Telling Your Job Search Story (with Social Media) -- IA Summit 2013

The presentation version of my 20-minute talk "Telling Your Job Search Story (with Social Media)" as presented at the 2013 Information Architecture Summit in Baltimore.

Transcript

1. Telling Your Job
   Search Story
   Scott Kubie - IA Summit 2013
   #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
   (with Social Media)
   

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2. 4
   #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
   4 Things that
   Suck About Job
   Hunting:
   

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3. 4
   #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
   4 Things that
   Suck About Job
   Hunting:
   don’t have to
   

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4. 4
   #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
   Shame
   

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5. 4
   #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
   Shame
   Portfolios
   

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6. 4
   #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
   Shame
   Portfolios
   Networking
   

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7. 4
   #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
   Shame
   Portfolios
   Networking
   Self-promotion
   

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8. 1
   #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
   Shame
   

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10. I realized:
    If I didn’t share
    my story, no
    one could help.
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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11. I decided:
    

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12. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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13. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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14. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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15. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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16. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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17. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    I fought social
    stigmas with
    social media.
    

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18. Important:
    Not being a total
    bummer.
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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19. 2
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Portfolios
    

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20. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Name:
    Created:
    Size:
    Updated:
    portfolio.pdf
    2009-ish
    Small
    LOL
    

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21. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    In case of
    emergency,
    Google yourself.
    

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22. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Articles
    Interviews
    Podcasts
    Creative
    Projects
    Blog
    Posts
    Talks and
    slide decks
    Videos
    Events
    

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23. Problem:
    I couldn’t print
    a podcast.
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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24. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    My solution:
    

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25. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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31. 3
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Networking
    

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32. I thought:
    I’m not good at
    networking.
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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33. I asked for help.
    And I got it.
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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34. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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35. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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36. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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37. Learned:
    No two
    networks look
    the same.
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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38. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    You
    Job
    

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39. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    You
    Job
    

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40. 4
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Self-promotion
    

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41. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Problem:
    I felt like a
    broken record.
    

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42. Solution:
    Iteration.
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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43. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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44. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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45. I shifted the
    focus.
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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46. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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47. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Former employers.
    

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48. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    I let other
    people talk for
    me.
    

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49. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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50. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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51. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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52. A final hurdle:
    What about the
    interview?
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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53. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Good stories
    make for great
    icebreakers.
    

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54. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Tell your story.
    

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55. When you tell
    the story, you
    get to be the
    hero.
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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56. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Thank you.
    

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57. #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    Numbers!
    • ~10,000 views on Storify (now 13,000+)
    • Terminated December 2011, new full-time
    position March 2012
    • 2 freelance assignments gained through
    sharing my story
    •108 Twitter mentions of MediaBistro
    interview
    •82 Twitter mentions of Storify résumé
    • 0 out of the blue job offers
    • 0 hours spent on LinkedIn
    

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58. kubie.co/jobsearch
    #UnsuckJobHunting @scottrocketship
    

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