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[SiH] Recommended Resource: Connect Professionally via LinkedIn

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July 2008 - Vol. V, Issue 3

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Recommended Resource: Connect Professionally via LinkedIn
by Sara Hurd, CFCC

This is pretty old news, but I realized that I hadn’t yet suggested LinkedIn (linkedin.com) to my readers. I also read a great book recently called I’m on LinkedIn–Now What??? by Jason Alba that refueled my interest in LinkedIn.

LinkedIn is a tool to expand your professional network. It helps you connect (or reconnect) with people within organizations so that you can network, stimulate conversations, and brand yourself. It’s also especially helpful if you are a job seeker or are actively managing your career. But only if you actively use it!

One of the newer features that makes networking and personal branding even more powerful is the “Answers” tool. You can ask a question to your network and their connections, answer questions that others have posed, and browse answers to get information. I also really appreciate the “Recommendations” section. It’s nice to receive good recommendations, but it’s even more fun to give them and to read recommendations for people I know.

If you haven’t checked out LinkedIn, you can see my profile and connect to me at http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahurd.

Sara Hurd and Keyway Strategies, LLC specialize in helping executives and small business owners have healthy relationships with themselves, others, AND their businesses. Read more about our coaching services.

The purpose of Success in Harmony is to provide practical and inspiring tips for balancing success in all areas of life.

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Sara Hurd, BSW, Certified Franklin Covey Coach (CFCC) and graduate of Legacy Learning Coach Training, has been a coach for Franklin Covey Company beginning in 1998. She has used her skills in product development and training to develop and deliver coaching and coach training programs for Professional Education Institute. In 2003, Sara founded Keyway Strategies LLC, a coaching company specializing in helping small business owners grow their businesses, navigate a sea of technological tools, and create healthy relationships with themselves, others and their businesses. Sign up for her free email newsletter at http://www.keywaystrategies.com.

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[KS News & Resources] What’s All the Tweeting About?

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Have you discovered Twitter yet? If not, you may want to just head on over to see what all the fuss is about. What folks do on Twitter is considered “microblogging” - short posts of 140 characters or less. The question that Twitter asks when you set up an account and every time you visit is “What are you doing?” Far from simply being a navel-gazing status report (although some posts read that way), Twitter is quickly becoming a real-time conversation between colleagues, friends, and even strangers. The professionals who add value on Twitter succinctly point their “followers” to relevant and interesting information.

Although I enjoy the Tweets (the “official” term for Twitter updates) of several of the people whose feeds I follow (err… all 16 of them…), the person I follow that I think uses the platform the very best is Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang). He uses a great mixture of providing helpful and relevant content, championing others, networking, asking questions to generate conversations, providing rundowns of events he’s attending, and laughing about life. I also want to point to Cyd Tetro (@cydtetro) as an example of someone who brilliantly showcases the business use of Twitter. Cydni and I went to High School together, but I only recently ran across her in cyberspace.

Warning: It takes some time to get the hang of Twitter, but once you’ve gotten your feet wet, you’re in danger of getting hooked.

As for my Twitter feed? Well, I can’t promise that I do anything brilliantly on Twitter, but I can tell you that if I want to share something I’ve come across, I’ll often not take the time to write up an article or blog post, but I will Tweet about it. To whoever is listening! @sarahurd

[SiH] Recommended Resource: JibberJobber, career toolset

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February 2008 - Vol. V, Issue 2

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Recommended Resource: JibberJobber, career toolset

This year, the United States seems to be in an economic slump. Employees feel that they have even less job security than before, if they ever really had any. It’s time to begin contingency planning, networking, and promoting your personal brand in the marketplace.

Luckily, there is an online toolset that can help you manage the complexity of activities that surround networking, career management and job searching. JibberJobber is a powerful tool that lets you manage your career, from job search to relationship management to target company management (and much more). JibberJobber is free for life with an optional upgrade. JibberJobber is a fantastic tool–it even allows coaching to link their accounts with their clients’ and monitor job search / networking activities. But one of the best features is the blog, which includes helpful tips from someone who has been there: Jason Alba, who designed the toolset during his own job search in 2006. It is quickly becoming the most important tool for career management.

From the About Us page:

If you want to learn more about JibberJobber you can:

  • Listen to a podcast interview (about 40 minutes) with Jason, by Peter Clayton. Peter is the leader in podcast interviews in the employment space.
  • Read a rather comprehensive blog post by Dave Mendoza, expert recruiter and consultant.
  • Read (and subscribe to) Jason’s blog, found at http://www.JibberJobber.com/blog

Sign up for a free account and consider upgrading to get extra conveniences when you really need them. To see what others are saying about JibberJobber click on the testimonials link.

On a related note, Jason is also the author of I’m on LinkedIn, Now What??? and I’m on Facebook, Now What??? Gotta love the three question marks; it seems to really capture the frustration that we feel when we’re told we should get a profile up but don’t really know what to do with it.

[SiH] Recommended Resource: Jott Yourself!

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January 2008 - Vol. V, Issue 1

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Recommended Resource: Jott Yourself!

One of my new best friends is a service called Jott.com. Jott offers you a toll free number to call after you register your home phone number and cell phone number (so they can match your call to your account), and will translate your voice message into text. You can send a message (email and/or text message) to yourself or to anyone in your contact list. You can even “Jott” services like blogger.com, rememberthemilk.com, twitter.com, amazon.com, Google calendar, and many more.

The way I typically use Jott is as follows:

  • Something occurs to me, like something I need to take care of, someone I need to call, etc.
  • If I have my hands full and can’t put it in my PDA or Outlook right away, I call Jott.
  • I Jott “myself” with the reminder, and it ends up in my email inbox a couple of minutes later.
  • I then put the reminder into my task management system or calendar.

I find myself regularly using Jott when I’m lying down for the night and I remember something I need to take care of. Instead of pulling out my PDA, I just grab the phone that’s right by my bed and Jott myself. Excellent!