January 08 You Get It Winner Kate Herrick

January 08 You Get It Winner Kate Herrick Ive blogged about Kate Herrick before, and Ive blogged a bunch of time about her husbands stuff, Scot Herrick (create of CubeRules). I have a list of people in the queue to consider for the You Get It awards, and Kate has been in there for about a month, but last night I got Scots monthly e-mail and it had some stuff in there that sealed the deal: Interestingly, the last four interviews have been for positions she has not applied for; rather, recruiters actually recruiting her for positions from her resume on a few job boards and her web site at http://kateherrick.com. It is very unusual in today’s market to have your own career web site and the proof is in the pudding with recruiters calling wanting to find out about this person who has her own site. The idea behind having a brand online is to get results, right? Kate had four interviews because of her website? Recruiters are knocking on her door?? Geesh, I had none of this in my job search. Im not sure I even interviewed at four companies total! Ill do a quick run-down of my thoughts and observations, from a technical/design/content perspective. But I want to start 2008 off right, and recognize Kates efforts for the RESULTS! Here are miscellaneous thoughts on what went into getting this far: NO LONG TERM COMMITMENT. Kate is NOT a blogger, at least, this site doesnt have the long-term commitment that a blog has. I like bloggers, and think its a great tool, but Kate is getting the results without a blog. I bet YOU could put something together like this for yourself in a few hours. KateHerrick.com. She owns her own domain name. Do you? The Menu is all signal, no noise. Check out the image on the right this is all the navigation that she gives. You can spend all of 10 minutes on her website, if you have that much time, and get a good idea what she has to offer. Her writing is personal, familiar, comfortable. When you are done reading her profile, and the information about her accomplishments, you walk away feeling that she is a very nice person, but also extremely professionally competent. Her profile pictures reinforce her tone and message. She has two different profile pictures, both of them reinforce my impression that shes a very nice person. Even so, her professionalism jumps out at me, as she has the right information (jargon, etc.) on her website. Her message and strengths are front-and-center. Want to know what she brings to your organization? Its right on the front page, spelled out pretty clear. Here are two images showing that: and Again, its about results. And Kate is getting them. Kate Herrick, congratulations! You join a special group of professionals and have earned a coveted link from my monthly winner’s blogroll area (on the left), six months of premium JibberJobber (you can transfer/award this to someone else ), and a cyber-high five! Feel free to post the You Get It award on your site! Here are the past winners: September 2006 ClickDave my review October 2006 Kent Blumberg my review November 2006 Heather Henricks my review December 2006 Adelino de Almeida my review January 2007 Rob Humphrey my review January 2007 Ariel Meadow Stallings my review February 2007 Mike Schaffner my review March 2007 Susan Johnston my review April 2007 Thomas Clifford my review May 2007 Rob Frankel my review June 2007 Trent Hamm my review July 2007 Katie Konrath my review August 2007 Robb Hecht my review September 2007 OOPS! I took this month off and didn’t realize it! Lucky me October 2007 Tanya Ferrill my review November 2007 Sean O’Donnovan my review December 2007 Andy Shaindlin my review January 08 You Get It Winner Kate Herrick Ive blogged about Kate Herrick before, and Ive blogged a bunch of time about her husbands stuff, Scot Herrick (create of CubeRules). I have a list of people in the queue to consider for the You Get It awards, and Kate has been in there for about a month, but last night I got Scots monthly e-mail and it had some stuff in there that sealed the deal: Interestingly, the last four interviews have been for positions she has not applied for; rather, recruiters actually recruiting her for positions from her resume on a few job boards and her web site at http://kateherrick.com. It is very unusual in today’s market to have your own career web site and the proof is in the pudding with recruiters calling wanting to find out about this person who has her own site. The idea behind having a brand online is to get results, right? Kate had four interviews because of her website? Recruiters are knocking on her door?? Geesh, I had none of this in my job search. Im not sure I even interviewed at four companies total! Ill do a quick run-down of my thoughts and observations, from a technical/design/content perspective. But I want to start 2008 off