Fun career sites and posts I’ve found lately #2

I’ve really been enjoying finding more and more people using Twitter.  For instance, it turns out that 3 alums of the school where I work are big Tweeple: @dfletcher, CIO of the State of Utah, @billschrier, CTO of the City of Seattle, and @levyj413, the webmaster of the EPA.  But my favorite thing is the referrals to great articles from Twitter.

My favorite new social networking site for government, www.govloop.com, is explained in more detail here: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/09/03/guest-blogger-steve-ressler-on-government-20-the-rise-of-informal-networks/

Steve’s fun video on What Not to Wear for government job interviews: http://www.govloop.com/video/govloop-what-not-to-wear

FEDERAL JOB SEARCH

I also like @govloop’s tweets: govloop 10 Secrets for Landing a Federal Job. From a top-secret blog in beta. http://thegovgurus.com/?p=124

cdorobek Congress goes web 2.0! YouTube… shows lawmakers at Work http://tinyurl.com/6vdy7e http://tinyurl.com/99kzoo

levyj413 Info on Federal Web Mgrs Council, including their papers: http://twurl.nl/e1wslz

STATE GOVERNMENT and LOCAL NEWS

SeattleChamber 37th annual economic forecast on Thursday. See enterpriseSeattle website for more: http://tinyurl.com/a47dpd

hdccomm Brush up on what the 2009 Washington State Legislature will be up to here: www.thecapitolrecord.org. New videos just posted.

carolARC posted a site with disaster response career information here: http://tinyurl.com/8dh2bl

NONPROFIT and PHILANTHROPY

p2173 http://snipurl.com/9wfvq – 2009 Trends to Ignite Your Nonprofit Work and/or Philanthropy

meshugavi Hot off the press: Using facebook for your nonprofit: http://www.techsoup.org/community/facebook/

megmatthews Social media for small NFP websites.  http://tinyurl.com/5hlt34

p2173 Check out this list of Sustainable / Socially Responsible Business Plan Competitions http://snipurl.com/9wjoj

AmyPotthast The Service Gap Year at Mid-Career http://tinyurl.com/7nl7ht

ChangeEvnglst Have a great idea for social innovation? Pitch it with an elevator speech. http://www.pitchforchange.org/

ChangeEvnglst free webinars for nonprofits: learning how to use social media strategically. http://tinyurl.com/4e6cxr

cheeky_geeky If you are laid off, here’s how to socially network | http://tinyurl.com/8pg2ab

The Connected Student, a fun video on connecting as learning: http://blog.cbearsolutions.com/2008/12/connectivism-explained-la-common-craft.html

CareersOrg Noted : Finding a job in a bad economy – Get some good ideas in these articles – http://tinyurl.com/572vx2 or here http://tinyurl.com/6lzekx

meshugavi 10 Ways Personal Branding Can Save You From Getting Fired http://zz.gd/55e762

TWITTER TIPS

cheeky_geeky If you’re interested in following government folks and brands on Twitter, check out the GovTwit directory (http://is.gd/8j4J).

ariherzog If you’re a college student or you know one, @sbradley3 wrote a handy College Student’s Guide to Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/ayyocw