Last December, I joined a great online community of young Generation Y professionals at Brazen Careerist. Since joining the community, I have met new people, discovered new blogs, and read and/or participated in interesting discussions on practically every career-related topic imaginable. I’ve also had over ten of my blog posts featured on the front page of Brazen Careerist, which has helped my blog gain more exposure. Starting today, that’s all going to change … for the better of course.
Brazen Careerist is taking the next step in becoming the career management tool for Generation Y by getting rid of its blog-driven homepage and putting the focus entirely on you. What you see when you first log on is now entirely controlled by you. Your personal Fan Feed gives you real-time updates of the ideas that your favorite members are sharing with the community.
In addition to the Fan Feed update, the user profile feature has also been updated. There is a new résumé section where you can show where you’ve been, and a personal Ideas Feed that showcases your knowledge, opinions, and thoughts (a.k.a. your potential).
I truly believe that networking is the most effective way to get where you want to be in your career. Networking was definitely a huge factor in how I landed my dream job. While Facebook can be a little too informal and LinkedIn a little too traditional, Brazen Careerist provides a nice blend of features from the two sites, and it really has the potential to become a great career management tool for Generation Y professionals.
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This is a new tool to me and understand what you say about LinkedIn and Facebook. Networking is key and always the best way to learn about new opportunities. But I am curious how much networking here can lead to potential jobs? It seems like the main people who use this are younger and looking for jobs? Something I probably should sign up for regardless since I like networking.
Might be worth mentioning that you’re the community manager for Brazen Careerist… just in terms of full disclosure and all.
Craig: Yes, it does seem like the primary audience (at the moment) is younger and/or looking for jobs. Some of us do have jobs though, and keep in mind that some companies prefer to hire using internal references. While you might not meet someone with the power to hire you on Brazen, you may meet people who are working at places you want to work at, and they may be able to get your application in front of the people with that power.
Jaremy: I would definitely disclose that information if it were true, but I’m not the community manager for Brazen Careerist. The screenshots I used are from his account, but this is where to find me on Brazen Careerist.
thats for the info of Brazen Careerist. never heard that before
I feel like my life got turned upside-down when I went to college. Suddenly nothing made sense anymore, my stress level was through the roof, and I had no direction.
If you visit Brazen Careerist you’ll see that it’s quite different from LinkedIn. The interface is designed to be a collaborative community as opposed to just a networking space.
When we recognize and acknowledge how much we have intellectually, experientially, emotionally and spiritually, we are in a much better position to offer what we have to others. Giving – what a great way to establish and cultivate professional as well as personal relationships. What a great way to start a conversation!
I found a problem with their finance page. I clicked on an article, and it takes me to the bio page but the article is nowhere to be found. This was for the featured author “The Brazen Careerist” lady.
The Career Action Plan is the final stage which is step-by-step instructions for staying on track. Milestones and tasks are provided for daily, weekly, and monthly completion based on your network readiness score.
I’ve never heard it before, half way through signing up now. Looks very interesting. Cheers
This is the first time I’ve heard about Brazen Careerist. Definitely seems like a worthwhile site, time to check it out seriously.
Till then,
Jean
They don’t call ‘em the terrible 20′s for nothing–you’ll just have to deal with it like the rest of us.
Interesting site. Going to have to bookmark that and look at it more in depth!
Great article. Thank u man!
When you join Brazen Careerist, everything you do becomes an important part of who you are. From your first profile update, to the real conversations you have with peers-your ideas are what matter most on Brazen Careerist. We make them accessible to people that look for them.
I guess you just need to keep the best network, strong focus on your core competancies and niche rather than the biggest network. Biggest isnt best, its quality that counts – no puns please. It would be nice to think that someone would help you out but I think quality and persistence are paramount sadly relying on someones good will is a tougher prospect.
I just finished reading “Generations at Work” (http://j.mp/dw4szb), so your post is wonderfully timed. I’m an Xer, and at times do feel marginalized. I work at a public university in NC, and the top positions are dominated by Boomers who appear to have a death grip on the “best” spots.
It takes time to do all this, to get the sort of visibility and traffic (if blogging) that will be useful to you. There are plenty of cases of abandoned blogs, “never tweeted” twitter accounts that demonstrate that you need time and commitment to make social media work for you.
Your personal Fan Feed gives you real-time updates of the ideas that your favorite members are sharing with the community.
These courses will be conducted live by qualified and screened industry experts when you need them (evenings, weekends, etc) through web based tools.
Never heard of that site before. Looks interesting.
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People can be incredibly judgmental and make all these false assumptions about someone based on their physical appearance…
Thanks to co-founder Ryan Paugh, I had a chance to preview the enhancements of the new Brazen network last week and I must say I was impressed with the concept of the recent launch. In addition to creating a professional profile.
People have been doing forever. what a visionary. its funny i once wrote a related article I titled how to turn on a light switch in under two seconds.
These courses will be conducted live by qualified and screened industry
I feel like my life got turned upside-down when I went to college.
This looks like a great site for networking, thanks for sharing it.
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I had a chance to preview the enhancements of the new Brazen network last week and I must say I was impressed with the concept of the recent launch
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If you visit Brazen Careerist you’ll see that it’s quite different from LinkedIn.
site is great and perfect desing
People can be incredibly judgmental and make all these false assumptions about someone based on their physical appearance
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I kind of liked their effort in moving from services company into product domain. It’s a dream come true for a services entrepreneur.
That’s a great tool. I’m gonna get myself an account now.
The Career Action Plan is the final stage which is step-by-step instructions for staying on track.
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This looks like a great site for networking, thanks for sharing it…
I’ve tried it for weeks and the results are good. You can definitely build up a network there which you can benefit from.