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So I’m posting this transcript of an AIM between Ryan Jerz and David Torch (whom I’ve not met as of yet however he wants to meet with me, we traded a ‘couple txts). I received this transcript from a Flickr email he sent to me earlier this week, however, I’ve had such a jacked-up week of meetings I’m just now seeing it. No matter. This dude hunted down my cell phone and sent me a text message while I happened to be at the Imperial Bar & Lounge with my whole senior management team having dinner. With some degree of irony, the purpose for our get-together was to lament our recruiting woes and why it’s so easy for some people to connect and for others its so hard.

I thought that this was such an excellent transcript of the resourcefulness of using social networking tools to make a connection that I couldn’t help but post it.

AIM IM with ryan jerz <mrjerz>.
2:51 PM
hey ryan… hows the job?
solid
2:55 PM
word. you like it?
yeah i do. i’m currently rewriting the stuff that’s on the website…not too bad so far. i’ll get a chance to do some fun stuff
cool. working at the office now?
yes
know anyone hiring?
can you do design?
web? what i learned in teh master’s program. which means i could probably fake it pretty well.
places like 12 horses are always looking…the rgj is hiring a business reporter
eh, already worked at the RGJ.
plus, they just sent a photog to the grad program
yeah, that’s right
i saw
12 horses… do they need photographers?
designers
any photo work?
photographers i never hear about
dave laplante, right?
yes
maybe i’ll flickrfriendrequest him. i’ve seen his name on there. isn’t he friends with nick van woert too?
i have his mobile…text him
“sent from my iphone”
totally
that reminds me, i should probably change my outgoing signature on that thing.
i’ll check to see if it’s ok to give it to you.
say, my buddy jerz said you guys are hiring…who do I talk to?
ok, really?
3:05 PM
ask about jobs…yeah, i’d do it
there may be nothing he can do, but he’ll know your name.
and flick friend him too
this will be fun.
well, when I wanted to meet him to go over thisisreno, he had me text him to set a time…i had never really done it. it’s how he communicates
he sounds like a cool guy. ok, i’ll do it. i’m going to bombard him with media.
he doesn’t like email as much
you have nothing to lose
amen
4:10 PM
k, doing it now. i should probably send him my websites, though i guess he can just find them through flickr. for the text, what’s a good one liner?
good question. what’s your site again?
davidtorch.com
and
thesupermarket.us, but that’s more of a collaborative thing with nick and i.
wait! actually, i think i’m just going to copy this text and send it to him. (with your permission, of course)
what text
3:15 PM
this ichat conversation. don’t worry about it. if it gets me a job, we’ll both be stoked that things like this actually work. if not now, it seems like a good way to get a job in the future. you know, the kind of thing you hear about…
did you say anything you regret? anything you wouldn’t want him to see?
heh, no
k, this conversation is pretty long - his phone might explode if i tried to text it to him. i’ll sms and flickr just to be safe….
i’m not going to fix the typos
adds more mojo.
here: i’ll type out my phone number so he can atleast text me back with a heartbreaking “no.”

this conversation will be a record of social networking realized. it’s pretty much our graduate project from last year, right?
at the very least, we could use this to supplement the research paper:

“Example of Social Networking and Job Application at 12 Horses, appendix C”
cool, i think we have another week to turn it in.

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