I am a professional grant recipient!

This is a piece of news that I actually received back in August, but I wanted to make sure it was publicly announced before I said anything about it! (And now that it's been made public...) Back in June, I came across a professional grant program sponsored by my fraternity alumni association. Having just started …

I’m speaking this upcoming Saturday, October 3 #SQLSaturday #SQLSat1003 #SQLSatMemphis

This upcoming Saturday, October 3, I will be speaking at SQL Saturday #1003, Memphis. Of course, because of pandemic restrictions, I will not actually be traveling to Memphis; SQL Saturday #1003 is virtual, and I will be presenting from my home office in Troy, NY. (In a way, it's too bad I won't be in …

My company logo on a shirt

I was poking around VistaPrint's website the other day (this is the site I use to make my business cards). Of course, with any business that sells promotional items, I was greeted with the proverbial "try your logo on this product" popup window. One of the items that came up was shirt designs. I decided …

Selling your business on LinkedIn

Yesterday, I got into a conversation with a friend of mine who told me that he disagreed with me about my LinkedIn networking practices. He, like me, has his own business. He told me why he disagreed with me, and what he told me was very intriguing. I've been using LinkedIn primarily as a networking …

Networking your business

As I come up on two months of my LLC being in business, I'm learning a lot of things as I go along. A lot of it is the boring administrative stuff that comes with running your own business. But another thing I'm finding out is how critical it is to network when running your …

My #JobHunt presentation is online #PASSProfDev @PASS_ProfDev @CASSUG_Albany #SQLFamily #ProfessionalDevelopment

If you missed my job hunt presentation, it is now available on YouTube. Click here to view my presentation! Additionally, my presentation slides can be downloaded from here!

Join me for my #JobHunt #ProfessionalDevelopment presentation — next Thursday, 5/28/2020 #PASSProfDev @PASS_ProfDev @CASSUG_Albany #SQLFamily

Reminder: my presentation is tomorrow at noon (EDT). Come join me and Paresh Motiwala for my presentation and our discussion!

Welcome to Ray Kim's 'blog

This is a reminder that next week, Thursday, May 28 at noon EDT (click this link for your local time), I will do my presentation for the PASS Professional Development Virtual Group about unemployment and the job hunt, titled “I lost my job! Now what?!?”

To register for the event use this link.

I’ll touch on these topics during the presentation:

• Dealing with your emotions
• Taking stock in yourself
• Resumes and interviewing
• Resources you can tap
• Networking
• Weathering the storm

In addition to my presentation, we will also have an open discussion with Paresh Motiwala (PASS ProfDev moderator and host) and myself. You are welcome and encouraged to take part!

I’ve done this presentation for SQL Saturday; now, you get to see it online. See you next week!

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Building my company — what I’ve learned (so far)

My new LLC is now just a little over a month old, but in this short time, things have started moving! I had already been working with one client; this particular client was what prompted me to start my LLC in the first place. This morning, I reached a verbal agreement with a second client! …

Join me for my #JobHunt #ProfessionalDevelopment presentation — next Thursday, 5/28/2020 #PASSProfDev @PASS_ProfDev @CASSUG_Albany #SQLFamily

This is a reminder that next week, Thursday, May 28 at noon EDT (click this link for your local time), I will do my presentation for the PASS Professional Development Virtual Group about unemployment and the job hunt, titled "I lost my job! Now what?!?" To register for the event use this link. I'll touch …

Job hunt virtual presentation — Thursday, May 28 @CASSUG_Albany @PASS_ProfDev

In light of the jobs being lost throughout the COVID-19 crisis, not to mention my own ordeal with joblessness, I offered to the folks who run the PASS Professional Development virtual group to do my presentation about unemployment and job hunting -- an offer which was accepted. Therefore, I will do my presentation titled: "I …