How I Got My Job

In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 37:36, 34.4 MB), Marc Hopkins shares how he got a job as a college professor. Among many things, he talked about the value of having an established network and trying out jobs you might be interested in. It was also interesting to hear him talk from the perspective as a hiring manager and as someone looking to be hired.

Website mentioned: www.youronedegree.com

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About Marc

J. Marc Hopkins is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based veteran of small business technology leadership in a variety of industries, including education, healthcare and media. He specializes in infrastructure design and consolidation, staff development, business intelligence, and business process improvement for non-profit and mission-focused businesses.

He holds degrees from the State University of New York, Gannon University, and Indiana Wesleyan University. Currently he teaches Information Technology at DeVry University, writes for CIO magazine, and serves as a contracted CIO for multiple small businesses. Follow Marc on his CIO blog, LinkedIn, and on Twitter.

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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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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 33:52, 31.0 MB), Amybeth Hale shares how she got a job as a Talent Attraction Manager.  Her story is an excellent example of how building and maintaining the right kind of connections before you need them can help you in your job search.  As someone in the HR industry, she also had some great advice for job-seekers who feel overwhelmed by the deluge of job-seeking advice. Also good to note are her opinions on how to answer the tough interview questions.

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About Amybeth Hale

Amybeth began her career in research in the summer of 2002 as the sole researcher for an award-winning MRI-affiliated executive search firm in Ohio.  She then served as Manager of Internet Research for a recruiting franchisor in Ohio where she provided research support to franchise offices and implemented, customized, and conducted training classes for contact management databases, passive researching techniques and personal online branding.  Most recently she was a Sourcing Strategist a global public relations agency headquartered in Seattle, WA,  where she helped increase the digital footprint of the agency’s staffing efforts.  Currently she works as a Talent Attraction Manager with AT&T.

Amybeth also maintains an internet research and social media blog, www.researchgoddess.com where she is affectionately known as the “Research Goddess”.  She is a proponent of responsible professional networking and believes that there is something to be learned from every person you encounter in life.

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 22:29, 20.6 MB), Daniel Johnson, Jr. shares how, back in college at the University of Cincinnati, he got a job as a Lab Assistant at the US EPA.  The opportunity came while working at a job somewhere else, having temporarily dropped out of college.

Special thanks to Zack “The Mothman” Daggy from Mothpod Productions for taking over as host and interviewer for this episode.  Find more information about him and all the projects he has going on at http://www.zackdaggy.com

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 38:47, 35.3 MB), Warren Sukernek shares how he got a job as Director of Content Marketing at Radian6.  His story illustrates the principle of building your network before you need it.

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• Warren’s Social Media Resume: http://sukernek.blogspot.com
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About Warren

Warren has over 15 years of client and agency dynamic online experience in e-commerce, community, content management solutions, consumer focused webinars, demand generation, blogging, and digital based RM campaigns. He often finds himself at the intersection of marketing and technology, because that’s where the fun is. An avid tweeter, Warren blogs about Twitter at http://twittermaven.com, a blog all about Twitter and he found his current role via networking on Twitter.  Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Warrenss

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In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 21:03, 19.4 MB), Ed Ovett shares how he got a job as a Graphics Technician for a local school district and how his job has changed over the many years since he first started.

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About Ed Ovett

Ed Ovett has been podcasting for over three years, is a father of 4 and also has 4 grandkids. He hosts and produces the weekly music variety podcast, Ed’s Mixed Bag, which comes out every Saturday. He also is the host of The Pod 5, which is recorded live on UStream on the first and third Sundays of every month.

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