I've been a bit surprised at the response, but it seems that a lot of very talented people in the social media space are indeed looking for work.
I appreciate the resumes and the e-mails, but thought I should put some basic guidelines out that I'll turn into a FAQ.
1) Social Media is new. Much of the time, clients are ready to hire social media people, but they don't know how to hire what to ask. While that is changing daily, you need to be prepared to sell yourself, both to me, and to clients, on what value you bring to the table.
2) I'm not an agent. The clients pay the bills, so my efforts are focused on finding people for open job orders. To help with me that, I'm creating an Applicant Tracking System that allows you to upload your resume into my database, which means as jobs become available, I can help you in your location and area of expertise.
3) E-mails do get caught in spam filters. This upload will be the best way to get ahold of me, as I get a notification for each resume.
4) If you know of people hiring in the social media space, client referrals are welcome too. Hiring for social media is a very immature process. The more of us they hire, the better all of our chances will be.
Thank you for the responses. I'll try to respond to all of you in a timely manner. I also have a new e-mail, socialmediaheadhunter@gmail.com. Can you believe it was available?
