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13+ Facebook Groups for Computer Programmers
Last week Boris was featured as a guest writer on Mashable, his post HOW TO: Use Facebook for Professional Networking received over 950 tweets. From reading the comments, I was surprised to find that there are many people who still have yet to capitalize on the professional benefits Facebook groups have to offer. By joining groups you have the opportunity to:
- Participate in group discussions
- Answer and ask questions
- Add and view links
- Send a message to the whole group
- Get information on upcoming events
- Learn about and connect with individuals in your industry
If you are curious as to what type of groups are available to join, specifically in the Software/Web Marketplace, I have put together a list of Facebook Groups to get you started:
- Join a Startup – Members: 8,159 The Join a Startup Group on Facebook is for those professionals in the
Software/Internet Marketplace who are looking to work for the next Google. It is also for startups that are looking for talented and driven individuals. On the group discussion board, startups post their open positions, the required qualifications and an introduction to their company. Those individuals interested in working for a startup can see the post, apply or post a brief summary of their background. Members of this group also share industry specific news, videos and events. - Web 2.0 Entrepreneurs – Members: 63,896 The Web 2.0 Entrepreneurs
Group is for all those techies, programmers, hackers, developers, designers, etc. who are interested in joining up with new startups. It is also for professionals who are dying to be part of the next web business boom. With links to venture companies, business resources, and access to over 60,000 movers and shakers in the industry, making contacts and hearing about potential career opportunities should easy. 
- .Net Programmers - Members: 12,244 One of the largest and growing communities of student and professional developers on Facebook. Powered by INETA, VWE, MICROSOFT & more. Join to discuss and attend educative talks and interactive presentations of interest to professional developers around the world.
- Lunch 2.0 – Members: 2,908 Lunch 2.0, it is a popular networking event devoted mainly to the Software
Industry. Each month a different software company hosts a lunch, they invite everyone in the marketplace to come in see their office and mingle with other professionals in the industry. Their Facebook Group is for those members who regularly attend the events in their area, and want
to network with members from different regions. Members have access to event updates, news articles posted by other members, photos/videos from past events. - The Web Designer Index – Members: 15,377 Out of all the groups listed in this post, I feel The Web Designer Index Group offers the most features to its group members. The Web Designer Index is a group for all web designers, developers, web programmers and animators to come together and discuss programming, graphic design, and anything else web-related. The group allows its members to post their personal websites, portfolios, favorite websites and tutorials. It also has a resource area on the page that links informational websites listed by topic. Members have the freedom to use the discussion board to announce when they are looking for a job, know of job openings or are referring someone for a position previously listed.
- Computer Programmers – Members: 11,018 The Computer Programmers Group on Facebook is one of the largest groups for computer programmers. It’s members work with or have worked with technologies such as C, Java, Pascal, Python, HTML, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Visual Basic, and others. This group doesn’t allow job postings or business advertisements, but it does have hundreds of posts on their discussion board where Computer Science professionals can go to give and read advice and tips. It is a excellent group to meet and build contacts with individuals who share the same professional skills
as you do. - Computer Programmers Global Resource Center – Members: 1,286 This group coins themselves as one of the oldest and growing community of programmers on Facebook. Members of this group discuss interesting programming topics with other developers. Most of the group members have a specialty in C, C++, C#, Java, Python, Ruby, Perl, Lisp, Prolog, Fortran. & more
- Web 3.0 – Members: 13,511 This group is for those interested in the next evolution on the web. Network with other Facebook members who want to stay on top of innovation and merge into the world of Web 3.0. Here you will get an idea of what Web 3.0 is and what those in the web space are doing to move from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0
- Software Engineering – Members: 3,621 This group is for Software Engineers around the globe to connect and network with software or application developers, software architects, or senior systems analysts. They have an active discussion and wall where the members talk about current software trends, list jobs and post insightful links.
- Web Startups – Members: 2,359 This group is dedicated to all web entrepreneurs who want to share their new projects with a tech savvy community. Under the links section it lists a tons of startups and their websites. It is to make the tech community more aware of what is out there.
