Be The Most Interesting Person In The World
Since we were children, we’ve been taught to be humble.
Even at work, we’ve been taught to ask about others rather than talk about ourselves.
Religion calls talking about ourselves as pride and many religions consider it a sin.
It’s no wonder we have a tough time making ourselves look interesting when searching for a …
The Benefits of E-Learning for Career Development
Learning is an integral part of the workplace. It happens on a daily basis, informally and socially, as connections are made both in and outside of the workplace environment and individual employees are encouraged to take responsibility for their own professional development.
However learning cannot always be so easily naturalized within a workplace environment. While …
5 Considerations Before Accepting the Job (Besides Salary!)
When deciding whether or not to accept a job offer, it’s important to look at more than just dollars and cents. Money is important, and we all obviously want as much as possible, but a job can and should bring with it many other benefits that matter to us, sometimes, more than money.
If you’ve …
5 Ways to Avoid an ‘Average’ Personal Brand
Why is it that we find it more natural to focus on what we suck at rather than what we are awesome at? I used to think this was cultural and that some cultures are simply more prone to talking about their weaknesses. In Japan, for example, people almost go into a state of denial …
Personal Brands: Stop Setting Goals, Set Requirements
You have already taught yourself how to fail. You set goals and you fail to reach them. You may even be a serial goal-setter. Maybe you set goals every January. Maybe even more often. The more times you set them, the more chances to fail.
You might be a goal-mover. You take all the goals …
Personal Branding In 6 Seconds And 15 Seconds
Your resume branding is used in different ways for different employer decisions. To personally brand yourself well, you’ll want to understand how 6 second branding is different than 15 second branding.
6 Second BrandingYour 6 second brand is critical because your audience takes an average 6 seconds to decide if you’re qualified or not, …
Choose Your Own Path! Take Charge of Your Career!
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. – Mae West
No two people are exactly alike, not even identical twins. Everyone is unique and has something they are meant to contribute to the world. Don’t try to follow someone else’s course or you’ll end up living a second-rate version …
Want to Really Boost Your Brand? Publish in Print
Anyone can start a blog. Anyone can write a guest post. That doesn’t make you a writer, and it doesn’t grant you automatic credibility.
If you want real credibility, credibility that makes people think you know what you’re doing, you need to get published in print.
While many people will argue, there’s “no difference” between …
How Not to Stick Out Like A Sore Thumb
Too often we hear terms in meetings that we don’t understand. Yet, too embarrassed to ask for clarification. Sometimes its okay to stick out like a sore thumb.
Sometimes these are terms that are mentioned by colleagues, managers, vendors and even customers. Not knowing these terms and the context for using them can risk …
How to Manage People When You Have No Clue
“Wait, what’s a SORD order again?” I asked. “And where do we get the information I need for the account?”
“You get that from BOSS, but you can’t use BOSS-south only BOSS-north, otherwise you will get an error. But before you complete the SORD order you need to go into Telegence and process a request …