Now here's a topic that's near and dear to my heart having gone through a number of jobs over the last 12 or so years, that ended for virtually every reason in the book; RIF, dept consolidation in another state, position outsourced, worked myself out of a job and the company eliminated the position after determining other staff could take care of the system now that it runs so well, etc., etc., etc. I would think a successful key to any business or consultancy is networking and just not visiting your local Chamber of Commerce or Rotary meeting. And what better way to network than on Linkedin (not familiar with Farmtown). I would have to say if you're not on LinkedIn as an IT professional looking for new work, you're missing a key element to any marketing plan for a consultant. You can even set up job alerts to get qualified listings sent directly to your inbox, just like with regular job sites. Also there are a number of EDI and consulting related groups on LinkedIn which have job and contract postings virtually every day, that if you monitor those groups (receive emails alerts of new postings), you add even more potential to finding a new contract or job. As to the regular job sites, especially Dice.com which is almost purely IT focused, would almost be a necessity to any successful search for a new job or contract. Actually when I'm looking, I use Monster, Careerbuilder, Dice, the state and regional job sites besides LinkedIn and two more I'll mention the following paragraph. I guess my thinking is I can set up job alerts on all of them that work for free in most, if not all, cases, so why not? It beats having to pay for advertising and you get your name out in front of numerous recruiters. And if you are open to doing remote work, you get nationwide exposure - try researching the cost of advertising on a nationwide level and I think you start to get an idea. Also have you considered checking Sologig.com and guru.com? A bit more competitive since there are a lot of overseas users who work for very low billing rates, but some companies want someone they can invite onsite every now and then. The old dog, new tricks adage you mentioned may have already kept you from finding your next gig, so I'd recommend you consider checking into LinkedIn sooner than later. Because your competition already is... Ken [email protected]
From: mwlblues <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 12:27 PM Subject: [EDI-L] Re: <SALES> Freelance EDI Consultant Available Thanks Dave and Craig for the nice advice. I have a LinkedIn account, and occasionally accept contacts and such, but I have to admit that social-media isn't a tool that I use too often. Old-dog-new-tricks I suppose. I've sworn off Farmtown and Facebook as the greatest time-suck apps of all time, even surpassing solitare (windows or linux versions). I suppose someday I'll need to embrace it, at least LinkedIn anyway. Sigh...the good ol' days. At least it's Friday. Whooooo hoooooo! --- In [email protected], Dave Records <dave@...> wrote: > > Craig, agree wholeheartedly! I'm on LinkedIn and Dice and I receive an > average of 3 to 4 calls and emails a month for opportunities. > > Dave Records > Records Consulting, LLC > Email: dave@... > > > On Aug 12, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Craig Dunham wrote: > > > Matt, > > > > I applaud your posting here and offering your services. There are a few of > > us out here - EDI consultants, developers, etc. - and we all are always > > looking for new gigs. > > > > May I also suggest that you search on the major job sites (Monster, Dice, > > CareerBuilder, etc.) for jobs...? I don't know how long you've been a > > member of EDI-L, but there are often postings on here for jobs needing to be > > filled, many by recruiters and also by members who may be contacted by > > recruiters and are passing the information on. > > > > Also, be sure to check out LinkedIn and many of the groups on there. There > > are many times when recruiters are posting jobs to those groups... > > > > Good luck in finding new clients and positions to take on. > > > > Craig Dunham > > Bear Necessities Computing > > EDI Sherpa > > Author/blogger > > RetailEDI.com > > EDITalk.com > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
