Tuesday Brag - Wall Street Journal (Career Journal) Mention
April 17th, 2007
Last week I had a mention in the Career Journal, which is part of the Wall Street Journal. I thought it was quite cool, and was sure my parents would think it was awesome, but aside from that wasn’t sure how “big” it really was.
But it was big. And I’ve been “chastized” by friends and colleagues for not bragging about it. Every day I get an e-mail or a call asking why I haven’t blogged about it. So let me dedicate an entire post about my mention.
Sarah Needleman is an associate editor of CareerJournal.com. In fact, it seems that all of the articles that I read on CareerJournal are from her - I find her work to be very interesting as it’s from that C-level perspective. We chatted on the phone about my blog for about 15 minutes, and I let her know what some of my favorite career-related blogs are. The other blogs that are highlighted are:
resumehell.blogspot.com - I didn’t know about this blog before, but man it’s good!
www.ere.net/blogs/world_of_talent - this one is new to me, I’m now following it
www.susanstrayer.com/kaleidoblog
This is an awesome list - I’ve actually had e-mail or phone conversations with all but two of these bloggers (and have followed all the blogs except for the two that I commented on). I feel like the ugly duckling though, because I don’t have the training or history in employment like these guys do. But maybe that’s why my blog is on there… I think it is kind of unique!
It’s an honor to be included amongst these bloggers - thanks for the write-up Sarah! I’ll be adding the CareerJournal.com logo to the front page of JibberJobber, next to these others: Yahoo! Finance, JobSearch.About.com, Newsday, TotalPictureRadio and WebWare (a CNET site)! I think it will look good there 
April 17th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Congrats! Well-deserved, you have a great blogging voice.
April 17th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Congrats, Jason. I can’t think of anyone who earned this more than you. You deserve it!
Best,
Alexandra Levit
Author, They Don’t Teach Corporate in College
Blogger, Water Cooler Wisdom
April 17th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
[...] I will say there is a downside to anonymity though. There was a great article in the WSJ Career Journal about this and a few other blogs. I was humbled and then realized that would be permanent since this thing is anonymous and all. [...]
April 18th, 2007 at 5:12 am
Jason,
Kudos! Huzzah! Outstanding! Congratulations! Well-earned!
:::flinging any other missed superlatives in your direction:::
Cheers!
Jessan
April 18th, 2007 at 6:26 am
That’s awesome, Jason! Old media coverage has to feel good. When CNN calls and wants you to be interviewed as a job search expert, be sure to brag about that one now that you know it’s expected, OK?
April 18th, 2007 at 7:07 am
Congratulations, Jason. This is very well deserved!
Alison
April 18th, 2007 at 11:56 am
Congratulations Jason!
I think the ugly duckling is turning into a swan
Bengt
April 18th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Jason -
This is a very well deserved honor. Congratulations.