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CareerCampSFV 2012

Saturday, October 13, 2012 9a-3p

Congregational Church of Northridge
9659 Balboa Blvd, Northridge, CA

Due to personal family issues with the scheduled speaker, I will be speaking at this weeks’s Tuesday’s with Transitioners meeting on the topic of “A Year of Action!”.

Action — any action — can help us to get our careers and lives moving forward. Douglas presents a few “action items” you might want to explore or use as jumpstart points for your own ideas.

Learn how action benefits you no matter what your job, current job status or career!

Please share this event with anyone you know who might be interested. All are welcome!

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What: Douglas speaks on “A Year of Action” at Tuesdays with Transitioners

When: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 – Noon-2pm

Where: Congregational Church of Northridge, 9659 Balboa Blvd, Northridge, CA 91325-1902

CareerCampLA 2012 is in the planning stages.

For more information, visit the CareerCamp blogs CareerCampLA or CareerCamp International.

Are you interested in helping us organize CareerCampLA, speaking or attending? Watch these blogs for further information.

Join us for our next career unconference and Build the Career the You Deserve!

Join me for the Career Opportunities Office Hour Google+ Hangout on Wednesday, January 11, 2011 at 9pm EST/6pm PST.

This is an open discussion of whatever career topics are on your mind. Bring you questions and discussion topics.

Circle my personal Google+ account or the Career Opportunities G+ page to see the link to the hangout on Wednesday.

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The office hour has ended. Thanks to all who attended.

Here is what I had to say on today’s #careerchat. The topics was “What makes a good job candidate?” I got into a good discussion on how companies should be looking for candidates instead of waiting for them to submit their resumes.

• FYI @careertips is Douglas E. Welch from the Career Opportunities podcast – http://t.co/XMtas25U
• A1: There are so many traits to call out. Action driven, forward thinking, passionate about their work, self-confident…
• A2: On a resume, I prefer to see a “story” or their accomplishments, not just a list. I think stories have more impact.
• Question: Wouldn’t it be better to go out and find your perfect candidates instead of waiting for them to come to you?
• I would love to see people switch over to that method. Look for those people already presenting themselves well on the ‘Net.
• I find it a bit odd that we are still so focused on paper resumes (or online equivs) and such. Look for people, not paper.
• @DavidGaspin I think a lot of people/companies are relying on a method that is 100+ years old and not embracing new tools.
• Constantly be looking for people who meet your needs everywhere — online forums, chats, G+, Facebook etc.
• People present “what they do and how well they do it” every day. We need to pay more attention.
• For me, resumes might as well be stone tablets, as the “technology” is so archaic. Surely we can come up with a better method.
• For a careerist, I recommend using social media to show people “what you do and how well you do it” every day in every way.
• Get jobs to come to them instead of going out and begging for a job
• @DavidGaspin Not a recruiter. I think that people can/do show more of themselves in their interactions than you evr see on paper
• @DavidGaspin You get a much more rounded idea of their skills and who they are as a person if/when you interact with them.
• @LearnDevelopLLC The trouble is, you want it to be easy for you. You want to use resume as a rubric to cull.
• An example, if you are looking for programmers, do you frequent prog. forums, newsgroups, mailing lists? Why not? That is where
• …your best candidates are already
• …and the best people will be demonstrating their skills at programming, communication and interaction there for you to see
• @DavidGaspin I think that we will see that relying on resumes doesn’t scale. Hence the number of tech jobs going open today
• People are starting to realize the a company has to offer something to them and their career, too. They will go where wanted
• @DavidGaspin You can find the candidates you want to bring in for further discussion and present mgrs with small pool
• @DavidGaspin Just as before, you are just finding your candidates, hopefully better ones, in a different way.
• @DavidGaspin You are going looking for people instead of waiting for them to find you.
• I believe that for certain jobs, recruitment is the only way to go. Candidates simply have too many good options/alternatives
• They aren’t reading the want ads looking for a job. People are already coming to them i.e. recruiting them.
• @benwmaddox Nah, I think recruiters are best lurking in forums and such. Places where people demonstrate their skills and such
• Phone calls are yet another archaic tech I would like to kill off. (LAUGH)
• @SalarySchool ..and I think they should. Find your candidates where they live and work.
• @bizMebizgal To me it seems a no brainer. People are willingly showing you who they are, what they do, why not use it.
• @bizMebizgal Here in LA I am constantly referring people to the Web405 mailing list to find progs/designers/etc
• BTW, before it gets to late – Book Giveaway on blog – The Adversity Paradox – http://t.co/XMtas25U
• @DavidGaspin I see more jobs trending the same way as tech, though. People have more options now and will start to see that.
• @DavidGaspin It is a general movement towards everyone seeing themselves as freelancer even if currently an employee.
• @DavidGaspin Email is the new gold standard for contacts or contacting them using whatever service they use. FB, Twitter, etc.
• @SalarySchool I think we are starting to see the non-competes are nearly unenforceable. Too close to indentured servitude.
• @SalarySchool You can’t take my livelihood from me just because you have competitors.
• @DavidGaspin No, since online interaction is immediate and clearly demonstrates who they are and what they do.
• @DavidGaspin I don’t agree. Online interaction is much more free flowing, open and enlightening than any paper (or LI) resume
• @gg3nyc (Re: One Page Resume) That is one reason I consider the resume archaic. Artificial limitation on content. It is one page as that is…
• …less work for person looking at resumes, not because it has any actual bearing on the information.

