This Saturday in our Staff Picks we’re excited to have such a great group of people with fun pages and fascinating stories. Take Rebekah Iliff (our post header) who, in addition to being the Chief Strategy Officer for AirPR, studied philosophy and is a technology blogger for Huffington Post. Be sure to have a look at her page and leave her a compliment!
Here are some other pages we love.
Happy Friday everyone! This week on Featured Friday we’re excited to be introducing Ali Vitali, a Graphics Producer for The Cycle on MSNBC. Ali started there just two years ago when she was looking to put her Tulane degree to use in a job that would both let her show off her creative side and share her love of politics and news.
The way to create a miracle is to believe that you can do it. The rest is easy.
~ Nicolae Iorga, Romanian writer and philosopher
A few weeks ago, in our post on Romania, we highlighted Diana Doroftei and her book on the country, which helped us learn about her homeland. Today, however, we’re learning more about Diana, her story and her life as an entrepreneur and author.
Hailing from Texas Tech University, these worldly students are highly ambitious and hope to change the world through their service. Located in Lubbock, Texas Tech is a research university home to students pursuing all levels of academic study.
Kelsey Sheridan is a young lady always on the move. Having studied abroad in Germany at the European School of Business, she returned to Texas Tech to serve as a study abroad peer advisor while managing an 18 hour course load, an internship, and a part-time job. While she calls herself an adventurer she’s also not afraid to take time to relax and read a book.
Matt Reecer is a published novelist who also likes to dabble in photography, graphic design, and photo editing. His debut novel, The Shower Preacher, relates to his passion in serving others. Matt is seeking a career in ministry upon graduation and currently works with fourth and fifth graders at a preteen ministry.
Jake Havin is another student who has studied abroad. Last year, he studied at the International College of Management Sydney in Manly, Australia. A team player who believes in hardwork, Jake is already a colony founder for Lambda Chi Alpha and plans on attending law school after graduation.
Augusta Neal is as busy as a bee in a honey factory. Currently she’s the editor-in-chief of The Odyssey a campus newspaper, a campus representative for Donni Charm scarves and accessories, a stylist at Chrome, an intern at Griffinwink advertising agency and a blogger for Study Breaks. Augusta hopes to use her experiences to land her dream job: a social media manager for a fashion brand.
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You’ve got people to meet, things to do, places to go. And you’ve got a great story to tell about yourself. You can use your resume to tell others who you are, but that doesn’t capture the full picture of you. Maybe you’re a student just starting his career or an artist who would prefer to highlight her body of work instead of writing about it, or a realtor looking to show off his personality. That’s why we’ve created Backstory. So you can, in a more visual way, showcase who you are both professionally and personally.
Adding a Backstory to your page connects your resume, portfolio and about.me page to showcase your skills and aspirations. Through Backstory you can relate your story and more easily connect with others, because that’s how people connect, through stories. It’s rare that people get excited about lines on a resume. It’s just a listing of facts and dates. So what that you worked for a law firm for two summers? The interesting part is what’s never written on your resume. The picture of you traveling the world and the story of how your experience abroad inspired you to go into law even though you studied biology in college. With Backstory connected to your about.me page, it’s easy to make this story come alive, and connect with people on a personal level. This could lead to the door opening for professional opportunities including work collaborations, jobs and hopefully an expansion of your network.
And whether or not you already have an about.me page, it’s easy to set up a Backstory. Plus, you can customize it however you want and turn the different sections of your Backstory on for public view when you’re ready. Try it out, let us know how you like it, and as always, have fun with it. Because it is your story and this is your chance to share it.
Learn more here.
“My life “title”, who I am, is a series of connections and positive energies. Helping people find their way in the business world is just one small piece. I believe deeply that we are all capable of so much more than we realize, and that finding out who we really are is one of the greatest challenges that life has to offer.”
Those are the words of Maria Ambrose, who is a technical recruiter by profession. For her, and many other of the hiring managers we ran across on about.me, their jobs are more than just finding someone for a position, it’s about finding a good cultural fit and helping others find their way in the business world as a whole. And though these recruiters take their jobs very seriously, and it was fun exploring their personalities and fun quirks outside of the workplace.
For example, Raina Tropp (in our header photo) uses an app on her page to share her San Diego HR mom blog with tips for weightloss, getting ahead in the workplace and much more.
But we don’t want to spoil all the fun! Check out their pages see their personal and professional stories for yourself!
Drue DeAngelis founded a company to recruit exclusively for orthopedic and spine startups.
Ashley Petkus hails from Michigan and serves on the board of GRAPE, Grand Rapids Area Professionals for Excellence. Check out their blog to see her work.
