How I Got My Job

In this How I Got My Job interview (mp3, 37:12, 34.1 MB), once again we flash back many years ago as Ruth Shapiro shares how she got a job as an Advertising Promotions Coordinator through sending a prospecting letter to a company she had targeted.

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About Ruth

Ruth Shapiro, M.A., LMHC  is a professional Career Management Counselor,  Coach and NY State Licensed Mental Health Counselor.  For over 30 years she has helped clients plan satisfying career changes and job searches in publishing, marketing, retailing, financial services, health care, the arts and the non-profit world.  Clients range from recent college grads to middle managers. professionals and CEO’s.  Her workbook, HOW TO WRITE JOB SEARCH LETTERS THAT LEAD TO INTERVIEWS has been bought by clients and colleagues alike.  Her job search approaches were featured in McCall’s, The Christian Science Monitor, Working Woman, Dow-Jones’ The National Business Employment Weekly, the New York Post and the New York Daily News.  Ruth is a founding member and Vice-President of the Career Counselors Consortium and a founding member of the Career Development Specialists Network.

Prior to her own career change she earned a Master’s Degree in Career Counseling from New York University.  Former corporate careers include Copywriter, Advertising Promotion Manager and Public Relations Director.

She enjoys acting in community theatre, singing in cabaret shows, reading, and performing in improv comedy classes.

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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, 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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