Naymz

[KC2UGV]

Man, for the most part I like this website. I think it's a little bunk that to stay in the top-rank for reputation, they keep raising the bar, meh.

The main thing I like is I get email notifications when people "ego search" me on the intarnets, and also reports of click-throughs to what sites. For example, about 7 minutes ago, someone searched for me using this query Corey+Reichle.

For anyone trying to keep tabs on their reputation on-line, Naymz.com is the way to go :) Just thought I'd toss that out there for everyone. I think it's pretty neat.

[N8YX]

If it's a reputation you're worried about, joo are in de wrong place...!

[WØTKX]

If it's a reputation you're worried about, joo are in de wrong place...!

:rofl: Search my callsign it lights up here, and the 3810 guys.

[ad4mg]

If it's a reputation you're worried about, joo are in de wrong place...!

That's right ... bring one of those here, and we're gonna "fix" it for ya ... :rofl:

[WØTKX]

Luke, don't get too outside of normal there... 'UGV can't help himself, you'll become a "paranormal" research project. ;)

:rofl:

Naymz is a little different, an openness to professional networking. Not so somber. So does it avoid spam from odd vectors, and give positive ones that you are looking for?

Uhh, is it effective, or just different?

[KC2UGV]

I'd say it's effective for what I use it for: Tracking who googles me, and what terms they use, so I can tailor my resume and lean my professional online postings in the correct way.

And, spam, I think there is? A few asking for professional "references" (aka Joining their network) whom you don't know.

Spam-wise, not too bad.

[n2ize]

These days networking and building a professional image online is of vital importance in getting employment and staying employed. Gone are the days of "cold employment" merely answering a want-ad , filling out an application, getting an interview, getting hired and working till retirement. Just being smart is not going to win any points in the professional world. These days you have to learn to schmooze if you plan to have any kind of career worth mentioning. Tools like Twitter, Google, Facebook, MySpace, U Tube, the cocktail lounge and the cafe' are as, if not more, important for professional employment as is the college degree or formal training.

The best advice these days is, don't be a lone wolf. Forget the "want-ads" and, learn to schmooze. Catching professional positions is more like catching fish these days. You have to go where the fish are biting. They are not gonna come to you.

[n6hcm]

Tools like Twitter, Google, Facebook, MySpace, U Tube, the cocktail lounge and the cafe' are as, if not more, important for professional employment as is the college degree or formal training.

absolutely. places like linkedin.com are pretty important for this.

also--this can work against you as well ... employers who search you and find you acting like a dumbass have to wonder what you might be like to work with . . .

[W7XF]

absolutely. places like linkedin.com are pretty important for this.

also--this can work against you as well ... employers who search you and find you acting like a dumbass have to wonder what you might be like to work with . . .

Which is why my MySpace page is minimally developed, and I don't do Facebook, Twitter, et.al.