April 8, 2009

Biznik wants to hear the story of your career

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Do you have an interesting story about your career? Are you itching to let others know about your creativity and potential? If so, a new video project by a local networking group may be your ticket to stardom--and out of unemployment limbo.

Last night, I attended the monthly Happy Hour social event held by Biznik.com, the online community of small businesses and entrepreneurs. Held at the Fremont Studios film production facility, the "recession-friendly" BYOB event was lively, packed with about 150 people and buzzing with anticipation of potential business leads. Biznik, which has networks in 15 other cities around the country, has been growing steadily in this troubled economy, recently topping 10,000 members in the Seattle area alone.

As we milled about the bar in the cavernous space, chatting and admiring the odd collection of wines and beers donated by the participants, Biznik co-founder Dan McComb got up on a table and made an announcement about a new foray he wanted to launch, called "SHINE."

"What's more interesting than you own business?" he asked. "We want to hear the story about your business, and we want to make a movie about it."

On May 6, with video-equipment assistance from Fremont Studios, McComb will spend the evening shooting videos of Biznik members describing how they began their careers and the various twists and turns they made along the way. Afterward, he wants to stitch together and edit the clips into a film, called "SHINE," to be directed by filmmaker Ben Medina. The plans are to upload the video to YouTube for the whole world to see.

Quoting President Obama, McComb said that "small business is the heart of our economy." These entrepreneurs, he added, will likely be the people who will do the emost to guide the economy out of the recession and create more jobs.

So will a video clip really help you get a job? Maybe not. But at least you'll get a professionally shot 3- to 5-minute video of yourself explaining in your own words what it is that makes you a great hire. Oh, and it's free. Couldn't hurt.

For more information, see Dan McComb's events post on the Biznik site. At last glance, just hours after the announcement, at least 37 members had signed up; Dan said he's hoping for about 500.

Randy Woods writes about job-search tools, networking techniques and other tips to help you land your dream job.

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