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So begins the Jr. Classic

Many of you who know me personally know that I have been involved with a charity called Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities or RBI. That program spun off a Jr. League and today begins the Jr. RBI Classic that will celebrate the founding of the league, 20 years of RBI and the 2009 All Star [...]

Why Your Social Media Efforts Aren’t Paying Off.

You may have been faithfully trying to use social media to build a following for sometime now and be less than enthused with your results. With social media, there really is no ‘A’ for effort – you need to do it properly if you hope to build a large, responsive following. Here are three reasons [...]

3 Tips For Using Twitter To Create Relationships

By now you are likely in one of two camps when it comes to Twitter: You either are on board and trying to build a following or you are sticking your head in the sand, deciding that it is simply a fad which will pass; or You likely have seen Twitter in the news more [...]

Tweeps I follow in my job search

I am a believer in a holistic approach and so since I went with traditional last week, let me get into Twitter this week. I have been looking high and low for the best folks to follow and that I can network with, but there are a few folks that are amazing for job hunting. I keep each of these in a special column for job hunting on tweet deck so that I dont miss listings or wisdom.

Keeping Myself Busy – The Hunt for Work through Social Networking

Incredulity is mean. “So Drew, how’s the job hunt?” “Fine,” I tell them, “I am networking a lot using tools like LinkedIn and Twitter.” That’s when I usually get, “really, how are you going to get a job like that?” Non-believers. The simple truth is that for managers at my level, 85% or so of [...]

Social Media Principles Apply to Blogs and Job Hunters Alike

Happy Saturday everyone.   I wasn’t going to write today but down here at the Lake of the Ozarks, all is calm and peaceful and the children have gone away to play some where.  So, I am cruising the internet trying to make sense of it all.  I’ve learned a few things about Social Media, remembered [...]

Fighting back with craftiness

There is really nothing worse than having your boss come into your office, shut the door and sit down with: “It’s not good news.” Its heart rending to be sure but I have been given a gift, time. Time to make arrangements, time to wrap up and time to find another job within the organization. [...]

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I wish I could be more welcoming. Gush over your arrival. Make you feel comfortable, get you a cookie. But I can’t. Not now. After two years as the National Project Manager for KPMG in the Records Risk Management group, it appears my time may be at an end. No clients to be had and no spending to be done by the firm.