Your Personal Brand: Answer the WHY!
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on Why Your Personal Brand Needs a Mindset Shift. You can read the other posts in this series here: Part One: Your Personal Brand Needs a Mindset Shift Part Two: Normal is Not Enough — and make sure to check back next week for the final post!
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
If I had one wish that could be fulfilled by every job candidate I see, it’s that he or she would want to earn a million dollars a year, plus bonuses. I’ve asked lots of other business owners and they seem to agree that there’s one quality sorely missing from job seekers. That quality is …
College or Career: Smart Gen Z Choices
How often are you impressed by someone to the point you want to go the extra mile to make a difference in their life? That’s what happened when I met 21-year old Lauren of LN Accents at the WGN Studios in December. She was just 19 years old when she began LN Accents, which has …
Your Personal Brand: Normal is Not Enough!
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on Why Your Personal Brand Needs a Mindset Shift. You can find the first installment here. Check back next week for our next section on why your personal brand is not about you.
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You’ve probably heard the adage “Dress for the job you want, not the …
One Word Guarantees They’ll Say Yes
There is one word that will undoubtedly get you on the way to that job interview, or a meeting with a prospect or referral source – even a potential investor. This magical word will work for you when you use it in person, on the phone, in an email subject line, a text or a …
Two Important Things to Do While You’re Unemployed
I hope you’re not one of those people who said, “I’m making my job search a full-time job.” I’ve known people who do that. They spend — or at least intend to spend — 40 hours per week, poring over the job boards, applying for any and all jobs they can find.
It’s an awful, …
Avoid These 3 Killer Blogging Mistakes
Consider you almost always have an audience. I use the term “audience” to reference any person who receives your messages. That could be spoken, written, live or archived words. They may be accompanied by sound, video, photos, graphics, slides, and links (or not).
I use the term audience with reverence and respect, because all around …
Your Personal Brand Needs a Mindset Shift
Its common knowledge that you need a personal brand to succeed on the job and on the job market. Yet many people – even those with a personal brand – find themselves underemployed, unemployed or simply dissatisfied with their current position.
Hence dissatisfaction, stagnation and boredom are viewed as normal and even acceptable.
Well, it …
Ramit Sethi’s Guide to Getting Your Dream Job in This Economy
Ramit Sethi is a friend of mine who is known for his blog, I Will Teach You to Be Rich. Unlike most personal finance experts, Ramit tests all of his theories and has real results to show for them. One of the big projects that he’s been working on lately is helping people find their …
Personal Branding For Freelancers: When You Are Your Brand
I cannot think of a single group of people for whom personal branding is more crucial than freelancers. It is in fact the ‘make or break’ ingredient that will determine whether their career adventure (and trust me, being a freelancer is an adventure!) takes off or sinks into obscurity. A strong, sensibly-managed and attractive personal …