Healthcare IT Today

A Case Against Multiple LinkedIn Profiles

Posted on19. Aug, 2010 by Joshua Waldman.

In the last seven days, I’ve been asked this same question three times:
“I can’t make up my mind about what I want to do. Should I make a LinkedIn profile for each of my career interests?”
I suspect that people ask this question when they want to pursue two totally separate industries or roles. The Healthcare [...]

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Don’t Be Lazy With Your Online Healthcare IT Job Search

Posted on25. Jun, 2010 by Joshua Waldman.

I was reading Chris Brogan’s newsletter and resonated with a paragraph that briefly talks about how using the same message across all social media platforms is just wrong. He didn’t spend much time on it so I want to elaborate.
By the way, Chris Brogan is probably at the forefront of social media [...]

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An Often Overlooked Keyword Tip for a Better Online Healthcare IT Job Search

Posted on12. Apr, 2010 by Joshua Waldman.

The Death of the Verb
You and I have both heard the typical line from career counselors, “use power verbs in your resume.”  Right? They’ve even given us lists and lists of verbs to begin sentences like:

Managed team of 10 engineers in highly competitive RFP process
Resolved difficult customer service issue for high stakes sale
Safeguarded [...]

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Five Guidelines for Using LinkedIn Groups to Get Healthcare IT Jobs

Posted on24. Feb, 2010 by Joshua Waldman.

In 2006, when I still worked at Cisco, I started a little LinkedIn Group, called, “Cisco”. Ok, not very creative or original. I thought it was a good idea at the time to help Cisco folks leverage our mutual LinkedIn networks for career opportunities. HR didn’t like the idea though, which [...]

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Two Strategies for Combating Ageism on Your LinkedIn Profile Photo

Posted on01. Feb, 2010 by Joshua Waldman.

Speaking at an Engineering Symposium in Portland, I had two conversations back-to-back that were exactly the same.
Now, I wasn’t surprised, when speaking to a group of 100 IT engineers, that ALL of them were much smarter than me.  I also wasn’t surprised to see many baby-boomers in the audience with tons of Healthcare experience. So [...]

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