Blog Post: LinkedIn for Job Searching & Colorado "Borrows" from Australia

LinkedIn as a job search tool

This story from Forbes recounts how a gent found his dream job via LinkedIn.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/07/jobs-employment-linkedin-leadership-careers-hiring.html?feed=rss_leadership_careers

He offers some solid advice on how to approach your job search using LinkedIn, making use of LinkedIn features and your network.

Live in Colorado snow for free

Then, reminiscent of a similar stunt that folks in Australia used a few months ago ("hiring" a caretaker to live in a local paradise and blog about it to boost tourism), the Colorado Tourism Office is taking applications from "snow virgins" interested in living in Colorado for three months and sampling winter activities.

There's a brief story on www.denverpost.com, and the contest web site is http://www.snowatfirstsight.com.