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So, you remember when I told snaxcident about webinars and she told her boss and all hell broke loose?

We were talking about it the other day while she cursed the name of Webinar, and I said, "I have to ask, though, are the webinars at all productive? Are they bringing in new clients or at least new contacts?"

She made many frowny faces at me but said, "Unfortunately for me they have an incredible ROI - they are generating lots of leads, especially in the states. We hired an event manager to manage our webinars because they became so popular."

This means I literally talked a job into existence. I have created employment for someone! Let's hold onto that magic.

Let's have a SAM'S CAFE JOB FAIR.

The job fair is simple!

Leave a comment about where you are and what you do and what kind of work you're looking for (use your own good common sense about how much personal info to share). If you're looking to hire, know someone who is, or have resources to share, feel free to post those too!

I'll kick it off: I don't have many general jobsearch bookmarks anymore, but if you're looking for Not For Profit Jobs, there's a place to start.

Have at it!

ETA: Comments have been locked due to spammerz. Sorry guys!

Comments

[skysplitter.livejournal.com]

Not in particular, but I would suggest setting up a job filter on Indeed.com which is where I see a lot of the listings, cruising through Washingtonpost.com jobs, craigslist in DC, and there's a media-specific mailing list for DC, but it's a membership list that costs about $100/year to join. If you move to DC, the WIFV or Women in Film and Video organization is worth joining for sure.
Also, if you don't have a LinkedIn profile, get cracking! And make a website just for your professional endeavors.

[greyandgrey.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll definitely look into those organizations

I have a linkedin profile, but have held off on making myself a personal/professional website because, well, what would I put there? It makes sense for someone who is a graphic designer or a freelancer of any sort, but I just don't know what kind of content I would put on a personal website

[skysplitter.livejournal.com]

What I've seen social media folks do is have a blog website. So it's part blog, part resume/hire me, part about me, etc. Twitter feeds are built into the sidebar. Blog postings are usually focused on social media techniques, case studies (that maybe you write), etc. The idea behind these sites is to A) show that you can use these SM venues well, B) illustrate your passion about a particular subject, and C) can use WordPress, Moveable Type, etc, which there's a lot of call for. And if you find videos on the web you dig and can embed them properly (it's not rocket science but some people think it is) then hoorah.
And I think for people who maybe don't have a ton of real world experience, this is a really concrete way to show that, hey, I know what I'm doing, really.