Angela Swanson was out of work. . .

Angela Swanson was out of work. . .

She had moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in June of 2007 for her current job with an insurance company. Her plan was to be there 3-5 years, build a successful career, and then move back to her native Minnesota where her friends and family awaited – the place she called home. On September 15, 2008 – that all changed.

Budget cuts gave her a 30 day notice and a lot of decisions to make FAST. Long story – short . . . she had her last day of work on October 15th, packed her Penske Truck on October 20th, and attended her first face to face interview on October 23rd back in Minnesota.

Not afraid of hard work or networking, she put in hours and hours per day to her job search. The one the thing that gave her some sanity in the insanity of job searching was helping her friends who were also unemployed.

On December 5, 2008, I created MN Job Hunters – an online community on Linkedin.com, Yahoo Groups, Ning.com, & Facebook to help bring recruiters together with job seekers. I was actually inspired by Rick Hatch – a fellow linkedin.com member who was kind enough to add me to his list of people that needed job postings for a time. After a while, it was too much for him, so I decided to pay it forward and take it to the next level. There are an abundance of resources out there, but I wanted to share them in the Yahoo Group so that people could use them, ask questions and “meet” other people without first having to attend a meeting to be approved for membership.

While Minnesota by nature is not very warm, I have been pleasantly surprised by how people have been pulling together and helping one another out. Look at the inspiring story of Lisa Hendrickson with Call that Girl who started Project Link It Forward. I truly believe in the power of networking, and hope that you will all pay it forward and join Minnesota Job Hunters.

Even if you are already employed, maybe you could help someone else get in at your company and split the referral bonus J If you are seeking, looking to network or recruit, we would love to have you!

Sincerely,
Angela Swanson
www.linkedin.com/in/angelaswanson
LinkedinAngela@gmail.com

MN JOB HUNTERS IS A FREE ONLINE COMMUNITY WITH THE SOLE PURPOSE OF BRINGING JOB HUNTERS AND RECRUITERS TOGETHER TO NETWORK AND MUTUALLY BENEFIT.

Yahoo: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MNJobHunters/



Linkedin.com version of this group is here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1565257



Facebook:: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=116264875513



Ning.comhttp://mnjobhunters.ning.com