Comments on: How to Make Unemployment the Most Productive Time in Your Career http://thesocialexec.com/how-to-make-unemployment-the-most-productive-time-in-your-career/ Networking, Careers & Social Media for Executives Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:55:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: How to Make Unemployment the Most Productive Time in Your Career « Social Media, Business, & Beyond http://thesocialexec.com/how-to-make-unemployment-the-most-productive-time-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-9121 How to Make Unemployment the Most Productive Time in Your Career « Social Media, Business, & Beyond Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:26:53 +0000 http://thesocialexec.com/?p=785#comment-9121 [...] via How to Make Unemployment the Most Productive Time in Your Career. [...] [...] via How to Make Unemployment the Most Productive Time in Your Career. [...]

]]> By: JobsDirectUSA http://thesocialexec.com/how-to-make-unemployment-the-most-productive-time-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-8739 JobsDirectUSA Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:16:00 +0000 http://thesocialexec.com/?p=785#comment-8739 Based in Jacksonville, FL, Carlos Gil is a Web 2.0 and social media guru whose philanthropic work has been featured by CNNMoney.com amongst numerous news media outlets. In 2008, Gil founded JobsDirectUSA shortly after being laid off by insurance-giant American International Group (AIG). As a direct result of his own job loss Gil self-funded and launched the original JobsDirectUSA.com website (see here) for job seekers, like himself, to discover jobs and become re-hired quickly. Today, Gil’s JobsDirectUSA and activism reaches millions of career professionals throughout the country. Gil, a non-college graduate, began his career in 2001 as an 18 year old part-time shoe salesman who earned minimum wage while living in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Since then, Gil has represented Fortune 500 corporations such as American International Group (AIG), Citigroup and Regions Financial Corporation in various Management roles overseeing multi-million dollar consumer loan portfolio’s and credit receivables. Follow Carlos on Twitter @CarlosGil83 Based in Jacksonville, FL, Carlos Gil is a Web 2.0 and social media guru whose philanthropic work has been featured by CNNMoney.com amongst numerous news media outlets. In 2008, Gil founded JobsDirectUSA shortly after being laid off by insurance-giant American International Group (AIG).

As a direct result of his own job loss Gil self-funded and launched the original JobsDirectUSA.com website (see here) for job seekers, like himself, to discover jobs and become re-hired quickly. Today, Gil’s JobsDirectUSA and activism reaches millions of career professionals throughout the country.

Gil, a non-college graduate, began his career in 2001 as an 18 year old part-time shoe salesman who earned minimum wage while living in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Since then, Gil has represented Fortune 500 corporations such as American International Group (AIG), Citigroup and Regions Financial Corporation in various Management roles overseeing multi-million dollar consumer loan portfolio’s and credit receivables.

Follow Carlos on Twitter @CarlosGil83

]]> By: Ingrid http://thesocialexec.com/how-to-make-unemployment-the-most-productive-time-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-5857 Ingrid Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:47:58 +0000 http://thesocialexec.com/?p=785#comment-5857 Thanks for sharing! I am also enjoying the other blogs you recommend. I saw this via LinkedIn (USD Alumni Network) as well. Thanks for sharing! I am also enjoying the other blogs you recommend.
I saw this via LinkedIn (USD Alumni Network) as well.

]]> By: Pat w http://thesocialexec.com/how-to-make-unemployment-the-most-productive-time-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-5853 Pat w Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:45:08 +0000 http://thesocialexec.com/?p=785#comment-5853 This came to me via the USD linkedin website. I have been struggling with the concept of unemployment for quite some time. Since jobs, albeit low grade jobs, are always available, the question for me concerns the quality of my time.Too often do little transition jobs become the characterization of a person's life. Well, I was not about to start down a substantive-less path. Still, we are beings of purpose; we live happier and longer when we have goals and stay productive. In this pergatorio of joblessness I have decided to give myself a new education. I have read more in the last year than most people will in their entire lives, everything from US history to the classics like catcher in the rye, and Hemmingway's the sun also rises. My thoughts; if you cant get a good job, increase the horizons of your mind by exposing yourself to the brilliance of the brilliant. Its that simple. I got in touch with a old prof from johns hopkins and he gave me a reading list. I feel I have purpose again. Perhaps not now, but later down the road, I believe the time I have spent turning through pages and sipping a mocha will benefit me in ways getting someone's latte now cant. But thats just me, lazily looking at the shadows of the forms. cheers! This came to me via the USD linkedin website. I have been struggling with the concept of unemployment for quite some time. Since jobs, albeit low grade jobs, are always available, the question for me concerns the quality of my time.Too often do little transition jobs become the characterization of a person’s life. Well, I was not about to start down a substantive-less path. Still, we are beings of purpose; we live happier and longer when we have goals and stay productive. In this pergatorio of joblessness I have decided to give myself a new education. I have read more in the last year than most people will in their entire lives, everything from US history to the classics like catcher in the rye, and Hemmingway’s the sun also rises. My thoughts; if you cant get a good job, increase the horizons of your mind by exposing yourself to the brilliance of the brilliant. Its that simple. I got in touch with a old prof from johns hopkins and he gave me a reading list. I feel I have purpose again. Perhaps not now, but later down the road, I believe the time I have spent turning through pages and sipping a mocha will benefit me in ways getting someone’s latte now cant. But thats just me, lazily looking at the shadows of the forms. cheers!

]]> By: Ryan C. http://thesocialexec.com/how-to-make-unemployment-the-most-productive-time-in-your-career/comment-page-1/#comment-5836 Ryan C. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:27:46 +0000 http://thesocialexec.com/?p=785#comment-5836 Nice BLOG! Came to me by way of the USD Alumni Network. Speaking from an 11month layoff from the Semiconductor industry, most of my time is spent on gaining knowledge, networking my tail off and sharing small successes/situational info with other friends/family. In all fairness, 70% of one's unemployed time should be spent on three surefire winners: knowledge, networking and sharing. However, the reality of requiring more income than the hefty EDD max and the "info channels of opportunity" prospective employers exercise, still calls for 30% (or less) effort in the "traditional" or "worn out job search path". It is tough to dismiss the simple quantity of job opportunities available through the services; however employment via networking is often the quality "hook-up" we all desire. Nice BLOG! Came to me by way of the USD Alumni Network.
Speaking from an 11month layoff from the Semiconductor industry, most of my time is spent on gaining knowledge, networking my tail off and sharing small successes/situational info with other friends/family. In all fairness, 70% of one’s unemployed time should be spent on three surefire winners: knowledge, networking and sharing. However, the reality of requiring more income than the hefty EDD max and the “info channels of opportunity” prospective employers exercise, still calls for 30% (or less) effort in the “traditional” or “worn out job search path”. It is tough to dismiss the simple quantity of job opportunities available through the services; however employment via networking is often the quality “hook-up” we all desire.

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