Posted my fourth video on LinkedIn yesterday. I had committed to myself to getting something up within today and had a busy schedule, so this was completely unscripted (though following the format) and I did it in one take, which compared my previous three attempts is an absolute miracle. I thought I had lowered the camera from the last time but see that it's still too high and will adjust on the next one. I still want to have a better background and I also want to experiment with a text thumbnail. Trying to do one per week. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/garyb_resume-recruitment-japan-activity-7036954178618875904-1d4a This one seems to be performing the best of the 4 so far. In less than 24 hours: 2,775 impressions, 1393 views, but only 695 viewing minutes, 30 reactions, 4 comments, and 3 reposts. My CTA in this was to reach out for a copy of the resume and a Loom video commenting on it and I'm getting requests mainly from people I don't know, which is great, and new connection requests, also great.

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Today's session is at 4pm PST. See ya then!

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Quick update on our Thursday 4pm PST sessions: While I've enjoyed the deep conversations with our dedicated few (you know who you are 😊), attendance has been... let's just say intimate enough that my ego is considering a new career in personal training. Since these haven't gained much traction, I'm thinking of wrapping them up - those gym weights aren't going to lift themselves! Let me know in the comments if you are seriously planning to attend and want me to finish the last 5 sessions (or want something else?). No hard feelings - just want to make sure to put my energies in the right place.