links mentioned:

• Hoover’s database
• Job Search Focus Group of Hyde Park in Cincinnati (JSFG)

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About Elliot

Elliot Campbell is a customer-centric communications and public relations professional, currently working in corporate communications. He also writes a blog, Successful Marketing Communications: A Conversation with Customers. He is originally from Toronto.

Elliot graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Simon Fraser University, outside of Vancouver, BC and earned a Master of Science in integrated marketing communications from Northwestern University. While earning these degrees, he worked as an intern and on several client projects for organizations such as Genetech, Coca-Cola, Advertising Age Group and several departments of the Canadian Government.

Prior to landing, Elliot did freelance work for organizations such as the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati and Job Search Focus Group. Previously, he lived in New Jersey, working as a public relations specialist for a PR consultancy working exclusively for life-sciences clients.

You can connect with Elliot on LinkedIn and on Twitter.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 41:01, 37.6 MB) , Feoshia Henderson shares how she got a job as a Freelance Editor for Soapbox Cincinnati, specifically in the Innovation & Job News area. It was especially interesting to hear her perspective on freelancing.

Disclosure: Feoshia interviewed Daniel Johnson, Jr. about How I Got My Job for Soapbox Cincinnati in June 2009.

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About Feoshia

Feoshia Henderson is an Eastern Kentucky native who moved to the Cincinnati area in 2003 to work for now-defunct, The Kentucky Post newspaper as a political writer. She also spent two years at The Cincinnati Enquirer as a suburban Hamilton County reporter before stepping out on her own to run a freelance writing business, just as the biggest economic downturn in her lifetime began… Still, she managed to stay afloat and pay the bills by writing for a motley assortment of publications across Kentucky and Ohio, including Soapbox Cincinnati. She also started Cincyburb blog, where she writes about community and volunteer activities in the ‘burbs. Feoshia graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a degree in journalism, and a political science minor. She’s also a member of the 2009 Cincinnati Mayor’s Young Professionals Kitchen Cabinet on the Education Committee, and has settled in Sycamore Township. You can follow her on Twitter @feoshiasoapbox.

bio and photo credit: Soapbox Cincinnati

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