I'm not always better than the candidates I go up against when job searching, but if someone on staff is a fan of my work online, I have a huge boost above anyone else.

Sometimes job interviewers are more fascinated with my side projects than my work history. And the ones who don't know me are treated to pages of search results, showing off almost a decade of my scribblings, when they Google my name. By the time they're finished fishing for dirt on me, they feel like they know me, they feel like they trust me, and because of that, they like me.

So yes, let your personality bloom on LinkedIn. And sure, show your face on Tumblr. Be the easiest person to like in every social media circle you run around, and your career will grow, no matter what the experts say.

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Haven't you heard? 

After a 3 year, Hova-style retirement, I brought back this blog for a week (or two). My agenda? To let you know how this this site and my other projects broke me into the entertainment industry and kept me there, paying a hefty amount of New York taxes each year.

If you work in the same business, come over to the my new spot, Career Green Light. I'm showing people how to do networking with being annoying, and how to do career development without having a ten point plan. 

Thanks for being down. And see you there.