Know Your Network: 3 Personal Brand Musts To Share
From the time we enter college as an undergraduate to the time we retire, we’re taught the importance of building a solid professional network. We send friendly emails to the names printed on business cards we collect at area networking events, and we issue expertise and job updates to former and current co-workers and bosses …
Why Compassion Pays Big
If you watch enough reality TV, political debates or just follow the lead stories in the news – you come to believe that hate sells. You would be right. Hate like violence is fascinating to watch, from a distance.
Take crime shows. You wouldn’t want to be in the middle of a CSI crime scene, …
Your Resume Brands You – Whether It’s Managed or Not
If you’re searching for a job, your resume brands you , like it or not.
I’ve talked to candidates who have refused to brand themselves – They felt branding was for products, not people.
While I can appreciate that candidates don’t like the idea of marketing themselves like a cheeseburger or insurance policy, you brand …
3 tips to ace your first round interview
The majority of job interviews are broken down into 3 stages:
1st round: On the phone conducted with a recruiter
2nd round: On the phone or in-house with a manager
3rd round: In-house with an executive or VP
This post is specifically about the 1st round interview with the company recruiter.
The goal of the…4 Benefits of Having A Radio Show!
I attended and presented a session at our annual Social Media Mashable Day in Miami this year, about “How to Create, Grow and Host a Killer Radio Show”!
The attendees were especially interested in elevating the podcast medium and presenting it as a Radio Show, as I have done.
We have many integrated media and …
Personal Brand Voice to Business Brand Voice
The importance of personal branding today cannot be stressed. It’s how you differentiate yourself from other people with the same talents and skills. It’s how you let the world hear your unique voice. It’s practically essential to any professional who hopes to survive in the current job and business market.
There comes a time, however, …
Replicate Dave’s Personal Branding Success!
Have you wondered how you can translate your personal brand into a new job you love? Or how to leverage your personal brand for your organization? Or perhaps how to position yourself as an expert in your field?
Dave Culter has successfully accomplished all of these things after being laid off and deciding to start-over …
Looking for a Job? Leave No Stone Unturned
We are creatures of habit – we get comfortable with certain TV channels, websites, and magazines, and we tend to stick with them. When it comes to looking for a job, we tend to take the same approach, and most of us go with what we know and stick to it. You can increase your …
You Should Mix Your Personal and Professional Lives
It’s an important and frequent question: should I put personal information on my professional networks? Should I put professional information on my personal networks?
Yes.
I like blurring the lines between the personal and professional halves of my life. For one thing, it’s part of my brand. I’m a humor writer and fiction writer in …
Efficiently Email Every Time
Emailing. It has become our default communication used for almost everything. With that in mind, how influential are you in your emails? Do you consider the format or just write free-flow like in a verbal conversation?
While many people think email saves time, if the email is not written properly, you can actually end up …