Month: September 2008

  • Social Media Basics

    ‘Begin at the beginning,’ the King said, very gravely, ‘and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’ – The King, Alice In Wonderland If only.  Unfortunately, most things in life are not that simple, including social media and online conversations.  There are so many possibilities. Let’s start at the beginning with some…

  • ‘What’s next for Kevin’ update–new connections, resume feedback, and an unexpected discussion

    Some interesting developments in my “What’s next for Kevin?” work. Since last week I’ve attended 2 technology events in the Boston area: Ignite Boston 4 (Sept. 11) Web Innovators Group (Sept. 15) They were both good opportunities to network.  At Ignite Boston I saw 2 of my favorite Tweeters (@CMajor, @znh).  Got some great advice…

  • Web Strategy Resume – v1

    After a minor glitches, the first draft of my updated resume is below. A couple things to note: my goal is to shift the focus of my experience from just technology management to better reflect the broader web management and strategy experience I have the formatting is readable, but I’ve had to switch editors and…

  • Resume – work history, exaggeration and ethics

    As I’m working through my resume re-write mapping my work experience to the web strategy competencies, I’m trying to be careful how I state my role in the events/projects/initiatives I reference.  I want to avoid exaggerating my work.  Not sure if it stems from my personal standard of ethics or because I’m under-valuing the work…

  • Rebuilding the resume, competencies for web strategy

    The tool I’m most frequently asked for in this job hunt is my resume.  Though I haven’t fully decided what’s next for me, continuing in the web strategy space is a reasonable place to keep looking. My current resume emphasizes technical leadership with less focus on the strategy side.  The result has been many calls…

  • What’s next for Kevin?

    Typically, I take very few risks.  I was taught that you never leave a job unless you already have the next one lined up  Recently I realized my career wasn’t going where I wanted. So, I left my job at the beginning of July…. …and I didn’t have a new job lined up yet. It…