Micro-resume: selling yourself in 140 characters

[Pax]

Great..more power to you.

Let us know if the language/ brand /attitude wears well when you're 50+, 60+, 70+ yrs. old. You're right: One is retired by then.
I have yet to hear a flower power generation folk (I guess that's boomer or nearly boomer. I dunno.) still use "groovy" regularily/often or even at all.

Umm, I do. But then again it suits me... I've been told if I were any more laid back I'd be in a coma.

I also say "suck" in communications at work, mostly because I don't change my language to fit different occasions. My chances of success in corporate America are zero I'm guessing.

[Crankin]

I might say suck with a colleague, in private. Once I got to know my clients better, depending on who it was, maybe. Not in a team meeting, ever. Not when I was a teacher, either.
I had a few clients who swore incessantly this past year. It wore even me down. The f word becomes meaningless. This is coming from me, who used to be called Tilly toilet mouth. I cleaned up my act when my kids got old enough to understand and then relented a little when they became older.
Good thing that I am not in a field that requires social networking. I do use Facebook, but minimally, and thankfully, medical professionals have privacy rules to adhere to. I don't even like to send an email about a client to another therapist, but some people do. So, no need to share my thoughts with anyone.
I'm known as pretty frank, also, but I guess, in a slightly different way. I don't believe in sugar coating, but different rules for different professions, I suppose.
I could not describe myself in 140 characters, after 30 years of teaching, going back to school, and looking for a job now.

[Geonz]

Suck is such an interesting term... people of younger generations tend not to consider its derivation when using it, and the derivation isn't as to-be-gasped-at as it would for 50+ folks.

I talk to communicate, so I'm constantly modifying how I phrase things -- I don't use others' voices, but I do try to be mindful of my audience. It's not to suck up to 'em, so to speak -- but to communicate better.

My tweet to sell myself would be a link. Fewer than 140 characters; if you want to know me, you have to get past the surface. I'm afraid I *do* have trouble presenting an accurate first impression because I never quite know which facet of me is coming around on the guitar...

[Irulan]

Take twitter out of the discussion and think about how to sell yourself in one or two sentences. My professional organization has us do this all the time. It teaches you to represent yourself succinctly - especially if you have a non-mainstream niche or specialty. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this and it's certainly not dumb. It's a very good excercise even if you just talk to people about what you do.

[emily_in_nc]

Take twitter out of the discussion and think about how to sell yourself in one or two sentences. My professional organization has us do this all the time. It teaches you to represent yourself succinctly - especially if you have a non-mainstream niche or specialty. There's absolutely nothing wrong with this and it's certainly not dumb. It's a very good excercise even if you just talk to people about what you do.

Well said!

[Trek420]

How about this: My current job sucks, yet is so demanding, challenging, technical and exacting that it prepares me for anything you need me to do ... in Seattle

[emily_in_nc]

How about this: My current job sucks, yet is so demanding, challenging, technical and exacting that it prepares me for anything you need me to do ... in Seattle

I love it!