Comments on: Social Software: The Unemployed Knowledge Worker’s Best Friend http://lehawes.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/social-software-the-unemployed-knowledge-workers-best-friend/ A blog about collaboration practices and technologies, mostly... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:20:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Taken Out of Context « Together, We Can! http://lehawes.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/social-software-the-unemployed-knowledge-workers-best-friend/#comment-71 Taken Out of Context « Together, We Can! Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:13:13 +0000 http://lehawes.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-71 [...] I’m writing this post because I felt a strong need to go on the record and state that the section of the article that references and quotes me (see below) only scratches the surface of what the reporter and I discussed during our 22+ minute conversation. We did talk about how I was staying in touch with former IBM colleagues via Twitter and how that was proving to be valuable. However, we also talked about how social media can connect unemployed individuals with work and new business opportunities. We discussed how blogging and Twittering can make an individual’s expertise known to a peer community, which is especially useful for someone whose previous job did not afford that kind of visibility outside of the company for which he worked. And we talked about how great it is that these social networking and media tools are free — an attractive proposition for someone who is unemployed (see my previous post, Social Software: The Unemployed Knowledge Worker’s Best Friend) [...] [...] I’m writing this post because I felt a strong need to go on the record and state that the section of the article that references and quotes me (see below) only scratches the surface of what the reporter and I discussed during our 22+ minute conversation. We did talk about how I was staying in touch with former IBM colleagues via Twitter and how that was proving to be valuable. However, we also talked about how social media can connect unemployed individuals with work and new business opportunities. We discussed how blogging and Twittering can make an individual’s expertise known to a peer community, which is especially useful for someone whose previous job did not afford that kind of visibility outside of the company for which he worked. And we talked about how great it is that these social networking and media tools are free — an attractive proposition for someone who is unemployed (see my previous post, Social Software: The Unemployed Knowledge Worker’s Best Friend) [...]

]]> By: lehawes http://lehawes.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/social-software-the-unemployed-knowledge-workers-best-friend/#comment-35 lehawes Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:45:26 +0000 http://lehawes.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-35 Great to see someone of Seth Godin's stature validating what I communicated in this post! Seth gets that the value of social software is how it enables individuals and organizations to leverage their existing connections to affect change. See his post at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/11/how-to-make-mon.html Great to see someone of Seth Godin’s stature validating what I communicated in this post! Seth gets that the value of social software is how it enables individuals and organizations to leverage their existing connections to affect change. See his post at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/11/how-to-make-mon.html

]]> By: billbennettnz http://lehawes.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/social-software-the-unemployed-knowledge-workers-best-friend/#comment-34 billbennettnz Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:39:34 +0000 http://lehawes.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-34 Yes, I get how social software in general can work, that's straightforward enough. I thought there may be an additional magic job-finding ingredient in Twitter that I had previously missed. Personally I find Twitter too much of an annoying distraction to be useful, but Linkedin and Facebook are powerful. Yes, I get how social software in general can work, that’s straightforward enough. I thought there may be an additional magic job-finding ingredient in Twitter that I had previously missed.

Personally I find Twitter too much of an annoying distraction to be useful, but Linkedin and Facebook are powerful.

]]> By: lehawes http://lehawes.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/social-software-the-unemployed-knowledge-workers-best-friend/#comment-33 lehawes Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:35:08 +0000 http://lehawes.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-33 @billbennettnz Thanks for reading and commenting. And sorry for my delay in responding. Twitter, or any other social software, can help unemployed knowledge workers find potential employment or opportunities to hatch new businesses with others. How? By facilitating connection with those offering jobs and working on new businessess. I would argue that this method of finding a job is far more efficient and effective than perusing Help Wanted ads or online job sites (i.e. Monster.com). The people in your network already know you and can point you to appropriate positions. They can also recommend you to a hiring manager or an HR representative. If you're lucky, someone in your network may be able to hire you directly! Either way, job hunting via social software is a much better method than blindly answering a job post and having to start as an unknown quantity. @billbennettnz Thanks for reading and commenting. And sorry for my delay in responding.

Twitter, or any other social software, can help unemployed knowledge workers find potential employment or opportunities to hatch new businesses with others. How? By facilitating connection with those offering jobs and working on new businessess.

I would argue that this method of finding a job is far more efficient and effective than perusing Help Wanted ads or online job sites (i.e. Monster.com). The people in your network already know you and can point you to appropriate positions. They can also recommend you to a hiring manager or an HR representative. If you’re lucky, someone in your network may be able to hire you directly! Either way, job hunting via social software is a much better method than blindly answering a job post and having to start as an unknown quantity.

]]> By: billbennettnz http://lehawes.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/social-software-the-unemployed-knowledge-workers-best-friend/#comment-25 billbennettnz Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:11:39 +0000 http://lehawes.wordpress.com/?p=129#comment-25 Interesting thoughts, but how exactly does Twitter help the unemployed knowledge worker? Interesting thoughts, but how exactly does Twitter help the unemployed knowledge worker?

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