Networking - Shonali Burke Consulting

02 Dec 2009

Getting a Foot in the Door with GoodieRecruit

Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes

If you’re in the PR field, a Gen Y-er, a recruiter, based in the Washington, D.C., area, or “all of the above,” you’re well aware of Heather Huhman. Heather’s one of the most prolific tweeters and writers I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know, and she focuses on helping entry-level job seekers navigate the often- (and now, it seems, always) turbulent waters of getting their feet in the proverbial door.

In addition to her “day job,” keeping up her column and religiously sharing job leads, Heather recently launched […]

By Shonali Burke|Dec 2, 2009|Categories: Career Development, Social Media|Tags: comerecommended, goodierecruit, heather huhman, job hunting, Networking, Social Media|1 Comment

25 Aug 2009

Communicator, Sell – and Share – Thyself

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

A couple of weeks ago, IABC/Washington (of which I’m president-elect) held its annual “resume review and networking night.” This has become something of a tradition for us, and one of the chapter events I enjoy the most. Every August, we scrap our usual monthly meeting format (bar, dinner, speaker, you’ve all been there before) and devote the evening to networking.

Um, yeah. Nothing new.

What I think adds a different dimension to this event is that we schedule a limited number of free resume reviews and career counseling sessions, which […]

By Shonali Burke|Aug 25, 2009|Categories: Public Relations|Tags: iabc washington, job hunting, kate perrin, Networking|12 Comments

29 Apr 2009

Social Media, Social Karma

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

There’s an awful lot of social karma going around lately.

JOTW: My First Experience With Social Karma

For the last few years, I’ve occasionally guest-edited the free “Ned’s Job of the Week” e-newsletter. If you don’t know about it, it’s a free weekly newsletter that lists job postings sent to Ned Lundquist, ABC, by subscribers (as well as many he finds himself) in the spirit of sharing.

For a couple of weeks every year, I experience what Ned goes through on a daily basis: sifting through job postings sent by readers, […]

By Shonali Burke|Apr 29, 2009|Categories: Public Relations, Social Media|Tags: arik hanson, communications, community, heather huhman, jotw, mark story, ned lundquist, Networking, social karma, Social Media, Twitter|32 Comments

13 Apr 2009

Of Job Hunting, Cologne… and Twitter

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

On April 2, a few friends and I put on the “Dream Team” hats that Ned Lundquist, ABC, bestowed on us some years ago, to help folks “Pimp My Job.”

What on earth is “Pimp My Job,” you ask?

If you subscribe to Ned’s free, weekly “Job of the Week” newsletter, which I sometimes guest-edit, you know what we’re about. But in essence, we’re a group of communicators from near and far who provide advice – sometimes mercilessly – to those […]

By Shonali Burke|Apr 13, 2009|Categories: Career Development, Social Media|Tags: beth harte, Career Development, iabc, jobs, jotw, kate perrin, ned lundquist, Networking, Social Media, Twitter|4 Comments