About the Author
When helping people regain control of their social media use, Joshua Waldman, MBA, is fond of saying, "Be someone who makes life happen for you." His writing has appeared in Forbes, The Huffington Post, Mashable, and the International Business Times. Joshua's career blog, CareerEnlightenment.com
, won the 2013 About.com
Reader's Choice Award for Best Career Blog. When he's not writing, Joshua presents keynotes, trainings, and breakout sessions around the world for students, career advisors, consortiums, and professional organizations.
Joshua’s interest in social-media career advancement developed as a result of combining his life-long passion for technology and his extensive training in job-search strategy as an MBA. When he got laid off twice in six months and bounced right back into good jobs, he quickly realized that his philosophy and strategies were powerful enough to help not just his own career but also the careers of others. This experience, combined with five years of experience as a social media strategist, career consultant, and blogger, gives him a unique perspective on online job-search techniques. It is Joshua’s hope that by sharing his knowledge, others will gain a sense of control over their careers, find clarity on how to use social media more effectively in the long term, and rekindle their passion for why they got into their industry in the first place.
Joshua gained his degree at Brown University in 2000. Since then, he earned an MBA at Boston ...