Category: Lifestyle & Habit Building

Personal Branding Mistakes
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4 Common Resume Personal Branding Mistakes

As we discussed in my 7/16/12 column, your resume brands you, whether you like it or not. Don’t let it become one of your personal branding mistakes .

As TheLadders.com recent eye mapping study so clearly showed us, resume readers make a decision within the first 4 – 6 seconds if your resume bears further …

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Expect the Unexpected: Good Interviewers Ask Follow Up Questions

As an interviewer, it always amazes me how often I trip people up by asking follow up questions. It seems all of these interview prep books and websites like to just list out questions and canned answers but they don’t prepare job seekers for the possibility that the person conducting the interview is going to …

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Job Seekers: Branding Yourself As A Generalist Doesn’t Work

It used to be, the further you got in your career, the more you described yourself as a generalist.

You’d brand yourself as a generalist because that’s what you’ve learned your whole career – that being a generalist was valuable, demonstrating your ability to quickly adapt to new situations and learn new skills.

The generalist…
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The Zen Garden of Your Brand

Whether you are a millennial joining the ranks of those seeking their first job, a baby boomer reinventing yourself with a ‘second youth’ in sight or anything in between, personal branding can be instrumental in taking hold of your personal and professional development and achieving your goals without sacrificing your unique personality and style. And …

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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 …

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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 …

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Changing Anything Starts with Changing Something

In their new book, Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success, Kerry Patterson and co-authors discuss the three dimensions in your life that merit scrutiny as you seek to do better in your life, business or career.

The three dimensions are:

Personal Social Structural The need for change

As you do what it takes …