How I Got My Job

In this How I Got My Job interview (mp3, 36:09, 33.3 MB), we flash back 10 years as Ellen Belk shares how, in the days before Sirius and XM Radio, she got a job as an Internet Radio Talk Show Host, an opportunity that found her. How “findable” are you?

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About Ellen

Ellen’s career journey began as a broadcast journalist. As a News Talk-Radio producer, reporter and on-air talent she began in Milwaukee with a stop in Charlotte before landing in New York.

Her highly developed inter-personal skills guided her as she successfuly went through a significant career shift in 2001, entering the field of health care.

By 2005, Ellen had emerged as a recognized program and business development professional in the senior-living industry. Specializing in Alzheimer’s & Dementia care, her talents for creating and coordinating programs combined with staff education and mentoring has been an asset to every employer she’s worked for.

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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.

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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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 38:39, 35.6 MB), Karen Blocksom shares how she got a job as a Research Statistician. Her story is another combination of great personal branding and authenticity, as well as being well-connected.

Website mentioned: www.usajobs.com

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About Karen

Karen Blocksom is a statistician for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Although her dual training in ecology and statistics was not focused on environmental science, a bit of luck brought her to her current career 11 years ago. She has spent the last decade building a reputation in her field on a national scale. However, a recent move across the country for her spouse’s job has opened up the possibility of a major career change, about which she has mixed feelings.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 31:50, 29.6 MB) , Ron Harper shares how he got a job as a Radio Support Technician for a major broadcasting company he had some previous experience with.

Websites mentioned

• AllAccess.com
• InsideRadio.com
• RadioDailyNews.com

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About Ron

Ron Harper’s introduction to radio began at a very early age – his Mom was on a quiz show in Chicago when she was pregnant with him. He graduated from Texas Tech with a degree in Communications. Over the course of his career, he’s been on the air and behind the scenes across the country from Texas to New Orleans to Charlotte. He has broadcasted live from Disneyland and the Barcelona Olympics. He was a finalist for Billboard’s Air Personality of the Year and was also named Best Independent Producer by the National Association of Broadcasters.

He is also a freelance voice talent working with clients around the world (for example, he is the signature voice for internet radio station channel27.net in London, and for the Victory Christian Church national cable broadcasts.) Early in 2009, he started a new venture: Videos On Your Website, working with small businesses to produce multimedia marketing pieces.

Ron and his wife and live in the Greater Cincinnati area with their two cats, Hoomie and Gizmo.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 30:35, 28.1 MB), Nathan Penny shares how he got a job as a Multimedia Developer. He considers his story more of a connection success story.

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About Nathan

Never satisfied with the status quo, Nathan Penny strives to surround himself with quality people. A self-perscribed perfectionist and free-thinker, he has an expansive technical background that encompasses many areas of the I.T. and audio/video production fields. He starting building pc’s when he was 12, and nurtured his love for film and music by creating videos and playing bass for church and local events. Nathan also focused heavily on the audio and visual aspects of multimedia presentations. Today, Nathan uses his 12 years experience in Adobe Creative Suite at a local multimedia company to produce promotional materials and video-for-web training modules. He has extensive experience in presentation software such as MediaShout and ProPresenter, and the hardware involved in a small to large scale live event. Nathan is actively pursuing his Adobe certification.

As a hobby, Nathan is an obsessive audiophile and music enthusiast. He has custom built and restored speakers, and has practiced power supply design. He and his wife Anna also pride themselves as Cincinnati foodies, and love to meet up with friends to discover and share new places.

If you’d like to connect with Nathan and share your feedback, or talk theology, or secretly rant about politics, you can follow him on Twitter or you can view his LinkedIn profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/npenny

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