Among his many experiences Torin Elis directed military troops, lead a high performing telecom sales team, & become a serial entrepreneur.
Obviously a Giants fan, Brittney Valenzano wins even more points for her awesome headline, #smartgirlshavemorefun, and her cutesy, funny blog.
T. Brad Kielinski founded IT Pros, a hiring firm for the tech industry.
Maria Ambrose lives by the bay in South New England and loves spending time with friends and family.
Aside from being a recruiter, Todd Horinouchi is also writer (he wrote a children’s book with rubber ducks!) and antique etching and engravings enthusiast.
Know any other groups of cool people who use about.me? Leave us a note about it in the comment section so we can feature them!
Happy Weekend! This Saturday in our Staff Picks we have some great pages to share from a sports reporter to an actress to a brand strategist to the humanitarian in our header image, Jeff Louis. He spent almost 2 years teaching English to children in Korea and is now a Case Manager for at risk youth. His goal is to improve and bring hope to everyday people. Be sure to take a look at his page and send him a compliment.
Check out some other pages we love.
Hello Everyone! It’s that time of the week again, Friday, meaning that today we’re featuring some amazing pages submitted to us by our users.
If you’re not featured here today, you can still join in too! In order to participate, add your page link to your Twitter bio and tweet at us with the hashtag #FFaboutme. If we think you have a great page we’ll feature you on Friday. And remember, since we’ll show your background photo here, be sure to show us a picture of your lovely face!
A designer and typography enthusiast, Mehul Parekh is a co-founder of Khabar magazine designed for the Indian community in the United States.
Nancy J Hess is an HR Strategist who loves to travel, paint and do yoga in her spare time.
A tech lawyer, Giorgio Romeo writes for online magazines about new technology and open government. He is also passionate about soccer, tennis, design and architecture.
Monica Ensign founded Imperfect Pearls 12 years ago to teach confidence to women and girls. Check out her page for her amazing story.
Rahul Baxi is a software engineer from Carnegie Mellon University who is now based in the Bay Area.
One of the most awesome things about Colombia is the great variety of climates and landscapes in the country which means you could go from snow capped mountains to trekking through the dessert within a day or so.
But if you have to choose just one place to visit, our local friend Edwin Reyes, recommends the Villa de Leyva. Located 3 hours away from Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, the small city is full of charm. From the stone streets to the houses, it’s a beautiful representation of the Spanish colonial style architecture. Its main square is said to be one of the largest plaza in South America and the weather, well it’s nearly perfect, always hovering between 23-28ºC (73-82ºF).
More than the architecture, sights and food (arepas, yum!) there are the people. Almost always when someone speaks about Colombia, they mention the kind and welcoming Colombians that made their visit so wonderful.
So without further ado, we invite you to get to know this great group of Colombians on about.me
Better known as Patton on other forms of social media, Rafael Bayona is a avid cycler and resident of Bogotá
Diana Carolina Torres Viasus is an engineer and incredibly passionate about her role as a Microsoft Student Partner.
A musician, photographer and graphic designer, José Vergara links from his page to the beautiful websites he’s designed for each different passion.
Liliana Neugebauer is a journalist, model and graphic designer who studied and worked in Germany and now splits her time between London and Spain.
Julian Martínez Arenas‘s passion for entrepreneurship finally led him to start his own company which helps other small businesses in Colombia.
Creative and observant, Yeimy Pardo is a publicist who loves movies and photography.
Andrés Barreto cofounded sites such as Onswipe, Grooveshark and Pulso Social.
Liliana Andrade is a journalist who founded El Parlante Amarillo, a network to help others learn about and share the work of emerging Latin American and Spanish artists.
Andrés Atehortúa is a developer, web designer and photography enthusiast.
Have a recommendation for the country or city we should visit next? Share it with us in our comment section.
These innovative students are working at the intersection of their academic pursuits and their personal passions. Boston University serves as a catalyst for their work. With two campuses in the heart of Boston and programs all around the world, Boston University is a leading private research institution.
Christopher Woodall is an inventor and a music aficionado. He co-founded onethirtybpm.com and lives in the intersection of music and electronics. He’s a big fan of guitar effects pedals and electronic instruments.
This Fulbright Scholar has translated eight novels in the Thai language. Payongsak Kaenchan is interested in bringing the computer into the classroom and is passionate about teaching materials development and instructional design.
A product manager by day, student by night, and a mom always: Irina Kofman is constantly on the move. A lover of technology, Irina likes toying around with the latest gadgets. She also loves to play tennis in her free time.
An explorer by nature, Nicholas Griggs-Drane seeks to expose himself to as many different organizations and activities as possible. He’s pursuing a career in film/television and participates in a weekly talk show called “Class and Sass” where topics range from pop culture to current events.
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