Comments on: I think I want this job http://www.nickarnett.net/2008/12/06/i-think-i-want-this-job/ Social media analytics for decision-making Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:58:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: dland http://www.nickarnett.net/2008/12/06/i-think-i-want-this-job/comment-page-1/#comment-7 dland Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:09:46 +0000 http://www.nickarnett.net/?p=46#comment-7 Of course you want that job: It's like it was tailor made for you. You've been involved social media since at least a decade before anybody gave it that name, and you've started two companies -- both of which have since been acquired by businesses in the social media space. Why would Forrester want you? I've already written on LinkedIn about your inventiveness and your persistent vision of figuring out how to measure "what the internet thinks." Perhaps also because the audacity of writing a blog post asking people to tell a prospective employer why they should want you shows that you are not afraid of social media. In fact, even if I came in here and told Forrester why they _shouldn't_ hire you, it could work to your benefit anyway, much as Chevy's supposedly "failed" 2006 "Make your own Chevy Tahoe ad" experiment showed Chevy to be risk-takers unafraid of new media. Next step: let others write your resume for you. Of course you want that job: It’s like it was tailor made for you. You’ve been involved social media since at least a decade before anybody gave it that name, and you’ve started two companies — both of which have since been acquired by businesses in the social media space.

Why would Forrester want you? I’ve already written on LinkedIn about your inventiveness and your persistent vision of figuring out how to measure “what the internet thinks.” Perhaps also because the audacity of writing a blog post asking people to tell a prospective employer why they should want you shows that you are not afraid of social media.

In fact, even if I came in here and told Forrester why they _shouldn’t_ hire you, it could work to your benefit anyway, much as Chevy’s supposedly “failed” 2006 “Make your own Chevy Tahoe ad” experiment showed Chevy to be risk-takers unafraid of new media.

Next step: let others write your resume for you.

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