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Kathy Simmons, Netshare President & CEO

Sunday, 29 July 2007

Taking Your Career to the Next Level. Building Your GQ - Your Google Quotient.

The sea change in online privacy, visability, and managing your online persona. A Career Acceleration Podcast with Kathy Simmons, President and CEO of Netshare

Kathy Simmons

According to Kathy Simmons, you don't want to be "the dead moose at the doorstep." (She borrowed the term from California radio personality Sherry Argov)."Since recruiters are hunters, they would much rather go out and find someone and hunt them down than find them on their doorstep," Kathy told Total Picture Radio host Peter Clayton in this Online Savvy edition of the show, "if you're too easy to find, if you're there and already packaged, you're not as attractive as someone they've gone out and feel they've discovered." This leads to the concept that managing your online persona is far more than posting your resume online - which can actually hurt your chances of being contacted by a recruiter. In our in-depth, 28 minute interview, Kathy also discusses transitioning from working as an independent consultant to working for a company.

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Kathy Simmons is President and CEO of Netshare Inc., a membership-based organization providing executives and professionals across all disciplines and industries, with quality $100K plus job listings, networking opportunities, and a community of peers for the exchange of strategic information related to job search, professional development and best practices.
Kathy is responsible for strategic vision and financial health of the company, she was the original architect and developer of the Web site and online services, growing the business to several thousand members. Prior to NETSHARE, Simmons spent 15 years in various customer service and technology management positions. Her eclectic background includes starting up a word processing center in Tehran, Iran.

A longtime Bay Area resident, Simmons is an original member of the COO Forum, the premier professional development organization expressly for high impact Chief Operating Officers and is a participating member of the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters. She is also on the Board of Advisors for Pacific Artisans - a Community where artisan and artist, and those who appreciate their creations can meet, learn, communicate and provide feedback to each other.

A graduate of the University of Phoenix, her educational background also includes San Francisco State University and Stanford University. She credits her ability to successfully engage a broad constituency due to her upbringing in Asia and her extensive travel as a business professional.

NETSHARE is a confidential membership service developed for executives who are actively pursuing a new position or proactively managing their careers. Named "the only job site recommended for executives" on the Internet by Fortune magazine, NETSHARE currently serves several thousand highly experienced senior executives from a variety of industries around the country.

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