5: Joshua Waldman: Helping People use Social Media to get Great Jobs

Joshua Waldman has an international MBA.  Joshua has experienced the frustration and devastation of being laid off from jobs.    He is an authority on leveraging social media to find employment. He is the author of Job Searching With Social Media For Dummies, and his writing has appeared in Forbes, Huffington Post, Mashable and the International Business Times.

Joshua’s career blog, CareerEnlightenment.com, won the About.com Reader’s Choice Award for Best Career Blog 2013. When he’s not writing, Joshua presents keynotes, trainings and breakout sessions around the world for students, career advisors, consortiums and professional organizations.

In this interview, Josh and Scott talk about how Joshua went from working in corporate America to teaching others to utilize social media in their job search.

I don’t shy away from a challenge, in fact, I seek them out.

Books & Resources Joshua Mentions in the Interview

Feel the Fear by Susan Jeffers

Escape from Cubicle Nation by Pam Slim

Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl

Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

Who Inspires Joshua?

Pam Slim – Author

Experimenting is the only way I was able to find what I was good at.

Check out Joshua Endeavors

Career Enlightenment – http://careerenlightenment.com/

Helping people use social media to get great jobs.

Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies  Second Edition, by Joshua Waldman

LinkedIn Profile Writing Service

 Connect with Joshua

Twitter: @joshuawaldman

Facebook

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Question:  What have you experimented with recently in your career journey?

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