Some Hiring Managers Are Doing It Wrong
As someone who has been on many a job search, I can tell you that the way people in this country are hired is broken. And the parts that aren’t broken, are needlessly rude and disrespectful.
1. Hiring managers insist on receiving paper résumés in the mail.
Paper résumés?! Seriously?! Who the hell still uses …
13 Branding Experts to Follow on Twitter
The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC recently published #FixYoungAmerica: How to Rebuild Our Economy and Put Young Americans Back to Work (for Good), a book of 30+ …
Bringing Your Personal Brand To Life In Your Work
Over the past handful of years, somehow I’ve become known as “the shoe girl” in my office. My last job, my new job… people have taken notice that I’m definitely into shoes. And I have the closet to back it up. As well as VIP status on Zappos. What can I say? I love me …
How to Say “No” Without Damaging Your Brand
Branding success for both businesses and individuals involves more than just attracting and building a loyal following; it also requires retaining your followers’ loyalty…even when you have to say “no.”
You can’t turn your brand “on” or “off” like …
Communicating Your Way To Higher Employee Engagement
It has been said the strongest relationships are built on a foundation of communication. As such, it should come as no surprise HR Solutions’ Research Institute has found a strong positive correlation between communication and employee engagement.
When managers establish a culture of open and honest dialogue among their team members, the percentage of ‘actively …
Avoid Using Your Employer’s Name in Your Twitter Account
Using your employer’s name in your Twitter account can be a little problematic for you for a number of different reasons. Unless you’re using an employee-specific account, you’re going to have problems if you use your employer’s name as part of your personal brand.
Let’s say you work for Lamplighters Lighting Solutions and you launch …
What the Interview Process Says About Your Company’s Brand?
There are not too many things more daunting or more stressful than the interview process. Regardless of how much experience you have, it is often not easy to have your entire professional career examined under a microscope. It is actually not that much different from being a clown in the circus as people wait to …
Social Media, Customer Service and Home Depot
There are thousands upon thousands of people that still doubt the enormous power of social media and its ability to affect change. In some ways, you cannot blame them. Everywhere you turn; it is being thrown in your face (your inbox) by the media or some self-proclaimed guru claiming to have mastered the social media …
The #1 Formula for Brand Greatness
Service to others leads to greatness and wealth.
The more people you serve, the greater your rewards. There is no formula for greatness or wealth that supersedes this one.
Authentic, unconditional service to others leads to self-reward. When you help people cross the bridge from discouragement to success, greatness is achieved. When you provide answers …
How To RETHINK And Grow Rich
The old ways and the old days will not return. We live in a new global community fueled by a technology-driven economy and marketplace. The good news is that today, contrary to what you have been told by the negative and pessimistic voices competing for your attention, or what you think, there are UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES.…