The Ups and Downs of My Community Management Job Search
As I mentioned on our last episode, I recently made a big career change. We talk about careers in community management, and how to advance, fairly regularly on the show. I also love to talk to guests who are in the moment.
I’m definitely in the moment, so why not put myself under the microscope, and talk about my own search for a new role? But I don’t want to just talk to myself. My friend Brandon Eley knows as much about my search as anyone else does, and he agreed to develop and host this week’s episode of the show. He pushed me to talk about the process I went through, and why I accepted this role, including:
- What hiring managers saw as my weaknesses
- Why I turned down or turned away certain jobs
- A role I wanted, after going through the interview process, that didn’t want me
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About Brandon Eley
Brandon Eley is an ecommerce entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience. He is the founder of large shoe retailer 2BigFeet.com, author of Online Marketing Inside Out, and author, blogger and speaker on ecommerce and online marketing.
Related Links
This is a partial list of links from this episode. The list will be completed once our transcript has been finished. Thank you for your patience.
- Sponsor: Open Social, community building for nonprofits
- GoalGorilla, Open Social’s parent
- CommunityCo, where Patrick is director of community, leading online community efforts for the CommunityCo’s portfolio of communities, including YEC, the Forbes Councils and Men’s Health Fitness Council
- Brandon Eley, ecommerce entrepreneur, speaker and author, who developed and hosted this episode
- 2BigFeet.com, the online retailer of large size men’s shows, that Brandon founded
- Ryan Paugh, co-founder of CommunityCo
- Coral Project, where Patrick interviewed for a community lead role, but wasn’t the right fit
- Brandon on Twitter
- Brandon on LinkedIn
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