right, and recognize Kates efforts for the RESULTS! Here are miscellaneous thoughts on what went into getting this far: NO LONG TERM COMMITMENT. Kate is NOT a blogger, at least, this site doesnt have the long-term commitment that a blog has. I like bloggers, and think its a great tool, but Kate is getting the results without a blog. I bet YOU could put something together like this for yourself in a few hours. KateHerrick.com. She owns her own domain name. Do you? The Menu is all signal, no noise. Check out the image on the right this is all the navigation that she gives. You can spend all of 10 minutes on her website, if you have that much time, and get a good idea what she has to offer. Her writing is personal, familiar, comfortable. When you are done reading her profile, and the information about her accomplishments, you walk away feeling that she is a very nice person, but also extremely professionally competent. Her profile pictures reinforce her tone and message. She has two different profile pictures, both of them reinforce my impression that shes a very nice person. Even so, her professionalism jumps out at me, as she has the right information (jargon, etc.) on her website. Her message and strengths are front-and-center. Want to know what she brings to your organization? Its right on the front page, spelled out pretty clear. Here are two images showing that: and Again, its about results. And Kate is getting them. Kate Herrick, congratulations! You join a special group of professionals and have earned a coveted link from my monthly winner’s blogroll area (on the left), six months of premium JibberJobber (you can transfer/award this to someone else ), and a cyber-high five! Feel free to post the You Get It award on your site! Here are the past winners: September 2006 ClickDave my review October 2006 Kent Blumberg my review November 2006 Heather Henricks my review December 2006 Adelino de Almeida my review January 2007 Rob Humphrey my review January 2007 Ariel Meadow Stallings my review February 2007 Mike Schaffner my review March 2007 Susan Johnston my review April 2007 Thomas Clifford my review May 2007 Rob Frankel my review June 2007 Trent Hamm my review July 2007 Katie Konrath my review August 2007 Robb Hecht my review September 2007 OOPS! I took this month off and didn’t realize it! Lucky me October 2007 Tanya Ferrill my review November 2007 Sean O’Donnovan my review December 2007 Andy Shaindlin my review January 08 You Get It Winner Kate Herrick Ive blogged about Kate Herrick before, and Ive blogged a bunch of time about her husbands stuff, Scot Herrick (create of CubeRules). I have a list of people in the queue to consider for the You Get It awards, and Kate has been in there for about a month, but last night I got Scots monthly e-mail and it had some stuff in there that sealed the deal: Interestingly, the last four interviews have been for positions she has not applied for; rather, recruiters actually recruiting her for positions from her resume on a few job boards and her web site at http://kateherrick.com. It is very unusual in today’s market to have your own career web site and the proof is in the pudding with recruiters calling wanting to find out about this person who has her own site. The idea behind having a brand online is to get results, right? Kate had four interviews because of her website? Recruiters are knocking on her door?? Geesh, I had none of this in my job search. Im not sure I even interviewed at four companies total! Ill do a quick run-down of my thoughts and observations, from a technical/design/content perspective. But I want to start 2008 off right, and recognize Kates efforts for the RESULTS! Here are miscellaneous thoughts on what went into getting this far: NO LONG TERM COMMITMENT. Kate is NOT a blogger, at least, this site doesnt have the long-term commitment that a blog has. I like bloggers, and think its a great tool, but Kate is getting the results without a blog. I bet YOU could put something together like this for yourself in a few hours. KateHerrick.com. She owns her own domain name. Do you? The Menu is all signal, no noise. Check out the image on the right this is all the navigation that she gives. You can spend all of 10 minutes on her website, if you have that much time, and get a good idea what she has to offer. Her writing is personal, familiar, comfortable. When you are done reading her profile, and the information about her accomplishments, you walk away feeling that she is a very nice person, but also extremely professionally competent. Her profile pictures reinforce her tone and message. She has two different profile pictures, both of them reinforce my impression that shes a very nice person. Even so, her professionalism jumps out at me, as she has the right information (jargon, etc.) on her website. Her message and strengths are