I attended and participated in an event this evening, the "TechColumbus IdeaPitch and Industry Forum" (http://www.techcolumbus.org/techcolumbus-ideapitch-and-industry-forum). It was organized by the Ohio State university Business Builders Club, a student organization with the objective of promoting entrepreneurship as a career path for gratuates.
The agenda included three separate forums for the students. One forum was the "IdeaPitch" where budding entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for new products and services. This forum was the most heavily attended as it tapped on the energy and creativity of students. Another was the "IT Industry" forum where panelists from various firms discussed the industry with students.
The third forum was the "Industry Forum" which concentrated on discussion about how to market one's self and what companies look at when hiring a recent graduate. I was a panelist for this forum, and must say, I really enjoyed it. I learned as much from the students as they learned from the panel, and it provided an excellent perspective for me as I, uh, " continue" in my career and work with folks that are significantly younger than me.
What impressed me the most was the number of people that were really looking at entrepreneurship as a career path. The creativity, energy, and passion displayed was a breath of fresh air.
How can industry take advantage of this?
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Simple Job Hunting Tip
If your are using job boards as a source for opportunities, there is a site that can help save you significant time and energy.
A nifty tool I use is a web site http://www.indeed.com/. "Indeed" does a scan of job boards and provides a singular portal to view jobs that meet your search criteria.
Essentially, you can search multiple job boards, both external (Monster, DICE, etc.) and internal (corporate, staffing companies, etc.) to find jobs that meet your search criteria (location, salary, type, etc.). You can also save your search and have it run automatically as a search agent.
A weak point of Indeed is that the search criteria is fairly basic. It does not do a particularly good job of categorizing jobs as to search for a specific job by title. Searching is done via a simple keyword search. Indeed is really a "broad net" when it comes to sweeping up jobs posted elsewhere. But, it saves time from going to multiple company web sites, and leads to positions you might not have thought about.
A nifty tool I use is a web site http://www.indeed.com/. "Indeed" does a scan of job boards and provides a singular portal to view jobs that meet your search criteria.
Essentially, you can search multiple job boards, both external (Monster, DICE, etc.) and internal (corporate, staffing companies, etc.) to find jobs that meet your search criteria (location, salary, type, etc.). You can also save your search and have it run automatically as a search agent.
A weak point of Indeed is that the search criteria is fairly basic. It does not do a particularly good job of categorizing jobs as to search for a specific job by title. Searching is done via a simple keyword search. Indeed is really a "broad net" when it comes to sweeping up jobs posted elsewhere. But, it saves time from going to multiple company web sites, and leads to positions you might not have thought about.
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