5 Considerations Before Accepting the Job (Besides Salary!)
When deciding whether or not to accept a job offer, it’s important to look at more than just dollars and cents. Money is important, and we all obviously want as much as possible, but a job can and should bring with it many other benefits that matter to us, sometimes, more than money.
If you’ve …
Personal Branding Weekly and Owning Your Social Proof
Editor’s Note: It’s been a whirlwind of travel and providing workshop training to groups who are ready to embrace that their business brand is authentically represented by the personal brands that embody their brand.
Travel time provides a great time for me to catch up on reading. Did you have a chance …
How to Succeed Interviewing With An Ignorant Interviewer?
When interviewing, always assume that the person interviewing you doesn’t know which questions to ask to ascertain whether you’re the best candidate. My clients have relayed stories to me about getting thrown off track because they allowed their egos to get in the way when faced with an interviewer who didn’t know about them, their …
Personal Branding for Theatrical Actors
The world of theatrical actors is a lot like the world of a job hunter. You have casting calls (job openings), auditions (interviews), you play your part (do your job), and then the show closes (you get laid off), and it starts all over again.
But as much as we’ve talked about personal branding and …
5 Ways to Avoid an ‘Average’ Personal Brand
Why is it that we find it more natural to focus on what we suck at rather than what we are awesome at? I used to think this was cultural and that some cultures are simply more prone to talking about their weaknesses. In Japan, for example, people almost go into a state of denial …
The Art of Reciprocity in Interviewing
Interviews should be a dialogue. Interviews should be a conversation. Interviews should be a chance for each party to get a feel for the other. Fortunately, smart companies have changed interviews from what they were in the past. Interviews are no longer just about the needs of a company to fill a role. They have …
8 Ways to Improve Your Company Brand in 2013
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program that …
When ‘Selling’ Your Professional Brand, Stress Features AND Benefits
Editor’s Note: This blog is a modified excerpt from professional “headhunter” and bestselling job-hunting book author Skip Freeman’s next book in the “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets series of job-hunting books, CAREER STALLED? How to Get Your Career Back in ‘High Gear’ and Land the Job You Deserve─Your Dream Job. Publication is scheduled for early 2013.
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8 Personal Branding Standouts Who Inspired Us in 2012
Who created a standout personal brand in the past year, and what made it so special and inspiring?
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab, a free virtual mentorship program …
5 Sales Techniques to Get Your Call Returned
It happened once again – I wanted to give a company business but no one answered the phone and the mailbox was full. How can they expect to receive business? It’s impossible.
Checking mailboxes should be a daily habit. Returning calls and acting upon requests promptly will make you a highly …