6 Things You Forget About When Building A Personal Brand
Most professionals know by now that a strong personal brand is the foundation for a successful career.
Whether you use your personal brand to find jobs, promote your freelance business, or build your professional network, it’s important to create a brand that illustrates your professional experience and personality. Your personal brand can also help you …
How to Choose the Right Job Candidate
This week, I wanted to help entrepreneurs, recruiters and hiring managers by discussing some tips for choosing the right candidate for the job. Hiring the right candidate is very important because the right person can save you time and money by working efficiently. In comparison, a bad hire can cost you time and money as …
If You Can Do This, You Win
What does everyone want more of?
Think about the power you would wield, if you knew the answer. What if you knew what everyone secretly and truly wants? What is it that they’re not saying aloud to anyone, but keeping as a dark secret?
Go one step further and imagine if you could DELIVER what …
What It Takes To Write For The Daily Show
*Following responses are not verbatim*
I recently had the privilege to sit down with Delaney Yeager, a writer from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Delaney told me about her experience on the show and the hard work it takes to be ready to air at 11pm Monday through Friday. The Daily Show’s focus is …
Why Resumes Are Still Important For Job Seekers
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There is a lot of hype about how resumes are going to die out with the advent of social networking sites. I have actually plead guilty to have written several articles about the “death of resumes” in the past. The reality, …
What It Takes to Write For The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
*Following responses are not verbatim*
I recently had the privilege to sit down with Delaney Yeager, a writer from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Delaney told me about her experience on the show and the hard work it takes to be ready to air at 11pm Monday through Friday. The Daily Show’s focus is …
Personal Branding Weekly – Need to Know Who You Know
Somebody You Currently Work with can be a Valuable Connection.
This could be a fellow employee if you work for a company or an organization. If you’re a solopreneur, it could be anyone that you work with whether it is as a client or not. If you and the front end cashier of dry cleaner …
Michelle Phan: Branding Tips from a Video Vixen
If you’ve ever searched for beauty tutorials online, then you’ve likely come across YouTube superstar Michelle Phan. At age 27, Michelle has amassed over seven million subscribers and over one billion views, created her own makeup brand, em cosmetics, and is the co-founder of beauty social networking site and sampling program IPSY.com. She has been …
Be Prepared for Job or Company Changes (But Not Worried)
You can do everything right, and things can still go splat in your career. As John Elway, two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, says, “Not only do you have to be good, but you have to be lucky.”
Of course, it helps if you can anticipate when your job is at risk. This can enable you …
How to Land a Telecommuting Job
Telecommuting jobs are becoming more common place, giving job seekers more opportunities to find employment outside of their location.
According to Global Workplace Analytics, the workplace research company, teleworking increased nearly 80% from 2005 to 2012. The reasons why companies are more willing to embrace telecommuting vary. For one, it’s a cost saver. And on …