We’ve written about BrazenCareerist.com, the online network for young professionals before. But, to celebrate the relaunch of their website today, we thought we would give you our own personal tour of the community in the hopes you will get as much out of it as Kelly and I have.
I won’t ever forget when I first visited the site and it all started the first time I read Penelope Trunk’s blog. I recommend reading Penelope to every young professional I meet, but warn her that she better set aside an hour or two during the first visit to her site, because she will likely, as I did, not be able to stop reading. Thankfully, if you were ever to run through all of her online articles (which may be an impossible feat, there are so many), you can always fall back on her book Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success, which basically defines how the new generation of young professionals is changing the workplace. Everyone – interns up through senior managers – must read this book. The book served as her inspiration to build an online community for these young professionals and BrazenCareerist.com was born!
We hope you’ll celebrate the site’s re-release with us by checking out our top ten favorite features of BrazenCareerist.com.
1. Penelope Trunk. ‘Nuff said.
2. The Brazen Blogs. We’re lucky enough to be a part of this network of young professionals blogging about their lives, careers, challenges and philosophies. This is an incredible network of like-minded professionals who write about things we can relate to all the time!
3. Community feed. Not only can you read the blogs of these young pros, you can connect with them directly in true social networking style.
4. Company profiles. Want to get in good with the boss? Get your company featured in a company profile and become a corporate blogger.
5. Get connected. On the Brazen network you can showcase your social networking profiles and find others easily.
6. Syndicate. Think you have a voice worth sharing on the Brazen network? Then you can syndicate your blog on the website. The coolest feeling in the world is when you see your article made it to the front page!
7. Job Board. Find and post your job listings.
8. Fan Feed. One of our favorite parts of the BrazenCareerist.com relaunch is its design, which emulates Facebook’s fan feed, which we know so well and love.
9. Groups. On the Brazen network, you can network in niche groups per geographic location, or even specialty, including military!
10. Focus on ideas. Per Community Manager Ryan Paugh, “the new career management is about sharing ideas, not just experience. Traditional career sites focus on experience, something young professionals just don’t have. In a world where experience wins, the best way to level the playing field is to empower your ideas. Brazen Careerist is the first social network to cater to the important things professionals have to say.”
Think a website like this is too good to be true? Just register today and discover all these features for yourself. I think the result will be an important and lasting professional development experience.
