All new CPGjobs Blog is Here-Help us build it

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Michael Carrillo

The CPGjobs Community Blog Is Here!

As most of you already know, CPGjobs has been running one of the most successful groups on LinkedIn, CPGpeople for nearly two years. The success of CPGpeople – now over 12,000 members strong – has sent us two very clear messages:

  1. Professionals in Consumer Packaged Goods have a lot to say – to each other, and to the companies that employ them.
  1. CPGjobs has developed a strong community within CPG; a community with a unique voice that offers tremendous value to its members.

Here at CPGjobs, we have been engaged in a lively debate over our best approach to expanding our online community and providing a broader venue for CPG professionals and employers alike.

We’ve decided to prioritize our social media strategy and take it to a whole new level – to create a blog that will encompass a variety of topics of interest to both CPG professionals and the companies that employ them.

The new CPGjobs blog, at http://blog.cpgjobs.com, will provide an open forum for you to share what you know, express your opinion, and interact with your colleagues on a variety of topics pertinent to the industry. That being said, we want to do more.

Our experience in the social media space has taught us the importance of allowing you – the CPG community – to drive the organic development of the community. To that end, we are extending an open invitation to you to provide us feedback on what you would like to see at the new CPGjobs blog. We are looking for your suggestions regarding:

  • General topics
  • Industry news feeds
  • Career advice / assistance
  • Interaction with employers
  • Anything else!

We’ll be getting the new blog started, but we’ll be looking to you to provide us with the direction for this new space.

Take a few minutes, post your comments and suggestions. Feel free to post pieces you’ve written for your own blog or website. Share your opinion on what’s going on in your area of specialty or interest. It’s a great way to showcase your experience, and will help start valuable conversations between professionals in the industry.

We’ll be incorporating your feedback into the ongoing development of the CPGjobs blog as we continue to build out the site. We are targeting August for a new look and feel for your CPGjobs Blog.

We look forward to seeing you on the new CPGjobs blog.

Penelope Sallberg and Michael Carrillo

About Michael Carrillo

Michael Carrillo is the President and Co-Founder of CPGjobs, the leading talent acquisition and networking resource in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry. Following a successful twenty-year career in CPG during which he help create and run a groundbreaking retail rebate program for Eckerd’s, Long’s, Rite Aid, Walgreen’s and others, Michael began his recruiting career in 1997 with Sales Management Resources. He founded his own recruitment firm, Network Resource Recruiting in 1999, which evolved into CPGjobs in 2002. Michael’s broad range of industry contacts has served his clients well. Over the years, more than 100 top corporations have used CPGjobs to recruit experienced CPG talent. Michael Carrillo is a frequent presence at industry events and actively supports diversity and inclusion in the workplace. His company is a founding member of the California Diversity Council. He sits on the Board as the Vice Chairman. Michael is a supporting member of the National Black MBA Association, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, the Network of Executive Women and the Society of Human Resource Management. Michael Carrillo is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University (81) and lives in Pasadena, California with his wife and business partner, Penny Sallberg-Carrillo.
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