Monthly Archives: September 2010

My Thanks To You

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Hi, everyone Jason here. I just wanted to take a moment and convey my thoughts on  how thankful I am for each and everyone of you; not only here on the blog but on twitter as well. Through your quality engagement and interaction you keep me going and make me feel blessed to be a part of your online lives. The most important things I am thankful for in each of you is how real you are, the way you support me and offer advice in time of need.

As some of you know, back in March of this year I got very disgusted because no one was commenting on my blog post, my follower count was low and there was no interaction. Basically finding my place was a struggle.  As a result, I took down the blog and erased my presence on twitter. A couple days passed before I started getting emails stating I was being missed and asking where I was at. I proceeded to tell what had happen.

I began to take a look inside myself and asking the question, “Is this the way I want people to portray me as?” I immediately got up brought the blog back and started my presence on twitter once again. Ever since I have seen nothing but positive results. I have realized that my follower count is just another number. Its the quality of my followers that is most important to me. I have now began to find my place in social media as a promoter of my followers and their blogs and developed it into my passion.

In closing, I am here to say never give up or get discouraged in social media. It takes time to develop what your looking for. Dedicate yourself, take initiative and concentrate on a strategy that you can put into place to make you become a winner. Through this journey you will encounter some unpleasant people so you have to remain strong and let everyone know that no one or anything can bring you down. I look forward to the future with each and everyone of you with even more positive results in store.

As a token of appreciation to  my audience here on the blog and followers on twitter, I have decided to give away a $25 @Starbucks gift card. All you have to do to win is leave me a comment stating what you are thankful for in your blog audience or twitter following along with your twitter handle. Winner will be drawn using random.org Contest ends Friday Sept 24 at 5pm ET and Good Luck.


Common Mistakes Job Seekers Make

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Job seekers make lots of mistakes. I want to focus on what mistakes job seekers make on social media sites as well as voice mail and e-mail.

On Facebook, job-seekers use party pictures or pictures of a vacation spot as their profile picture. Also, they fail to give a clear meaning in their Bio what they are looking for in a job, fail to list contact information and job history and leaving their profiles non-private.

On Twitter, they mix personal and business use on the same account, lack of personal branding, lack of networking and building relationships.

On Linkedin, they are not putting time and effort into their profile picture to reflect who they are honestly. Also, they fail to find their audience and develop their brand and fail to be descriptive in their professional headline, not customizing the profile URL to be more precise and self explanatory.

In a voice mail, job seekers speak too fast and not clearly, not clear in the reason they are calling and fail to leave full name and call back number. Also, not having a personalized greeting for when the potential employer calls back.

In an email, most common mistakes include not attaching a resume correctly or in the right form, misspelling of words, not using complete sentences, no complete thought, no personalized signature and using descriptive words in the email address instead of their name.

The impact of these gaffes becomes negative and leads the employer to wonder if a person can survive in a social environment as well as be an asset and create success for the company.

These gaffes can be avoided by never trying to be someone you are not, be comfortable with yourself, always be truthful and honest. Ask yourself the question, “Is this me”? If so practice on making yourself better, listen to constructive criticism and be willing to learn how to conquer this social awkwardness. Always use spell check and for your emails and proofread before sending.

If not avoided the negative impact can be mitigated by being given a chance to learn and improve from information and feedback from the employer. In return, show the employer you can improve through action of what they have conveyed to you.

I hope you have enjoyed this post. If you feel I have left something out or want to add to a certain section, feel free to let me know in a comment.