Day 3 - plus more background

Followed "the routine":

• Check job posting alerts (and apply for any matches)
• Check e-mail
• Catch up on tweets, LinkedIn and Facebook
• Update blog

I published my (this) blog finally - three posts behind - and tweeted it's existence to my followers, and posted it on LinkedIn and Facebook. I have had one RT so far by @tj_jaeckle (a recruiter from VACO).. Will start daily updates going forward...

In my quest, I have been looking into how I can leverage the Social Media explosion to assist me with job searching and building out my network of contacts. There is a lot out there, but here are some of the articles that peaked my interest:

http://www.job-hunt.org/job-search-news/2009/06/09/top-50-employers-recruiting-on-twitter/

http://www.gravit8.com/2009/06/the-weak-ties-that-bind-the-jobhuntingsocial-network-connection/

http://tewalkerjr.com/blog/?p=1302

I had a hit today. A job came to a recruiter and he pitched it to me - sounds like a great place, right up my ally. Newer company, not a cube farm with a lot of good talent. Hopefully I will get a F2F - I will post results.

Now is the time to stay focused. I read somewhere that while you are in transition, your search should be your job. I keep a schedule (including vacation days where I do not work), a goal, objectives - in short, a project.

Just because I have a hit, I have not reached my goal (becoming gainfully employed). I have merely accomplished one of the objectives - obtain contacts who can set interviews. I must continue on the path to making more contacts and finding more leads.

To that end, tomorrow evening I will attend the Austin High Tech Happy Hour.

Also on the tasks list for tomorrow I will follow up on yesterday's pointers from my Career Coach. There are some materials to read, plus two seminars to sign up for; "Career Assessment" and "Self Marketing/Networking".

Finally, I will make some formatting tweaks to the base resume. These are minor, but it should help the consistency of the formatting when I need to upload it.

Other things - I cleaned out my garage today to make room to brew beer. I brewed the last batch (almost ready to move to secondary fermenting) at my ex-brother-in-laws house. It went ok, but we need access to a modified refrigerator and in general to have a dedicated space to brewing.