Strong Personal Mission Statement Works Like A Career GPS
In order to bridge the gap from college to your first career you need to know yourself; what you bring to the table and what drives you, what you value and what you can do that adds value. All of this should be succinctly crafted into a personal mission statement. Eric Hellweg who writes for …
3 Reasons Why Your Personal Brand Strategy Requires Video
Remember when you first created a website? You needed to include a newsletter sign-up, then decided to add social elements like Facebook and Twitter…but later Pinterest and Google+ came along. It seems like there is always something NEW to explore.
So as the summer ends and you get back into work mode, it’s time to …
Friendship: The True Engine behind Social Media
Aristotle spoke about it as a moral good worth pursuing in itself in his Nicomachean Ethics; Cicero dedicated a whole book to it (De Amicitia); Plotinus deemed fit to extend it even to his slaves, whom he emancipated; Ralph Waldo Emerson declared it ‘the masterpiece of Nature’; and ever since every sane thinker has advocated …
Looking for New Job NOT Being ‘Disloyal’ to Employer!
Loyalty is indeed an admirable and highly valued trait—in personal relationships, i.e., our friends, families and spouses (or significant others). And oh, did I mention how very important it is to also be loyal to ourselves!? When it comes to business situations, however—and in particular the business relationship we have with a current employer—the waters …
5 ‘Musts’ To Network Effectively & Land The Job
It turns out, it is who you know, and who knows you that will lead you to success and a new job.
By far, the most successful way to land a job is through your inside connections, and the people to whom they could connect you, according to new research by Right Management, a career …
Entrepreneurial Habits to Embrace Moving from Stuck to Success
A family member proudly sent a favorite recipe. Sautéing and blending were required, but, there were no instructions on how to serve. It was liquid, so I cleverly poured “The Sauce” over pasta. We found it to be delicious. Conveying to our relative how much we enjoyed the sauce on the pasta, I heard loud …
The Secret To Strengthening Your Personal Brand
The secret sauce to strengthening a well-developed personal brand is your ability to inspire your audience.
A comparison can be drawn between a successful personal brand and a thriving blog, as both require you to gain a solid following and loyal audience. To be a notable personal brand or blog, it is imperative to provide …
Does Karma Matter? Try It and See
Not being from India or anyplace where the concept of karma is taught much less embraced, I am unexpectedly buoyed by the idea that something you do today will effect your next life or next meeting. Once again, not having been formally schooled in karma, I’m not quite sure of the details, including just how …
Is Your Personal Brand Making Ageism Worse?
You wouldn’t brand yourself as inflexible, non-current, stuck in your ways, unwilling to adapt new skills, tired, out of touch, retired-on-the-job, unmanageable, unwilling to take constructive feedback, or overpriced … would you?
Well, you certainly wouldn’t brand yourself this way on purpose.
Yet that’s exactly what many 40+ job seekers do, without realizing it.
Could …
Start Your Brand Now; Iterate Later
I have seen countless startups fail because they take too long to launch. Likewise, I have met many professionals or would be bloggers that are paralyzed because they can’t decide on a URL name or their brand positioning.
Yes, it’s important to think hard about a blog name as it will potentially be your blog …