Denver Technical Professionals-Photos-16-Jan-2011

Featured Speaker/Presenter: Jeff Franzreb,MCSE. Independent Consultant and former System Administrator for Progressive Insurance Company.

Profile:
"He found this job using our Linkedin Group: Denver Technical Professionals. He discussed how he used Linkedin to keep himself employed in a turbulent market. He shared techniques, tips, answered questions.

• "This gentleman has even introduced me, to recruiters...and you know that I know everyone! " -- according to Krystal Mires, Director of Career Services at TechSkills.
• One of the top tips Jeff revealed was to personally invite his network contacts to "coffee" or "lunch" and "hang out" and develop a mutual relationship.
• He would spend one day a week updating his resume and posting it on the job boards to remain at the top of search engine lists.
• He would help others in their job search and follow up with call backs to find out the results.
• He asked recruiters for advice, if he didn't get the job and needed to improve in specific areas. He followed their advice.
• He kept a journal of his job submissions on a spreadsheet to track his progress.
• Most of all, he helped others in their job search by providing job leads in roles that did not conflict with his job search. For example, he would help a Project Manager find job leads, that did not conflict with his search for Systems Administration work.
• Helping others improved his chances of networking with others who could open doors to more opportunities.
• Jeff spoke for two hours and revealed more tips than I could record here.

John Herd, Owner/recruiter from Denver Search Group attended the meeting and later made contacts with individuals after the event. According to his website, "John Herd founded both Denver & Seattle Search Group after spending 11 years heading a regional office of Accounting and Office Partners." For more information go to link: http://www.denversearchgroup.com/