My quote in the NY Times Job Market section

re: My quote in the NY Times Job Market section

johnza — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:55:00 GMT

Very cool. Blogging as jobs research (if not interview prep) and blogs as promition for recruiting. Smart.

re: My quote in the NY Times Job Market section

Chuck Nyren — Sun, 03 Oct 2004 20:15:00 GMT

Go to the NYT home page and there is a link to the Top 25 most emailed articles. Or, click on any article and there will be a link.

Here's a direct link, but I'm not sure it will work from here:

http://www.nytimes.com/gst/pop_top.html

At the moment, it's dropped to #10. I guess people think the presidential election articles are somehow more important than finding jobs while blogging.

And since you mentioned it, here's my resume:

http://home.earthlink.net/~cdnyren/Nyren_Resume.html

re: My quote in the NY Times Job Market section

Heather — Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:54:00 GMT

Chuck---where do you see it's #5? That's cool to know!

My other quotes were around why I blog. The fact that it's a communication vehicle but not a "strategy". That the biggest value I get is sharing about what it's like to work at Microsoft...in marketing or recruiting and basically establishing an industry presence for myself. Initially I thought it was going to be a tool for collecting resumes and while I have received some great resumes direclty via the blog (and I hope they keep coming), it serves a broader purpose as well.

re: My quote in the NY Times Job Market section

Chuck Nyren — Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:37:00 GMT

And by the way...

I found the article because at the moment it's about #5 on the list of top emailed articles. You're famous.

re: My quote in the NY Times Job Market section

Chuck Nyren — Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:25:00 GMT

Searched for you after reading the article.

I don't technically blog - but I have a bunch of online articles about advertising to baby boomers - and a book deal is in the works, so that should be fun.

My interest in leaving a comment: While I work freelance, every so often I check the job boards and send a resume into the ether. Two people (one from Microsoft HR, one from a headhunting firm, Sakson & Taylor) contacted me about a job at MSN. I could tell that it was the same job. I'm pretty certain I won't get the position - but it was interesting actually TALKING to someone from the Microsoft HR department. I thought it was just a black hole that sucked up even the employees in that department...

So what were your comments/quotes not included in the NYT piece?

I'm 'quoted' all over the place in newspapers, magazines, etc. -- and I rarely even remember that I said this and that. It will happen again, so be forewarned.

re: My quote in the NY Times Job Market section

Curt Rosengren — Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:06:00 GMT

You rock!