Branding Yourself To Be Headhunted
So, you’re looking for a new career opportunity, either because you have lost (or expect to lose) your current job OR because you are one of the many ready to “test the waters” now that the economy is getting better. In fact, there are about 108 million currently employed …
Look For Your Next Job While You Have This One
I’ve got a friend, Lyle, who is scared in his job right now.
Lyle is 48, working for a large organization, and figures he is only holding on to this job by the skin of his teeth. Lyle spends his days keeping his head down, not offering any opinions, and avoiding trouble of any sort. …
Brute Force
Who annoys you? Who frustrates you because they’re more successful than you but they don’t deserve it? You’re smarter. You work harder. You provide more value. Yet, for some reason, they have achieved success and you might still be struggling … and it drives you crazy.
Luck on your side?I’m obviously assuming that you …
Dick’s 40 Year Affair With “Parachute”
I had the pleasure of interviewing Richard Nelson Bolles, author of the #1 brand in the job search / career management genre on Friday, May 13, 2011. The 40th edition of What Color is Your Parachute? will be released August 15th and, at age 84, Dick is redoing the entire book.
The man and his…Motivation Is Required To Succeed
Recently, I had an eyebrow-raising call. My Prospect said outright that although she knows her services are exactly what her clientele needs she cannot convert them to clients. After a lengthy discussion, I offered a number of suggestions of how to improve the process.
Categories of ambitionThe content of my program was discussed to …
Branding Lessons From The Burson, Facebook And Google Scandal
Even big brands misstep and make mistakes. Unfortunately, the bigger your brand is, the more public backlash you subject it to.
The public relations nightmareRecently, a story broke that Facebook hired a top PR firm, Burson-Marsteller, to pitch anti-Google stories to media outlets. The pitch claimed that Google was invading users’ privacy with a …
Experiment
A lot of what I do doesn’t work. It’s been part of my job description for a long time. It started when Bob Polik the incredibly kind Vice President of Marketing who was my first boss in corporate took me in and tried to reform me from the life of an advertising agency executive.
Make…Stop Applying And Start Competing
Are you still APPLYING for a job instead of COMPETING for one? In today’s hypercompetitive, brutal job market, where there are still many more job seekers than there are jobs, you had better be doing the latter or you’re going to end up missing the boat entirely! Still, many job seekers apparently either don’t want …
Giver’s Gain: Leverage Your Network Without Abusing It
Steve Boyle runs a cool nonprofit called No Excuses, No Regrets Basketball (the site is being redesigned right now, so follow him at @SteveBoylenenr if you want more information). The organization is dedicated to motivating players to achieve academic success and to be a better person on and off the court (I’m paraphrasing here).
Needless …
Career Coaches Can Transform Your Life In 3 Days
The expression “making a living” doesn’t even make sense! How do you make a “living” working?
Professional career coaches set the record straight by distinguishing between living and working.
Definitions and meaningsSomehow, our ‘terminology” got really messed up. There is a profound difference between making a living (how you live) and working at a …