Joshua Waldman - Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies (For Dummies (Career Education))

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Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies

by Joshua Waldman, MBA

Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies

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ISBN 978-0-470-93072-4 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-118-13452-8 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-13453-5 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-13454-2 (ebk)

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About the Author

Joshua Waldman, MBA, is a consultant and entrepreneur who teaches technology and marketing skills to job seekers to help them get noticed and ultimately find jobs. He has been using social media to enhance his career and the careers of others since 2006 and has worked with unemployment office staff, MBA career center staff, and countless unemployed and frustrated job seekers. He founded the Career Enlightenment blog in 2009 with the mission of helping job seekers break away from outdated and ineffective job-searching strategies. Joshua's blog content has been featured on top career sites, including the International Business Times, Simply Hired blog, CAREEREALISM.com, and mediabistro.com. Exclusive extras and more resources for this book can be found at www.careerenlightenment.com/fordummies.

Joshua enjoys meditation, bodybuilding, vegetarian cooking, and bad kung fu flicks. He knows of the existence of Hannah Montana only because of his 13-year-old daughter. And he keeps his head on his shoulders only because of his wife's good sense.

Dedication

For my dear friend Lucretia, who faces each of life's challenges with a grin and a joke, who taught me that even if you're at the tail end of the line and even if the air gets thin, remember to keep walking. You just have to put one foot in front of the other.

Author's Acknowledgments

The story of how I came to write this book is a perfect example of the power of networking. My dad loves a professional networking group for small businesses called Business Networking International (BNI). As the president of its Rhode Island chapter, he's been trying to (unsuccessfully) persuade me to join the group. However, we both share a passion for social media and emerging technologies. When my dad found out that I blog on such topics, he put me in touch with Charles Westcott, a contact he'd made at his weekly BNI meeting.

Charles offered to introduce me to a friend of his at Wiley Publishing. After six months, I received a phone call from the For Dummies group, expressing their interest in publishing my book. So from my obstinate refusal to join my dad's networking group (and his patience with me), my book idea finally found its way into good hands at Wiley. So thanks, Dad. I don't doubt how hard fatherhood can be sometimes!

A few people I want to acknowledge include Pamela Slim, for inspiring me and believing in me, and Laura Roeder, for painting a picture of success in my head. Also a big thanks to James Alexander for delivering a ton of great research to my doorstep when I needed it most.

If it weren't for Wiley's awesome editing team, this book would sound like gibberish. In particular, my special heartfelt thanks to Jennifer Tebbe, Jennette ElNaggar, David Lutton, Jessica Smith, and Christy Pingleton. And thanks to my technical editor, Jane Finkle, who helped me make this material more accessible to a broader audience.

I also want to thank Michael Dr. Woody Woodward, Dr. Larry Chiagouris, Lauren Busley, Tony Deblauwe, Roy Cohen, Stuart Mease, Lavie Margolin, Dave Sanford, Stephanie Daniel, Courtney Hunt, and Katie Farrell for helping me get unstuck on the Facebook chapter.

Finally, I want to thank my family for putting up with my early mornings, early bedtimes, and working weekends. Shifting my entire waking existence back three hours was certainly a group effort. Your support and patience is truly appreciated. I'm sure you'll be happy to not have to stare at the back of my head all weekend.

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