“The average person changes careers 8 – 10 times in their lifetime.”
I’ve never been afraid to try new things, so when my friends in the IT community explained I could take my talent for writing, pair it with my real estate savvy & by using this “NEW THING” called Twitter, I could increase my sales I was thrilled.
“Wow…sign me up!” I thought. Sounded as easy as printing my own money.
Immediately, I began tweeting my little beak off only to realize I was in over my head. This Twitter stuff was hard work! Through trial & error, I was able to “meet” the good people of Twitterville who literally took me under their wings to help me Google my way through learning everything from WordPress to HTML.
One of my biggest supporters & resources was Matt Ball, a recruiter for Kforce Tech Orlando. After an initial tweet of advice on an IT related question, we realized we lived in the same county, practically the same city & both had common interests. Our Twitter friendship grew until we regularly attended networking events & helped each other grow our Twitter followings.
When an opportunity became available for an account manager in Orlando, Matt immediately tweeted me to ask, “have you ever considered a career in technology?”
I was amazed. I honestly never had considered the possibility & probably never would have if it weren’t for Twitter allowing me to meet someone like Matt.
I said yes.
Within a month of the 1st tweet about the account manager position I was on the job at Kforce Orlando. After an impressive training “boot camp” from Paul Winters, John Megally, Joley Mastanduno led by Jennifer Grey, I was able to get my first start within my 1st month.
Looking back, I would have never thought something as simple as 140 characters could change my life but it did. Twitter provided me with a connection to someone who not only cared enough about my success to help me, but keep that connection strong enough to allow him to recruit me for his team.
I just want to thank Matt Ball & my entire Kforce Orlando team. I can honestly say, I love my new career & I owe it all to Twitter.
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