- Web T.e. – Members: 2,249 This group is a spinoff of the Web 2.0 group listed above. Web T.e (T.e = Trust,
Ideas and Ethics) is a group where members who share those three attributes can freely share their ideas and get feedback. Members can talk with great programmers and people with web experience. They can form partnerships and find dedicated and enthusiastic people for help. It’s about “discussing and developing” with people you can trust. - Computer Science: Programming problems – Members: 2,757 This group brings together programmers
to discuss interesting problems and to find the most elegant algorithm, both effective and understandable. You can find links to training seminars, self help videos and have access to members that are more than willing to assist you with questions that pertain to programming - Specialized Programming Groups – When searching for groups, if you look in the category of Internet and Technology – Software there are many specialized groups. Examples are:
- PHP
- Ruby on Rails
- Ruby
- Rails
- Java
- LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP)
- C#
- .NET Programmers
- ASP.NET Developers
- Linux
- Perl
- OpenSource
- PytonDevelopers
9 Social Media Aggregators to Simplify Your Online Life
“Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” — Albert Einstein, scientist
At times Social Networking can be a bit confusing, it seems like every day there is a hot new site popping up. For those of you who use Social Media as a way to leverage your job search and professional networking it is easy to get lost in the sea of social media. If your Internet browser looks anything like mine you have at least 20 open tabs, most of them pointing to different social networking sites. This makes it extremely difficult to keep an organized job search or manage your career.
As a job seeker or someone looking to stay active in your career development, staying busy on the many social networking sites is a key part in your daily activities. Social Media Aggregators allow you to do this in an organized and simple way.
For job seekers or those who are just looking to have a networked career, social media aggregators:
- Provide one entry point to connect with all your contacts
- Allow you to run custom searches on all your social network sites and have them feed into one place
- Give you the ability to filter your contacts – separate professional contacts and personal contacts into specific groups
- Expand your reach
- Provide convenience to you network – Many of these applications give you a single URL to use in your networking. It saves those looking at your profiles time because they just have to go to one site to get all your information
- Keep you in contact and allow you to make new contacts with those in your field
- Are a one-stop shops for letting all your professional contacts know what you are up to, if you are looking for a job it makes it easier for you to broadcast it out to your networks.
- Allow you to find and get involved in meaningful conversation that might lead you to your next job
Here is a list of some programs that will aide you as job seeker or someone looking to maintain your career networking through social media:
1. Seesmic – A well-known and commonly used application, Seesmic offers users the comfort of combining their
Facebook and Twitter accounts into one simple desktop application. If you use your social media accounts to network both professionally and personally, you can create groups and filter your contacts by business and personal. You can also run custom Twitter searches for topics of your choice. Say you want to get information on a company that interests you, if you type in the company name in the custom search you will be able to see a live feed that is updated every time that company name is mentioned on Twitter.
2. Tweetdeck – Is another popular application that mashes up your Twitter and Facebook accounts. Similar to
Seesmic, Tweetdeck can be downloaded to your desktop and will allow you to:
- Tweet directly from TweetDeck and share photos or web links
- Manage conversations with @replies and direct messages
- Create Groups to easily follow friends, colleagues or other interest groups
- Follow topics in real-time with saved searches
- Update Facebook and view your friends’ status updates
3. Swimwire - Swimwire is an online social media aggregator that brings all of your networking sites together. By 
creating a free account it saves you the time and energy of having to visit multiple sites to get updates and protects you against missing out on career opportunities. You can connect and send messaged to all your Youtube, Facebook, Myspace, Classmates, Bebo, Twitter, etc., accounts all in one place. One key benefit to Swimwire is that you can search for contacts right from their site, see all the sites those contacts are on and connect with them without having to do a search on each different social media site.
4. FriendFeed – Recently purchased by Facebook for $50 Million, Friendfeed is a great tool for combining all your 
social media accounts together. A social networking site in its own, you can subscribe and connect with other FriendFeed users. It’s fast and easy to start a conversation around shared items or topics of interest. FriendFeed allows you to:
- Subscribe to updates from individuals and groups, such as a team of people you work with or wish to work with.
- Contribute to a shared stream of public information for all FriendFeed users to see. Allowing you to get your name out there for others to see.
