Successful Unemployment

Dear All,

I recently gave an interview to an editor of Magazine for Professional Engineers (from NSPE), about how engineers and other technical professionals can further their careers by utilizing various social media tools. The interview was published in the May 10th, 2010 issue of the magazine.

During the interview,  I gave a number of specific examples of how Linkedin, Twitter and blogs have helped me become better-known as an expert in my field of work.

I also gave advice on how various social media outlets can help technical professionals get a new business of the ground, or simply further their professional career. Now I’d like to share these tips with you!!

Here are some excepts form the interview article:

“If you enter into social networking trying to sell [yourself] of every blog post, tweet and Facebook update..you will fail miserably..and then complain that social networking is a waste of time.”

“If you use social tools to provide relevant, interesting information to the community you serve, she says, you will increase your company’s credibility or your standing as an expert in the field.”

If you would like to read more about how to get started with social media, in order to grow as a professional scientists or engineer, the  PDF of the entire article is here:

http://mvpmodelingsolutions.com/PE_Mag_Interview.pdf

And in case you’re wondering, my company  ”dedicated to improving engineering R&D processes” is MVP Modeling Solutions (not sure why the editors decided to remove that from the article).  I also have no idea why the editor choose to use YouTube snapshot of prison inmates dancing to “Thriller”…or why they decided to plop it next to my photo.  A bit disturbing,  if you ask.  I am still thankful to have been interviewed by the magazine!

Please let me know your thoughts!

Cheers,

Masha

Announcing the Lucky Winners of the Successful Unemployment Toolkit!

The winners will receive an e-mail from me with instructions on downloading the toolkit in the .zip file.  They can start listening to the mp3 tracks and reading the Reference Guide today, and can begin to Increase their Professional value by the end of the day!

If you are one of the 5 Winners listed at the end of this post, here is what you will receive as part of your Toolkit:

1. An mp3 recording of my seminar Successful Unemployment—10 Steps You Need to Take NOW to Increase Your Professional Value

During this seminar, I will give you 10 specific action itemsthat you can start implementing immediately. These steps are guarantied to:

• Get the skills that set you apart from the rest of the job seekers in your field
• Greatly increase your interviewing skills
• Help dramatically improve your resume
• Increase your opportunities for professional development
• Provide many more opportunities for employment

2. Successful Unemployment Reference Guide (pdf format)

• Includes over 25 websites and references
• These are URLs of organizations that you NEED to know about and become a part off, in order to grow professionally.
• Publications referenced in this guide will give additional information on ways to increase your professional development in a technical field as well as help inspire and motivate you.

If you did not win this time, you can still begin to develop yourself as a science, engineering or technology professional by purchasing the toolkit here:  http://successfulunemploymenttoolkit.com/wpmain/order-now/

And Now for the WINNERS:

1) Fa-Gung Fan

2) Suleiman Oloriegbe

3) Fulufhelo Masithulela

4) Karna Barquist

5) Waldemir Queiroz

If your name is on this list, you are a subscriber to this blog AND have connected with me via Linkedin OR Twitter. Within the next few hours you will be receiving a download link from me. Congrats to all of the winners!

Thanksgiving is upon us. Before you blink it willl be the New Year. If you still don’t have a job, or are fearing of loosing your current one, time to re-build your confidence and start your job search anew!

The job market is always changing. Your job-readiness skills should be constantly adjusting to the change. That is why I am giving this brand new FREE webinar on Increasing Your Professional Value on January 21st, 2010!

Based on my 10 fail-proof ways for building your credibility as a professional expert, whether or not you are employed, this webinar will provide you with a lot of new information to better prepare you for the job search in 2010!

Sign-up for your FREE webinar here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/933900459

Cheers,
Masha