Comments on: Durkin’s Getting Hired at a Startup Series (5 of 10): On “People Persons” http://www.ryandurkin.com/blog/2012/01/durkins-getting-hired-at-a-startup-series-5-of-10-on-people-persons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=durkins-getting-hired-at-a-startup-series-5-of-10-on-people-persons Ryan Durkin is an entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, long distance runner, pianist, and blogger in Boston, MA. He is passionate about helping young people become more productive and happy. Fri, 02 Mar 2012 03:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Drew D'Agostino http://www.ryandurkin.com/blog/2012/01/durkins-getting-hired-at-a-startup-series-5-of-10-on-people-persons/#comment-402 Drew D'Agostino Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:11:52 +0000 http://www.ryandurkin.com/blog/?p=893#comment-402 Thank you Ryan. It's like when someone says "I am great at talking with people". You're the one talking to them, so you probably know better than they do. It's like writing an essay about how you're great at writing. I think non-technical people fall into this a lot though. If you don't have much work experience coming out of business school, I can see how it's difficult to pinpoint your definite skills. A good strategy might be to search through the profiles of people you respect and look up to on LinkedIn, and see how they specify their own skills - then work as hard as you can towards the point where you can say you qualify as [X]. Thank you Ryan.

It’s like when someone says “I am great at talking with people”. You’re the one talking to them, so you probably know better than they do. It’s like writing an essay about how you’re great at writing.

I think non-technical people fall into this a lot though. If you don’t have much work experience coming out of business school, I can see how it’s difficult to pinpoint your definite skills. A good strategy might be to search through the profiles of people you respect and look up to on LinkedIn, and see how they specify their own skills – then work as hard as you can towards the point where you can say you qualify as [X].

]]> By: JayZo http://www.ryandurkin.com/blog/2012/01/durkins-getting-hired-at-a-startup-series-5-of-10-on-people-persons/#comment-347 JayZo Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:52:04 +0000 http://www.ryandurkin.com/blog/?p=893#comment-347 Durkin, another great one. Got some feedback/discussion going over on Twitter about this topic. Would be great if you dove into that conversation to engage with anyone already talking about your blog post. Related: it'd be great to hear what skills you DO think help separate a person. Maybe tough to think through because it's so generic and/or specific, depending on how you talk about it...but always great to offer up some positive solutions when proposing a negative I find. Thanks man! Durkin, another great one. Got some feedback/discussion going over on Twitter about this topic. Would be great if you dove into that conversation to engage with anyone already talking about your blog post.

Related: it’d be great to hear what skills you DO think help separate a person. Maybe tough to think through because it’s so generic and/or specific, depending on how you talk about it…but always great to offer up some positive solutions when proposing a negative I find. Thanks man!

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