Review – Workshop: Using Blogging and Social Networking to Support your job search
I attended a workshop presented by Scottsdale Job Network on Monday April 27th, 2009 from 6-8pm at the Jobing.com offices in Phoenix, Arizona, facilitated by Angelo Fernando.
I was invited to the workshop to talk and speak briefly about a job seekers view on blogging, why I decided on blogging, the learning curve, any problems I’ve encountered, topic I picked, benefits of blogging in relation to the job search, and if I’d recommend blogging to others.
Angelo was kind enough to email me the first picture, in which I am addressing the audience, and he posted some other photos of the event on flickr here.
Angelo did a very good job cramming a 3 hour workshop into a 2 hour time frame. He gave an overview of what a blog is, being a permanent record of an experience, interaction, or an event. How it can be used to get noticed by employers, and that blogging is a community of people, with shared interests and ideas on numerous topics.
Angelo gave an interesting comparison between business cards, resumes, other social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Myspace, and a Blog going over about 11 comparison points, and how a blog can
show so much more than any of the other forms in relation to marketing yourself.
One of the last things he went over and helped some in the class was to actually set up a blog, Bette Publicker volunteered to have him help get her set up and running.
I’ve done a search since then on google and found another member that started a blog that night Liz Alexander.
For those of you that attended the event, please leave a comment here letting me know your blog site, I’m interested in following your blogs to see how they develop.
Over the coming week I will write more about my experience, and the talking points I mentioned above.
Happy Reading!
-Martin
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Comments
I wish I knew when theses types of events were going on. This is something I would have love to have attended and have been a part of. Great read Martin!
Martin–good to see you writing about the Scottsdale Job Network (SJN) Blogging Workshop and noting the things you learned from Angelo! Thanks for sharing the kind of contacts you've made as a result of your blog, and for encouraging and supporting blogging for other job seekers!
Chris
Martin -Thank you for being a key contributor to the SJN blogging workshop, and for your continued efforts to help job seekers throughout the metro Phoenix area. Your journey from being a blogging novice to becoming a teacher/mentor has inspired many people.
Pat