Mark Mayercin

Hello, LaTonia,

Thank you for reading my article.
It’s my third. I’m new to the process.
I took a webinar from Kevin Kermes on finding a job using Linked Resources and Your own web site. Essentially, you write an article on your web site. Then you “share” it with LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. What this does is puts an intro into LinkedIn, and redirects it to your web site. There people can see a styled personal profile, and I think you stand ouut from the crowd of people “in transition”.
I took, the liberty of visiting your LinkedIn profile, and it is very well done.
You show a lot of numbers in your resume which employers really like. You are in a loy of groups, and you have good recommendations. Kevin hiighly emphasized those things when he critiqued my profile.
I haven’t had much luck with my web site, until recently, and you are my second “hit”! I had my doubts, but this system seems to work.
I hope that you’re not unemployed right now., but if you are, my article shows that Kevin’s strategy worked for me. He has a LinkedIn profile with many articles and an intro. The webinar cost $100+, 8 sessions.

Thanks again for your interest. I really want to share my experience and help others find work. Unemployment is NO FUN.

Mark

I’m starting a new job after a year “in transition”, and almost certainly it was the results of networking on LinkedIn. After I was contacted by a recruiter who had seen my resume on Monster, I looked up the Company on LinkedIn.  “Current employees” came up, and there was the name of the person who would be interviewing me.  It just so happened that my former supervisor, one of my very first LinkedIn contacts, had worked with this person and was linked to her.

When the interview came up, I recognized the interviewer from a distance, having seen her LinkedIn picture.  After introducing myself and getting started, I mentioned we had a former co-worker in common.  I had worked with him for a number of years, and she had also.  Immediately, the ice was broken.  Discussing the work we had done together with this other person showed parallels to the duties of the opening, and I was able to sell my skills and experience.

This co-worker also was on my reference list.  Towards the end of the interview, I offered the list, saying if she wanted to contact this person, he was also a reference.   She then recognized another of my references on the list, saying, “So how do you know (first name)…”  I mentioned I had also worked with this person for a number of years, as she had also.  The ice was not only broken; it had melted.

About a week later, I was still waiting to hear about the job, and I was visiting the LinkedIn site.  I noticed several people had visited my profile.  One was my interviewer!  I had a hyperlink to the profile on my resume.  On my profile was a recommendation from my former supervisor (her co-worker).  All these things must have added up in my favor, because I’ve been offered the job after a tough year of searching (and networking)..

My advice to those of you out there looking for work in these trying times; NETWORK! Somebody knows somebody who knows somebody…  Join LinkedIn.  A photo helps connect the face to the name.  Make as many connections as you can.  Join many groups on LinkedIn.  Flush out your profile; get good recommendations, enter discussions.  Job boards are not half as effective as networking.  People all over the world are checking out LinkedIn; your efforts there will make you stand out and be recognized.

I’ve found that courtesy in the job-seeking world (and life in general) is very important and effective.  Whenever I am on the phone or e-mailing a recruiter, courtesy seems to make the process less stressful and more personal for all involved.  It breaks down barriers and is a social lubricant.  People remember a pleasant exchange with pleasant afterthoughts; they tend to remember unpleasant exchanges unpleasantly, or choose NOT to remember them.

Whenever I’ve had an interview, I make it a point to be polite and courteous.  Again, people REMEMBER! 

One last thing that I recommend is to send a thank you e-mail AND a mailed thank you note to the interviewer(s).  I have heard on more than one  occasion this decided a job candidate.

Thank you for visiting my web site.  I am currently seeking work in the Seattle area.  I have 20+ years experience in Quality Assurance.  My skills include audit activities, in-house and 3rd party calibration activities, inspection, test and measurement.   I performed Receiving Inspection, 1st Article Inspection, and Product Inspection.  I was audited by the FDA and ISO on a routine basis and was the company representative for quarterly CSA audits.  Olympic Medical Corporation is a Class III Medical Device Company.

My motto for Quality is simple but the core of my approach:

PARTS FIT TOGETHER.    PROBLEMS GO AWAY.   THINGS RUN SMOOTH.

If you have any questions about my experience or background, please contact me via email at info@markmayercin.com, or by phone at (206) 763-4849.