Beyond Job Boards: Design Your Career with Free Social Networking and Web 2.0 - April 30th
(IIDA-Hartford)

Go beyond the frustrating Internet job boards and learn how to find work, brand and network yourself using completely free online methods. The silver lining in today's economic gray cloud is how you can build your career with social networking. Many designers don't know how or where to get started to apply it to their careers. With this workshop, you will.

Recruiting industry Master Cybersleuth Glenn Gutmacher flips the powerful methods that help headhunters find the right talent to help job-seekers, applied to interiors and related design fields.  His presentation earned raves at RISD recently with over 100 non-student attendees; his one-time appearance in the Hartford area will be hosted by IIDA New England on April 30.  

Especially in weak economies, the best career opportunities aren't found on job boards. In this fast-moving workshop, Glenn shows how to uncover hidden opportunities in the job market, and how to reach recruiters and direct hiring managers using completely free methods available in the world of social networks and Web 2.0.

Leverage the Internet with special online searches that reveal extremely targeted results, and continue to generate new matches automatically; tap professionally-geared social networks like LinkedIn and Facebook (or turbocharge your networks if you're already a member); perform targeted research to identify the best companies for you; and obtain hiring decision-makers' contact info for effective email/phone outreach; and more!

Also learn how to create and build your personal brand to convey expertise; network through blogs, lists, forums, associations and user groups; and even create your own group on social networking platforms -- pulling the right people into your circle and creating opportunities for others to find you.

The result? Dramatically increase your likelihood of landing full-time or project work, or create your own ideal job when no relevant opening exists.

BIOGRAPHY
Glenn Gutmacher is JobMachine’s Vice President for the Arbita Consulting & Education Services (ACES) division (http://aces.arbita.net).  Since 1997, he has consulted and provided workforce development workshops for recruiting teams at numerous Fortune 500 companies and top-tier staffing firms. Before joining Arbita / JobMachine in 2008, Glenn was a senior recruiting researcher for Microsoft Corporation for over 3 years.  In 1996, he founded one of the world’s first regional newspaper job boards, winning the international newspaper industry's two most prestigious awards in 1998. In 1997, Glenn created one of recruiting's first Internet research seminars, Advanced Online Recruiting Techniques (www.recruiting-online.com).  The advanced methods Glenn practices and teaches have been replicated throughout many large and small corporations and staffing firms worldwide. Because of his passion for the Internet as a recruitment and networking tool and continually innovating methods for over a decade, he has developed a reputation as a leading authority in Internet search and pioneer in recruitment research. An accomplished authors, consultant and trainer, Glenn is a frequent contributor to many industry forums and speaker at leading conferences.