- Add most of the popular social media sites to your feed. FriendFeed combines all of your different social networks into a single feed, making yourself easier to follow, or make it easier to follow others.c
5. Lifestream.fm – Lifestream.fm is a media and social aggregator that will keep you and your professional contacts
informed about what you’re doing. Lifestream.fm allows you to put your profiles and online activity, making it easy for your friends to see your newest bookmarks, your favorite videos, your tweets, photos you’ve uploaded, your newest blog posts, and more. Rather than listing all your different social media accounts on your resume or online profiles you can just list your Lifestream.fm URL. It saves those you are networking with the trouble of having to visit all those sites to find out about you. Here are some of the sites they support:
6. Digsby – Digsby is a social networking tool that works through instant messaging. It alerts you of events like ne
w email messages and gives you live constant newsfeeds from your social networking sites. These updates are shown as a popup message on your desktop. Digsby is also a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your connections on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber.
7. Ping.fm – Ping.fm allows you to post updates to your social media accounts from your mobile phone, IMs, email,
and third party apps. It accepts text and images and soon will even accept videos. Supporting over 40 social networking sites Ping.fm makes it easy to update your accounts through their straight forward posting methods and advanced custom triggers.
8. Chi.mp – Chi.mp is a content hub and identity management platform that gives you your own domain and Web 
site – your social hub. With chi.mp, you can bring together the many pieces of your digital life – your content, your contacts – to create Centralized You, and you control “who sees what”. By using Chi.mp you can:
- Create a free domain name, OpenID and Website to share in your daily networking
- Create a rich profile with tiered privacy settings, allowing you to choose who gets to see what
- Manage all of your contacts with the Ultimate Black Book
- Import content and services from the Web
- Publish and push your content
- Export your contacts and content at any time
12 Reputation Management Tools to Track Your Name
As a professional, building and keeping up a good reputation could bring you those career opportunities and advancements you have always dreamed of. Unfortunately, over the last 10 years the skyrocketing success of the Internet and social media means you need to monitor your reputation more closely. You can spend your whole life building up that notoriety and in 5 minutes it could be lost. Negative comments and information can show up in search results, in forums, in blogs, in online videos and in your social networking profiles.
There are hundreds of tools out there that allow you to track and monitor your reputation. These are some of the top programs I found that monitor all your general Internet coverage. Come back the rest of this week to see programs specific to Twitter, Facebook and Linkedn.
- TrackUR – Trackur is a social media-monitoring tool. It is a paid service that tracks what is said about you on
the internet by scanning millions of web pages–including news, blogs, video, images, and forums. It will then let you know if it discovers anything that matches the keywords that interest you. 
- Reputation Defender – For $14.95 per month Reputation Defender allows you to review everything that’s available about you online, on both the open Internet and the ‘Invisible Web’. If there is unwanted content about you on the Internet, their team works to remove it. You receive a monthly report that defines your up to date online reputation.
BuzzDing – BuzzDing offers a free trial to try out its services and then you are charged a monthly fee. By entering keywords you are able to track and find potentially embarrassing social media content. From the results of your keyword search you can filter mentions, organize into projects, flag items, and add notes to keep track of what’s been said and who said it. - Trendrr – Trendrr offers a free or paid membership, that allows you to track real-time social media mentions.
You can choose from over 40 top social media and online services for keywords that you input. - Social Mention – Social Mention is a free tracking tool that allows you to easily track what
people are saying about you across the web and social media landscape in real-time. It monitors 80+ social media properties directly including: Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, YouTube, Digg, Google and sends you a daily email update. - Yacktrack Chatter - YackTrack is Chatter is a keyword search for social media sites. This allows you to see
“chatter” on various sites that talk about a specific keyword. So if you are looking for mentions of your name, you just enter it in the Chatter search box and click the “Find Chatter” button. 
- Filtrbox – Filtrbox allows you to see what others are saying about you on Twitter, social networks, blogs and thousands of online news outlets. By signing up for their service and setting up a search you will receive daily email updates
- Rapleaf.com – By creating an account with Rapleaf you can discover the information about yourself that is available on the internet and manage your internet footprint.
- Google Alerts – Google Alerts allows you to put in a keyword and receive an email every time those keywords are discovered
- Yahoo Alerts – Similar to Google Alerts, Yahoo Alerts sends you an alert whenever your keyword pops up in
a search. It gives you’re the option of receiving alerts by Yahoo Messenger or even via SMS.
- Windows Live Alerts – Live Alerts is Microsoft’s alerts service that is similar to Google and Yahoo. Like Yahoo you can receive your alerts through Email, Instant Messenger or SMS text.
- TinEye - TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye
to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks. You can upload an image of yourself and make sure it is not being used anywhere else.
