Max Crowley got his job at Uber in Chicago as a senior community manager by being very persistent. But he explains to Mashable that there is a fine line between being persistent and a creepy stalker. Crowley figured out which networking events Uber founder Ryan Graves would be at and showed up. A creepy stalker probably would have figured out where Graves was having dinner with his family and then "just happened" to have the table next to him. Actually, that sounds like an episode of Mad Men.

This story about cold-calling to make connections is actually kind of inspiring even if it also seems like a whimsical dreamy fairytale. Like, just pick up the phone! Call now! Talk to a real life human! HARD. HARD TO DO.

GREAT NEWS JOB SEEKERS: "Employers would rather call back someone with no relevant experience who’s only been out of work for a few months than someone with lots of relevant experience who’s been out of work for longer than six months."

You mean, careercriminal?

Your friend got you a job. How do you thank her?

do u know how i interviewed for a job two tuesdays ago? it has been 2 weeks since i interviewed for that job. i have heard nothing.

The one thing that makes LinkedIn better than a resume is that you can target it to the next thing you want to do in your career, make it dynamic, and passively share it in public for any recruiter to find. When you create a profile, you can fill in as much or as little as you want, and you can target the information you include to draw the eye of recruiters and business contacts from the industries that you want to notice you.

The New Republic looks at how White House staffers cash in when they become former White House staffers.

“The Right Way to Tell Your Out-of-Work Story.” I’ve had this post from the Harvard Business Review open in a tab for a few days because I thought I could make a funny (“funny”) post out of it—riffing on other ways to frame your long period of unemployment (uh, bring in the latest jobs report?).

But I keep looking it at and leaving it and then looking at it and leaving it and here is the thing: It’s not funny, it just fucking sucks. A lot of people are out of work, and their only chance to get hired might be to pretend they’ve been having the time of their lives while applying for jobs and being depressed. (But if by any chance they have been having the time of their lives, they better keep mum: “Remember that in most industries “traveling” and other unprofessional hobbies are not practical skills, so try to suppress the urge to share your wanderlust on your resume.”)