It is important for college students to make better informed decisions about their future career paths based on historical data. As a result, I created this chart to help students in the Pamplin College of Business better understand what they are committing to in terms of a major. Other colleges and universities would be wise to share this info with students to prevent from underemployment and to communicate realistic expectations of programs.

I was recently asked to be a guest on Roanoke, Va Cox Media’s monthly local cable show Connections (hosted by Kim Stanley) to discuss the job search process using new/social media. Still only 6-10% of people get jobs online. Social media is no substitute for face-to-face job searching yet it cannot be ignored. Thanks to Cox Media for this opportunity to chat about this topic.

Today I am giving this presentation on a webinar to the APA on the Unserviced Workforce. The Unserviced Workforce is a group of job seekers who are caught in the middle and must decide how they are going to get out of this jam or deal with the consequences of no action.

If you are looking for a creative way to get the job you want, then you must view this video explaining how the job seeker did it. This is what a Perfect Job Seeker does.

Economic Development Online by Ubalde and Krueger

As a follow up to Economic Development Marketing, Ubalde clearly explains and offers solutions for the different types of online tools economic developers can use to transform a region. Through charts, graphs, stories and screen shots, the book outlines how ED professionals can implement new technologies their private sector customers are using such as Yelp, Four Square, cloud computing, SEO, SEM, SMO, Twitter, to leverage results and gain credibility in the complex and competitive industry.

For example, Ubalde says the implementation of ED strategy should be distributed to a much larger legion of voices and partners that can share, forward, tweet, like and communicate your message.

The days of a select few groupthinkers setting traditional regional economic policy is behind us.  The present and future of economic development is empowering individuals in your offline community – who have a presence in these online communities – to share and implement your vision.

ED professionals would be operating irresponsibly by not becoming a user, student and expert of the book’s content. Further, creative leaders who set regional economic development strategy would be wise to align with Ubalde’s organization – ZoomPropsector.com.