25 Google Applications to Assist in Your Job Search or Branding Your Career
If you were curious to know the population of Seattle, Washington, how would you go about getting the information?
What if you wanted to know how to get from San Francisco, California to Napa Valley, California? Well the easiest and most convient method would be to Google them, right? Google gives you access to all the world’s information with just the click of a button, but did you know Google could assist you in finding a job or building up your professional brand?
Google is more than just an Internet search engine. It is a toolbox full of valuable weapons that any professional can use, no matter what stage of your career you are in. By using the applications below you can keep up to date on companies of interest, build your online brand and showoff your accomplishments.
1. Google Blog Search – Search blogs of the companies you are interested in, or follow the blogs of the industry experts in your field.
2. GMail – Create a professional email address for networking purposes and then have that address forwarded to your personal email
3. Google Profile – Control how you appear in Google searches by creating a personal profile. On your Google profile page you can add links to all your social networking profiles and your blog.
4. Google Custom Search – Create a customized search for your job search or career development by adding specific websites, blogs or job sites, or keywords
5. Google Desktop – It’s like a regular Google search but instead it searches your computer. It allows you to have easier access to your documents. It also has the option to add gadgets to your desktop so you can get the RSS feed from sites you frequently visit.
6. GOOG-411- By dialing 1-800-GOOG-411 from any phone and stating the location and type of business you are looking for GOOG-411 will connect you with that business. It is helpful if you are going on a job interview or attending a networking event and forgot the address or phone number. You can even ask GOOG-411 to send you a text with the information or send directions to your mobile phone.
7. iGoogle – Create a simple internet homepage with news, RSS feeds and gadgets that will assist in the job search or career development. Add interesting companies and the feed for their jobs page, add feeds to the blogs of industry experts or add RSS feeds for industry related conferences or events
8. Google Alerts – Get email updates on the topics of your choice. Set it up to get an alert every time a website is updated or topics of interests are mentioned in the news. It is also a great way reputation management tool. You can setup alerts to be sent to you every time your name is mentioned throughout the internet
9. Google University Search – Google’s University Search enables you to narrow your search to a specific school website. You can look for things to enhance your career like admissions information, course schedules. Or if you want to connect with former alumni for networking purposes you can have access to alumni news.
10. Google Maps – View maps and directions of a particular location. If you want to know the names and location similar companies in a certain geographical area, you are able to map them out and view a map with the exact locations flagged.
11. Google Finance – Get updates on companies within a specific market or industry. Google Finance allows you to view portfolios, the latest news and interactive charts dealing with companies that might interest you.
12. Google News – Search thousands of news stories for updates on the overall employment market or a specific industry. Using the advanced search you can narrow your results down to exact companies or news sources.
13. Google Reader – If you don’t have time to search the internet for stories and updates, Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Whether a site updates daily or monthly, you won’t miss a thing. It shows all you indexed and favorite in one place. It’s like a personalized inbox for the entire web and you can just skim the headlines and read the topics that interest you.
14. Google Scholar - Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.
15. Google Patent Search – When you are researching companies, Google Patent Search allows you to search and view the full text of US Patents. This way you can see what those companies are working on or have produced in the past. When used for career development it can help you access what it already out there and give you ideas of what you can work on
16. YouTube – Use YouTube to find and watch videos with job search tips and tricks, view videos about hiring companies and share videos about your background. You can also use YouTube to connect with people and publish self created tutorial videos.
17. Blogger – A free blogging platform, Blogger helps you establish yourself as an industry expert. You can use your Blogger account to create an online resume or write articles that have an impact within your industry.
18. Google Sites – Google Sites is a great online collaboration tool that allows you to bring all your information together in one place. It is similar to iGoogle, but it allows for more personalization. By creating a single page you can combine all your information together. It allows you to post documents, videos, photos, calendars and attachments. This is a great place to serve as your online portfolio because you can share it with as many people as you want to.
19. Google Talk – Google Talk is Google’s version of instant messaging. It keeps you in contact with your peers and networking contacts. Some of the features of Google Talk are the video feature; allowing you to conduct and participate in video interviews, group chat; to have an open conversation with all your contacts, voice chat; to make PC to PC phone calls. It also has a feature called Reply by Chat. If you receive an email from someone who has Google Talk you can respond to the email through instant message rather than having to wait for them to respond to your email.