Pink Slip Mixers and SideSkills Announces “Work, Hire and Collaborate” Networking Event Series

Employment Leaders Team Together for a Unique Forum for Job Seekers and Employers

Los Angeles, CA – October 26, 2011 – Pink Slip Mixers, the leader in specialized job search networking events and SideSkills, the fastest growing social employment platform for job seekers and employers today announced a new networking forum entitled “Work, Hire and Collaborate.” Designed specifically for job seekers and employers, attendees will learn the latest tips, trends, and tools for matching their skills with global market availability through interactive presentations with industry thought leaders.

Featured speakers include Tony Drexel Smith, founder and president of SUMATICI, an Orange County business incubator and Deam Roys, founder of Roys & Associates, a leading executive search firm and one of America’s fastest growing privately held companies noted in the INC. 500.

Speaker Douglas E. Welch, career writer and pioneer podcaster will present “Treat every career like an entertainment career.” Douglas writes Career Opportunities, a weekly career column founded in 1998 for ComputorEdge Magazine in San Diego, California. The companion Career Opportunities podcast is now in its 7th year of production. Both offer advice and guidance on how to “Build the Career That You Deserve.” Douglas is also the founder of CareerCamp International, which has organized 5 career unconferences in the Los Angeles area, including CareerCampLA and CareerCampSCV (Santa Clarita Valley). All of Douglas’ projects can be found at DouglasEWelch.com. “No one cares as much about your career as yourself — and no one ever will. Treat each job like a contract position or a gig — much like an actor or musician. Ensure that you are focused on ways to improve your career, not just do a job.”

“I am excited that we were able to bring our two organizations together to create this unique event for both people looking for employment and those hiring in a relaxed social environment,” said Ryan McKenzie, CEO of SideSkills. “After the keynotes, attendees will have the opportunity to interact socially with career coaches, recruiters, social media specialists, and Fortune 500 companies. They will also be able to continue the networking experience after the event on SideSkills’ proprietary social employment platform to quickly find the right job and the employer feeling confident hiring a vented, connected person.”

The first two in the series will be held in Los Angeles:

Thursday, November 3rd
Hermosa Beach Community Center
710 Pier Avenue, Hermosa Beach, CA, 90254
1:00 pm-3:00 pm

RSVP Here

Friday, November 4th
Santa Monica Library
601 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
10:30 am-1:30 pm

RSVP Here

Attendance is free for both job seekers and employers.  Pre-registration on Eventbrite, and an account on SideSkills.com are both recommended.

About Pink Slip Mixers

The online community, PinkSlipMixers.com, is powered by Groupsite.com, the social collaboration platform designed to empower groups to make things happen.  PinkSlipMixers are unique “pink slip party” job networking events. Guests “Pay it Forward” by exchanging job search tips, forwarding job postings, “Tweeting” about things they talk about and hear in the crowd (Twitter Feeds are broadcasted live during the event) and just simply encouraging other job seekers through the recession. Pink Slip Mixers 2.0 events are throughout the United States. For more information, go to www.pinkslipmixers.com.

About SideSkills.com

SideSkills.com is the fastest growing employment resource for job seekers and employers. The company’s unique cloud-connected employment platform allows for global access to talent for employers through powerful interactive networking, proprietary PRESUME tools (resume profiling), feedback/ranking and secure payment process. SideSkills radically reduces risk of hires and allows those seeking employment a new vehicle for showcasing their expertise and customer satisfaction. For more information, please visit www.sideskills.com.

Part of Social Media Week 2011

Building the career you deserve means becoming both director and promoter of it–No one cares as much about your career as you do. This means taking the lead in ‘Telling people what you do and how you do it!” Social media provides the tools needed to develop the jobs and projects that make one’s career unique and fulfilling.

This panel will give practical information about how to use social media to build the career you desire. We’ll talk not only about the “why” of social media, but also about “how” it can, and should, be used, so that you are in control of all aspects of your career.

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Panelist and Moderators

Visit Social Media and Your Career blog for complete bios and links

• Jennifer Oliver O’Connell
• Douglas E. Welch
• Susan M. Baker
• Marla Dennis
• Colton Stenke
• Denise L. Cook