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This is a true story as told to DiversityJobs, where you can find career interviews for the job you’ve been looking at and available positions in your desired field. I am a full-time blogger with my own website on Tumblr. My Tumblr blog is a collection of my amateur landscape photography and integrates FotoMoto technology to sell my artwork. I have been a blogger full time for the past year and a half. As a blogger, my work involves more than just the computer. I spend about 15 hours a week hiking and taking pictures for my blog. Then, I use editing software to fix any composition issues and to watermark my photos. I then go to my Tumblr page and post them. Finally, it is promotion time. I like my photography blog to have very little text and words and have the art speak for itself. So, I have to “speak for it” in other ways: through e-mails, Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. These lead my followers back to my Tumblr site. The biggest misunderstanding about what I do is that it is an isolating job. I am out in the field taking pictures and often have friends with me when...

Don’t like networking? Many people do. For most of us these networking events just don’t seem natural. You have to wear a name tag, shake hands and tell people over and over what you do. Don’t like networking? Many people do. For most of us these networking events just don’t seem natural. You have to wear a name tag, shake hands and tell people over and over what you do. While you may want to meet people to make your career or business more successful it seems this is a challenging way to do it. Well networking events don’t have to be frustrating or difficult. There are some ways you can truly make the most of networking events – even if you are a shy person. Tip #1: Find the best networking event for you. There are many different types of networking events. Some are for niche professionals, others are for solo entrepreneurs and there are many other types out there. If you haven’t liked networking events, perhaps you haven’t found the “right” networking event? Connecting with professionals you have things in common with can be fun and comfortable. You have some topics you’ll want to talk about and enjoy meeting...

Follow these five maxims to enhance your professional image and career through Facebook, Twitter and other online social media. Every week we read about someone who has run into trouble at work by doing something really stupid via social media, like the public school teacher who ranted about how dumb she thought her students were. Fortunately, few of us make huge mistakes like that, but we all need to be aware of our presence in the social media world and manage it to our professional advantage.Follow these five maxims to enhance your professional image and career through Facebook, Twitter and other online social media.Maxim #1: Always manage your privacy settingsLet's face it, few of us like to deal with control panels, but in the world of social media it's something we all have to do. And, outfits like Facebook seem to take great joy in tweaking the way they manage privacy settings. Make sure yours are set the way you want them. One good tool is to break down your contacts into lists—such as family, friends, business associates—so you can really fine tune who has permission to see your photos, notes and the rest.Maxim #2: Communicate professionallyDon't start using text message...