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Comment on 15 Reasons I Haven’t Returned Your Call by Tom Krieglstein

Tom Krieglstein — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:35:28 +0000

It’s an interesting read Claudine because being on the other side of this coin (not as a recruiter but with lots of clients in Student Affairs) I find that I can email someone 10 times and never get a response, but if I call I have a much higher rater of connecting with them. Though I agree on the voicemail thing, it gets less of a response than email for me.

Comment on 15 Reasons I Haven’t Returned Your Call by gina

gina — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:21:40 +0000

As always I enjoy your honesty! gina

Comment on Start Spreading the News by gina

gina — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:27:08 +0000

holy shit! that is so freaking amazing! i wondered how you got to go and if you were going for work. gina

Comment on Start Spreading the News by Ashley G. Scott

Ashley G. Scott — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:10:51 +0000

So excited for you! Maybe I can join you next year Hope you’re having a great time!

Comment on The Job Search Game Has Changed by Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:12:14 +0000

This is SO true !!! I fell victim to all of this – I was just submitting blindly and didn’t realize that human contact makes all the difference. Looking back I now know that the only times I got an interview were those positions for which I made some sort of personal connection beyond the online submission contact. It’s really just as simple as networking – and LinkedIn has it so much easier to stay organized while doing that.

Comment on The Job Search Game Has Changed by gina

gina — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:18:14 +0000

I hope your students read this blog post. I will be sure to pass this on to my students as this is really helpful and great advice. we are lucky as student affairs professionals to have higher ed jobs.com but if we didn’t want to work in this profession any longer I would have no clue where to start!!! It does seem like there is a big black hole somewhere and people just get lost unless you know somebody or you find a way to really stand out. But standing out and being obnoxious is also a fine line…job searching is really difficult right now!
Kudos to you luv,
gina

Comment on Linked In Love by hiyaluv

hiyaluv — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:06:30 +0000

I need to take time to update mine and in fact after reading this mine probably needs some work and fine tuning. This is a great post and really should open eyes to many who think that online mediums are a lax way of putting themselves out there. Many do not think that they need to be more professional and private about certain matters online than in person even though there is a lack of privacy in social media and the mere fact that the business you put out in the world wide web is just that-for the world. Does that make sense?

Comment on What Are Your Strengths? by Janet

Janet — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:49:30 +0000

Sounds like we have a lot in common I would like to think that these are all of my strengths. I’m really happy to see that you joined us over at oneforty and I’m so happy to see that you are bringing social media to higher education. If you have an interest in this area, I just featured a guest post on the oneforty blog by someone who uses social media to engage potential students, current students, and alumni – http://oneforty.com/blog/featured-tweets-mike-petroff-uses-hootsuite-to-manage-emerson-college-social-presence/

I’m glad you write this blog! Consider yourself +1 subscriber. This is really great advice that you give to young people. When you are just out of college and looking at different careers and opportunities it can all seem pretty daunting. However, if you know the strengths you have at your core, you can approach your job search from a position of power and be better able to narrow down the jobs that will be a fit for you. Believe it or not I would say a lot of the ’09 and ’10 grads I know probably wouldn’t be able to concisely answer that question on the spot. It’s not because they are dumb, I just don’t think anyone has coached them through this sort of self-reflection.

Thanks again for stopping by our site! Hope to see you soon.

Janet Aronica
Community Manager
oneforty.com

Comment on What Are Your Strengths? by Claudine

Claudine — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:29:03 +0000

Great input Courtney. I really like the idea of rewarding oneself with working on the “favored” project after putting in time and effort on a not so favored project. Think I might have to implement that:-)

Comment on What Are Your Strengths? by Courtney

Courtney — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:02:46 +0000

Thank you for writing this blog, I often check it for helpful ideas and suggestions on my job search.

One of my strengths is that I very passionate about what I do. I find that once I am involved with something that I am interested in I will first look for a leadership opportunity in that project. If I am luckily enough to get a leadership position and even if I am not, I use my passion not only to do the work that I need to but to motivate others as well to do more that what they expect. The flip side to this is motivating myself on projects that I am not as passionate about. I find that if I am involved with more than one project that I can work on both equal times and use one as a reward when I work on the other.