20. Google Calendar – Using Google Calendar allows you to organize your schedule and share events with friends and peers. You can set it up to receive daily calendar updates by email and view the shared calendar of those in your network. For professionals wanting to increase their marketplace visibility Google Calendar allows you to send out invites to events you may be hosting or RSVP to events you will be attending.
21. Google Toolbar – Google Toolbar makes it easier to stay up to date with news and happenings through the use of a toolbar at the top of your web browser. You can modify it to meet your needs by creating shortcuts to your favorite websites and Google Tools.
22. Google Groups – One of the best ways to make your mark in your industry and stay networked with others is to join and participate in groups. Google Groups allows you to connect with people who you may not have had access to otherwise. By join groups, you can comment of topics being discussed on group forums and send emails out to the members of those groups.
23. Google Knol – Create and publish information about a subject you are interested in. This is a great tool to establish industry thought leadership and expertise. You can also connect with other industry experts and share/grow your knowledge.
24. Google Orkut – Google Orkut is an online community designed to make your social life more active and stimulating. It helps you maintain existing relationships with pictures and messages, and establish new ones by reaching out to people you’ve never met before. Orkut makes it easy to find people who share your professional interests and establish new business contacts. You can also create and join a wide variety of online communities to discuss current events.
25. Google Book Search – If you are looking to increase your knowledge on an industry specific topic or get help with a job search problem, Google Book Search allows you to search the full text of books.
Be sure to stop by AskBINC in the future for detailed ways to use some of these Google Applications. If there is a particular one you would like to read learn about let us know.
8 Must Attend Events for Professionals in the San Francisco, Bay Area
Networking is one of the most influential and important factors to any professional career. Think of networking as career insurance, you are taking a proactive approach to adding security to your career. Networking allows you to get out there, make contacts and stay abreast with the latest industry news.
With millions of layoffs and very few signs of recovery, professionals are reaching out to others through networking. If you haven’t started now is the time to seize the day and start attending social mixers and networking events.
Some sources to find events in your area are sites like Upcoming.org and Meetup.com. By putting in your location and keywords you are given a list of events scheduled for the near and distant future. I recently did a search on Meetup and Upcoming for events in the San Francisco, Bay Area and here is what I came up with:
Events
1. Pink Slip Party – For the unemployed
Who would have thought getting a pink slip would be a valid reason to go out and party. If it means having access to companies, recruiters and HR professionals who are looking for fresh new talent, then of course it is.
The Pink Slip Party got its start during the last dot com bust and has resurfaced to help out those looking for work in today’s economy. Open to all industries, you can find Pink Slip Parties all over the nation. If you are interested in finding parties in your area, visit SlipSquad.com.
“Attending a Pink Slip Party is a smart move. You’ll have a great time, make some new friends and learn about new job opportunities before they ever hit Monster.com or CareerBuilder.com. You’ll be able to showcase your talents in a relaxed, friendly environment and trade tips with fellow job-seekers.”
2. Wiki Socials -
Hosted by Workyourcareer, Wiki Socials are monthly mixers where Employers, Job Seekers, and other Professionals to come together to socialize and network. To view all the upcoming Wiki Socials join their Meetup group: Bay Area Job Seekers & Professionals Looking to Network or check out the blog section of the Workyourcareer site.
“Our Wiki Socials are great places to find your next career move, and we’ve had several success stories of people finding jobs by attending them. Even if you’re not currently in the job market, our Wiki Socials are a great way to network and meet people within your field. And of course, if you’re an Employer, you’ll be sure to find top talent at our events. We look forward to seeing you soon!”
Next event will be held July 28th, where Workyourcareer will be hosting a Reverse Career Fair. It will be at Jillians at the Metreon located at Jillians at the Metro, 101 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103.
3. Career Mojo – For the unemployed
A community of job seekers, CareerMojo is a place for job seekers to network both online and in person. They hold face to face networking events throughout the month. To join them and find out about their next event visit them on Meetup.com.
“Career Mojo is focused on delivering hope, inspiration, and motivation to those seeking employment through our core beliefs of paying it forward, not being alone, providing support, providing tools, and building community.”
4. Executives Network - For the unemployed
The Executives Network hold events throughout the nation with the goal to hook you up with someone who will help you land a job. You are given the opportunity to talk about your background, what you are looking for and where you need help in your job search.
Their next San Francisco area event will be held on August 11th at Club Quarters, 424 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA 94111. Unfortunately this meeting is restricted to those who hold director level or above positions.
