Links to recent career and job search articles and blog posts:

• Wall Street Journal: Folks Are Flocking to the Library, a Cozy Place to Look for a Job
• MSNBC: Under 30? Looking for a job? You're not alone
• Brazen Careerist: Networking Thru Social Media, Steal This strategy!
• CareerDiva: Who’s the most screwed in this economy?
• What Would Dad Say: Don’t Fire Yourself
• JobMob: 39 Best Job Search Tip Articles of 2008
• The Boston Globe: Flex your networking skills
• Career Solvers: In Life and Job Search, Preparation is Key
• Blue Sky Resumes: The 7 Mistakes You're Probably Making On LinkedIn

I want to thank everyone for attending and I hope that in my informal, fast talking, over use of the word “sucks” you find a few things to use in your job search.

As I mentioned during the presentation this site is only a couple of days old and will take a few days to get some basic resources posted.

Going forward this will be updated regularly on this main page with career links and national news. There will also be the Minneapolis page I mentioned with local links.

Please stop by over the coming week and see the progress that is made.

There are three things I ask of you:

• Is there something you were hoping to hear in the presentation that was not covered? If so, leave a comment below. I will answer the best I can and also add it for my next event
• If after posting Minneapolis links you know of a group or resource that should be added please take a moment to let me know through the form that will be provided
• The presentation itself, how did I do? I am looking for an honest critique. What was good, not so good, material not clear enough, is my informal style a good thing or a bad thing, etc.

Here is the presentation (click this and use arrows to move forward and backward):

Download StarTribune Career Expo_Job Search 1-13-09 FINAL

As posted on the MN Headhunter Blog:

I should have posted this here earlier. I have been sending messages out on Twitter, Facebook and email and forgot about the blog. Yeah, sometimes I am not the brightest bulb on the tree.

Today, January 12^th 2009 I am presenting at a career fair sponsored by the Minneapolis StarTribune to be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center. I did all three events in 2008 and have been invited (and I accepted) to do them again in 2009.

Here is a link to the online event announcement StarTribune Career Expo.

During the event I will be briefly talk about a new site I am working on Be Your Own Headhunter where I will be posting career, job search and networking information, links to blog posts, information on Minneapolis and St. Paul career resources including networking groups, professional associations, etc.

From the site I will also be hosting webinars and later this spring launching a book.

Here is more information on what I will be speaking about:

2 PM – Room 102A
I have a “killer” resume, now what?
Tips On Being Your Own Headhunter
Paul DeBettignies, Managing Partner, Nerd Search

Paul has been an IT headhunter for 11+ years; he is a frequent speaker on job search and networking topics and writes the popular business blog MNHeadhunter.com. Paul will share principles he has learned that are universal to a job search through is own business and throughout his years of interaction with candidates that will help speed up your job search process.

Areas to be covered include: networking, what it is, how to get started, and who to contact; using LinkedIn and Facebook as job search tools; effective ways of using email to introduce yourself; finding hiring manager contact names; creating your 10 second Sound Bite and the 30 second Elevator Pitch; tracking your job search.

3PM – Room 102A
Open Networking Opportunity With Fellow JobSeekers
Paul DeBettignies, Managing Partner, Nerd Search

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