Research Report: Top 25 Most Wanted Personal Brands of 2008
I’ve spoken about how there is an economic recession and how there were 70,000 job cuts in January, which is the most since March of 2003. Well, I have good news for the personal brands that are in demand by companies.
Jobfox has released their “Top 25 Most Wanted U.S. Professions” listing, and was nice …
Weekend Reading: Getting from College to Career by Lindsey Pollak
As I say, the time when you should be paying the most attention to your personal brand is in college. During college you are given the most amount of choices and the highest degree of education before you enter “the real world.” Choices, such as what major and minor you want to enlist in, as …
The Fine Line Between Saving Face and Authenticity for Your Personal Brand
Authenticity is one of the foremost buzz words in the personal branding world. It means being true to yourself and those around you by displaying the real you, instead of managing your image. Image management is about constant manipulation to position yourself as favorable in various situations. My feelings are that in the short-term you …
Boston College Student’s Get a Lesson in Personal Branding
I feel that personal branding should be the heartbeat of higher education. The logic here is that the sooner you discover your personal brand, the more risks you can take, as well as the easier it is to carve our your career path.
Today I spoke at Boston College to some freshman and seniors who …
Coining and Defining the Term “eBrand” (Personal Branding Online)
If you’ve been reading this blog, then you can probably grasp that my experience and content is skewed to online personal branding. I could say “brand yourself online” or “establish your brand online,” but in actuality, what you are really doing is creating an online persona that mimics who you are in “real life.” So …
Let Jobs Magnetically Come to Your Personal Brand: 4 New Solutions
The job and career development sites just keep getting better. I’ve been speaking of the goal of personal branding for a while now and my prayers have finally been answered, or so I hope. Basically, the end result of personal brand management is recruitment based on your brand. Instead of proactively searching for jobs, your …
Should YOU Go Back to School After Graduating College?
Here is a conversation that I had with Ryan Healy about the need for attending graduate schools.
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Me: I really should go back to school…are you going to?
Ryan: Not a chance. I just don’t think the investment is worth it. It’s so much easier to learn by doing.
Me: But what if it’s …
Guest Post: Developing a Compelling Personal Brand Image
Developing a compelling personal brand image still remains essential to winning and keeping management’s faith. Since the massive downsizing wave that swept the 1990’s, management has begun to suffer the same pains as the blue collar workers. Everyone is overworked and unable to focus entirely on any one thing. Professional development in the corporation has …
The Future of Online Recruitment – One:One Relationships
I’ve been thinking about relationships for the past few months and even at the time when I was applying for jobs. Believe it or not, the future of online recruitment is in relationships, not resume submissions. I’ve learned that through networking, you can skip steps in recruitment, as well as become recruited based on your …
Guest Post: How to Stand Out and Get Your Dream Job or Succeed in the One You Have
For students finishing up their college careers or even business people looking to succeed in their current jobs, no question is more common than “How do I stand out?”. As one of our readers, “John Con”, put it in one of our previous posts,
What do you wish you did/didn’t do in college that would …