Joshua Waldman

After being laid off two times in six months back in 2008, I decided it was time to really understand the modern job search. By applying my knowledge of social media to proven job search strategies, I found that I was winding up in the interview chair in a fraction of the time it took my peers to do the same. Turns out my layoff experiences were too fresh. The only images in my head during each job interview were pictures of me getting laid off from yet another great company. Yep. I still had plenty of healing to do. So I decided that while I was recovering, I would help other people who were actually ready for the job. In late 2009, Career Enlightenment was born. Through research, interviews and case studies, I managed to figure out some of the most important key principles that work in today’s job search. My advice has been published on Forbes, the International Business Times and Mashable. From the blog came opportunities to speak and train other job seekers and career professionals. And through my own use of social media and good-old-fashioned networking, I found contacts at John Wiley & Sons to whom I could pitch my book idea. They loved that I had over 100 articles with regular blog readers. The book deal was a no-brainer for them. Job Searching with Social Media For Dummies was published in September 2011 and continues to be one of the For Dummies group’s best-selling titles.

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