front-and-center. Want to know what she brings to your organization? Its right on the front page, spelled out pretty clear. Here are two images showing that: and Again, its about results. And Kate is getting them. Kate Herrick, congratulations! You join a special group of professionals and have earned a coveted link from my monthly winner’s blogroll area (on the left), six months of premium JibberJobber (you can transfer/award this to someone else ), and a cyber-high five! Feel free to post the You Get It award on your site! Here are the past winners: September 2006 ClickDave my review October 2006 Kent Blumberg my review November 2006 Heather Henricks my review December 2006 Adelino de Almeida my review January 2007 Rob Humphrey my review January 2007 Ariel Meadow Stallings my review February 2007 Mike Schaffner my review March 2007 Susan Johnston my review April 2007 Thomas Clifford my review May 2007 Rob Frankel my review June 2007 Trent Hamm my review July 2007 Katie Konrath my review August 2007 Robb Hecht my review September 2007 OOPS! I took this month off and didn’t realize it! Lucky me October 2007 Tanya Ferrill my review November 2007 Sean O’Donnovan my review December 2007 Andy Shaindlin my review January 08 You Get It Winner Kate Herrick Ive blogged about Kate Herrick before, and Ive blogged a bunch of time about her husbands stuff, Scot Herrick (create of CubeRules). I have a list of people in the queue to consider for the You Get It awards, and Kate has been in there for about a month, but last night I got Scots monthly e-mail and it had some stuff in there that sealed the deal: Interestingly, the last four interviews have been for positions she has not applied for; rather, recruiters actually recruiting her for positions from her resume on a few job boards and her web site at http://kateherrick.com. It is very unusual in today’s market to have your own career web site and the proof is in the pudding with recruiters calling wanting to find out about this person who has her own site. The idea behind having a brand online is to get results, right? Kate had four interviews because of her website? Recruiters are knocking on her door?? Geesh, I had none of this in my job search. Im not sure I even interviewed at four companies total! Ill do a quick run-down of my thoughts and observations, from a technical/design/content perspective. But I want to start 2008 off right, and recognize Kates efforts for the RESULTS! Here are miscellaneous thoughts on what went into getting this far: NO LONG TERM COMMITMENT. Kate is NOT a blogger, at least, this site doesnt have the long-term commitment that a blog has. I like bloggers, and think its a great tool, but Kate is getting the results without a blog. I bet YOU could put something together like this for yourself in a few hours. KateHerrick.com. She owns her own domain name. Do you? The Menu is all signal, no noise. Check out the image on the right this is all the navigation that she gives. You can spend all of 10 minutes on her website, if you have that much time, and get a good idea what she has to offer. Her writing is personal, familiar, comfortable. When you are done reading her profile, and the information about her accomplishments, you walk away feeling that she is a very nice person, but also extremely professionally competent. Her profile pictures reinforce her tone and message. She has two different profile pictures, both of them reinforce my impression that shes a very nice person. Even so, her professionalism jumps out at me, as she has the right information (jargon, etc.) on her website. Her message and strengths are front-and-center. Want to know what she brings to your organization? Its right on the front page, spelled out pretty clear. Here are two images showing that: and Again, its about results. And Kate is getting them. Kate Herrick, congratulations! You join a special group of professionals and have earned a coveted link from my monthly winner’s blogroll area (on the left), six months of premium JibberJobber (you can transfer/award this to someone else ), and a cyber-high five! Feel free to post the You Get It award on your site! Here are the past winners: September 2006 ClickDave my review October 2006 Kent Blumberg my review November 2006 Heather Henricks my review December 2006 Adelino de Almeida my review January 2007 Rob Humphrey my review January 2007 Ariel Meadow Stallings my review February 2007 Mike Schaffner my review March 2007 Susan Johnston my review April 2007 Thomas Clifford my review May 2007 Rob Frankel my review June 2007 Trent Hamm my review July 2007 Katie Konrath my review August 2007 Robb Hecht my review September 2007 OOPS! I took this month off and didn’t realize it! Lucky me October 2007 Tanya Ferrill my review November 2007 Sean O’Donnovan my review December 2007 Andy Shaindlin my review