Getting back to your connections

When I started to seriously add members, I hoped to have sufficient numbers to be visible to hiring managers and recruiters.  I'm at that level with my key word optimization.  However, in my haste to add numbers, I apologize to those who connected but I made only a cursory acknowledgement.  I truly want to get to know more of you, especially in the local area.  If you want to know me better, I'm at the Riverton center generally on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings.  However, to be on the safe side, email me if you want an appointment.

What I can do is help you with your resume, your profile and next steps to get seen. I don't have time to redo your resume.  I would suggest if you want that to be done, contact Amy Adler at http://www.linkedin.com/in/amyladler.  Another great connection for your individual job coaching and networking (you might need more than you're getting at the employment center) is Mary Cosgrove at http://www.linkedin.com/in/marycosgrove.  I've attended a networking meeting even though I didn't go to her networking program.  Shame on me so I'm giving her a shout out here.  They both have great connections and can help you if you're lost or stumbling.  For every week you're floundering in your search your losing over $1000 in income.  So invest a little in your marketing effort.

I can't suggest strongly enough that you must put a face with your connection and add value to that informational visit.  LinkedIn allows you to know who you want to get connected to.  But it doesn't eliminate the personal contact.  I just found out from a Jason Alba blog that you can attach your email and your linkedin http// link to your LinkedIn message.  So if you're asking your hiring manager to provide an email address, you might skip a step by placing the LinkedIn http connection (http://www.linkedin.com/in/neldondemke) in your message.  You don't want to include mine though.
You might in your message indicate your resume is in the profile along with other interesting marketing items about yourself.

I spent several hours sending messages to my hiring managers and am not getting too many to provide their email.  Maybe that's because I work in a profession that discourages networking.  And maybe because they don't know me and my message is ignored.  So my next email to them will link my profile address.

For those that ask to connect to me, please read my profile and comment on at least one thing that is interesting to you.  I've been asked several times to get introduced to a contact of mine.  Even if I knew each of these contacts well, please help me by indicating why you want the connection and how you add value to them.  It's sort of like being asked to provide a reference for someone you may not know well.  We have the church generally in common, but our work histories are probably not known to one another.  I would suggest a better way of getting introduced is to send a message first to ask if it's ok and then when to proceed.  I might suggest another contact that might know the person better.