Posts filed under ‘social media’
A Really Good Job – Vote On The Applicants
Here’s “a really good job” opportunity that I totally missed (not that I could move to Sonoma for six months). Either way, the application deadline has passed, but we all still have a chance to vote on who gets the job. Murphy-Goodie, a family-owned vineyard in Sonoma County, created a website http://www.areallygoodejob.com/ in search of a social media maven to come experience the vineyard and blog, tweet and post about it. It’s a six month job for $10,000 per month and includes accommodations. You can view all the applicants on their website or YouTube. They’ll announce the top fifty applicants on June 26. Check it out. http://www.areallygoodejob.com/
Another YouTube Cover Letter
Here’s a follow up to the “Today’s Cover Letter” post yesterday. This guy’s video was in response to the new Boone Oakley agency website on YouTube. He plays off their story in order to tell his. Unfortunately Boone Oakley’s not hiring for now. Check out his video here:
And, here’s the Boone Oakley agency site on YouTube:
Today’s Cover Letter
Social media is really changing how people apply for jobs, especially in the ad world. Rather than a standard cover letter, resume and portfolio, people are building websites, starting twitter campaigns and even posting youtube cover letters. Here are two recent examples of people trying to get jobs at Crispin Porter + Bogusky:
1) Last month, Chris Kahle (http://twitter.com/chriskahle) launched his own twitter campaign. He offered to pay $1 to charity for the first 200 people who tweeted Alex Bogusky urging him to hire Kahle. The tweet also included a link to his site where he had a message to CP+B. It was clever and yup, he got the job. (Here’s a link to his site, but it looks like it’s down right now: http://thisischriskahle.com/projects/cpbtweet/)
2) The latest is a YouTube cover letter to CP+G from two soon-to-be Miami Ad School grads. This effort is having its own viral effect as people are now tweeting the video or blogging about it (like me). This was just posted on June 4th so it remains to be seen if they’ll get the job, but I’m sure they’ll get noticed. Check it out here.
So, what do you think about these new fangled ways to get a job? Is it just a clever way to get noticed during these tough times? Do we risk spamming and annoying potential employers? I think it’s clever for now and is a great way to get noticed. The first ones have the most to gain. As someone who also hires, I think it can get old as more and more people take these approaches. Sure, I’ll be entertained by the first few. But, after several people try to reach me this way many times… I’m likely to start tuning it out. What do you think?
To Blog or Not to Blog…
That is the question. I started off the year with the best intentions to start this blog and get active with Twitter. As of April, I’m doing pretty good with Twitter, but not the traditional blogging thing. It makes me wonder, do I need to do both.
Today, there are so many places for us to be “social”, share and join the online conversation. I’m active on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. I’m using FriendFeed, rrs feeds, digging and bookmarking. Now, I’m seeing more use of newer blogging services, such as Tumblr and Posterous, where they make it super easy to post. So many options. If I try to do it all, I’ll spend my entire day online.
Like most people, I need to streamline. I need to find efficiencies in this social media world. Right now, I’m most active with Twitter. It’s fast and easy to use. I could use a blog to expand on thoughts and projects occasionally. Okay, so maybe I’ll continue to do both. The next question – should I invest the time into this blog? Should I try one of the other services, such as Tumblr? What do you think?