5. San Francisco Professional Career Network –
The San Francisco Professional Career Network is about expanding your network and finding new opportunities. You meet with locals from industries and share your job search experiences, what you’re seeking, and what strategies you have to share.
Their next event is an open networking event on July 28th at Bittersweet Cafe, located at 2123 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115.
6. Unemployed in Beautiful Bay Area - For the Unemployed
The Bay Area Unemployment Group is a place to network with other unemployed professionals during the weekday day. At each Meetup you give your name, job titles and email addresses for Linkedin and communication purposes. People share information on who’s is hiring and any other pertinent interview information.
No future events have been posted but check out their Meetup page to be informed when the next one will be happening.
7. FountainBlue’s Transitions Event: Get Back in the Game! –
This is an interactive session where executives get help on focusing on what’s really important in their career and job search, understand their personal value and how it can employers.
“We are still in the midst of a serious recession – broader and deeper than previous ones – that is having a dramatic and lasting impact on the executive job market. Many executives find themselves in an extended job search; those who are employed are concerned about job security and about making any career moves. Overcoming disappointment and inertia, keeping a positive attitude and focusing on proactive career management are challenges for the heartiest job seekers.”
This event is happening on Thursday August 20, 2009 from 11:30am – 2:00pm at the DLA Piper located at 555 Mission Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California 94105. For more information visit their event page on Upcoming.org
8. San Francisco Career & Education Expo
You will meet face-to-face with the area’s top employers who are hiring for positions from all types of industries. Visit the GoldenFutureCareerFairs website to get updates.
The expo will take place on Thursday, July 30th between 11am and 2pm at the Clarion Hotel San Francisco Airport, located at 401 E. Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, CA 94030.
9 Things the Tour de France Can Teach a Job Candidate
Today is the 11th stage in the 96th annual Tour de France, the racers have either just finished up or are close to 
finishing up the leg of the race that takes them from Vatan, France to Saint – Fargeau, France. Running from Saturday July 4th to Sunday July 26th 2009, the Tour de France consists of 21 stages where participants ride a total distance of 3,500 kilometers or 2174.799 miles through mountains and flat land. The racers participating in the Tour de France did not just wake up in the morning and decide that they were going to go on a 2,174 mile bike ride; no they spent endless hours preparing and training for the race. To them racing and biking is their career. The time they spend conditioning themselves is just part of the job that prepares them achieve their ultimate goal of standing at the top of the podium and waving the coveted “Yellow Jersey” over their head.
Those in the job market can learn a lesson or two from the contenders of the Tour de France. Your job search is like pre-race conditioning and preparation to reach your ultimate goal of getting a job. Let’s take a look at some of the steps these racers take and see how they can help you as a job seeker to reach the top of the podium so you can wave your “Yellow Jersey”.
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20 Motivational Songs For Your Job Search
Have you ever been to a basketball game and listened as the team enters the court from the tunnel? There is always 
some sort or song playing to pump up and motivate the crowd and the team before the game. Music can do wonders to the soul, it can change a person’s mood from down in the dumps to amped up and ready to go. If you are getting stressed out by your job search, why don’t you take some time and listen to music. Here are 20 songs that will motivate you and push you to move on:
1. Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor
“It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the thrill of the fight
Risin’ up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he’s watchin’ us all in the eye of the tiger”
2. I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash
“I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-Shiny day.”
3. Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson
“I’m Gonna Make A Change,
For Once In My Life
It’s Gonna Feel Real Good,
Gonna Make A Difference
Gonna Make It Right . . .”
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Top 10 LinkedIn Groups for Your Job Search
On May 5, 2009 LinkedIn celebrated their 6th anniversary. 6 years and 40 million users later LinkedIn has established itself as one of the top websites to go to for professional networking. If you are on the job market using the various features that LinkedIn provides can increase your job search success. One of those features is LinkedIn Groups. According to LinkedIn:
“LinkedIn Groups is your destination to find and join communities of professionals based on common interest, experience, affiliation, and goals. Stay in touch with organizations, schools, and companies that you are and were a part of, network with professionals with similar interests and goals, and collaborate in a professional community online.”
If you have a LinkedIn account and have yet to join any groups maybe it’s time to tighten up your networking belt and jump onboard. Below is a list of the top groups on LinkedIn that cater to those on the job market:
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