Month: December 2011

Communication & NetworkingMe 2.0Relationship Networking

Three Popular Misconceptions About Personal Branding

Thanks to the wonderful contributions of personal branding trailblazers such as Tom Peters, Dan Schawbel, William Arruda or Peter Montoya, personal branding has been slowly but surely entering the mainstream. Today, we can fearlessly assert that personal branding is here to stay and that millions are called to benefit from building a solid brand (using …

Relationship Networking

How to Effectively Handle ‘Objections’ While Telephone Job Prospecting

Editor’s Note: This blog is an adaptation of the chapter entitled, “Never Rebut an Objection—Roll with it!,” in “‘Headhunter’ Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever!, by Skip Freeman.

What is your first “gut” reaction when you encounter an “objection”—“We’re not hiring right now,” “You need to call …