Personal Branding Weekly – Affirming Your Goals
It happens to every entrepreneur.
Sometimes it happens several times a week or even a day.
You question – why do I do what I’m doing? Should I do what I’m doing? Isn’t it easier to just work for someone else?
Business doesn’t have to be bad for these questions to arise.
I know I’ve …
4 Tips To Ace Your Next Phone Interview
Phone interviews are becoming more common as companies use that as a way to screen candidates without having to spend the time or money having a face-to-face meeting. Because of that, job candidates have to ace the phone interview if they want to get to the next level of the hiring process.
The phone interview …
Interviewing with an Uneducated Interviewer
The Uneducated Interviewer
You have likely encountered the uneducated interviewer! It is my claim that most hiring managers have never been trained to interview candidates.
I just finished reading Who by Geoff Smart and Randy Street. This book is the bible on how to interview for A players.
They chronicle ten different interview styles of …
Increasing Your Concentration to Improve Interviewing Performance
The ability to focus at will allows an individual to sell themselves more effectively during interviews, to set aside destructive thoughts when engaging with hiring managers and ultimately to pursue career goals with more vigor and accuracy.
Attention allows us to retrieve pertinent information from our memory, evaluate an event or hiring manager’s mood, then …
Want to Improve? Know Your Strengths
We’ve all struggled to overcome something we don’t like about ourselves. Why is it so hard to change a single bad habit? The tabloids have talented and famous people splashed across their headlines who’ve had their careers destroyed by bad habits. You need to focus on your strengths.
Are we all impatient or lazy? Why …
Solopreneurs: Work For Yourself, But Not By Yourself
Running a business as a one-man show is much like plate spinning. There are many tasks that need to be done regularly and sometimes simultaneously to keep a business going. While entrepreneurs should keep an eye on all aspects of their business, trying to do everything is ineffective, can hinder profitability, and is a sure …
Convert Social Media Leads Into Sales
How can your personal brand bring in more sales with social media?
The answer is through targeted strategies, stellar content, and consistent communication. A simple share or retweet is not enough to build relationships online, but rather it’s being an active participant with your community.
In the age when all the big brands are on …
Comparing The Perfect Option to The Best Option
Can you afford perfection? Do you need to?
I was talking with someone the other day and they said the following: Too many people want to hold out for The Perfect Option and they never finish. Instead they should be focusing on The Best Option. Where they can get something done and move on to …
5 Things You Should Leave Out of Your Resume
Literally millions of words have been written about that document that has long been the centerpiece in the typical job search, the résumé. (From time to time over the years I’ve written a few of those words myself!) Normally, résumé articles/blogs focus on what to make sure to include in your résumé. In this post …
Unemployment: How Is Your State Doing?
When choosing a career, whether initially or for a change, there are several basic factors to consider. I wince every time I hear someone say “Do what you love and you will never work another day in your life” or “Follow your passion” because I believe these sayings can cause people to make decisions without …