Create Your Personal Brand…then Be It!
I just finished writing my third book and included a section on branding. Putting it together was eye-opening because it forced me to think about my personal brand. After all, in telling other creative professionals how to innovate and advance their brands, I thought about whether I was following my own advice.
One thing I …
‘Breaking Up’ IS Hard. ‘Making Up’ can be Worse!
Editor’s Note: This blog is a modified excerpt from professional “headhunter” and bestselling job-hunting book author Skip Freeman’s next book in the “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets series of job-hunting books, Career Stalled? Publication is scheduled for late fall.
Virtually all of us—or certainly most of us!—have experienced “break-ups” of one kind or another in our personal …
Avoid the “Curse of the Expert” While Brand Building
When building your personal brand, try to avoid the 7 undesirable traits often associated with experts.
I’ve been reading Nance Rosen’s recent articles, like How Does Your Personal Brand Sound? Her series does a wonderful job of describing behaviors that undermine, rather than build, personal brands.
As she’s pointed out, often simple attitudes or …
3 Qualities to Drive Your Success
Upon watching a recent episode of the television show, Perception, I recognized the writers hit the nail on the head on how to reach success for anything your heart desires. My perception is of how these three qualities affect business. And all three are driving forces that enable success.
1. Ambition
It will be difficult …
How to Know When Your Personal Brand Isn’t Working
You’ve taken all the right steps. You came up with your personal brand, made business cards, customized your resume, wrote cover letters, accumulated recommendations, compiled a portfolio/blog/website, completed your social media profiles, and set up your professional, brand-compatible email account. You’ve networked, applied for jobs, and put yourself out there.
But after all that work, …
Job Search Improvements: Customize Personal Branding For Maximum Effect
Most job seekers use traditional job search techniques, branding resumes functionally and by level. You need to customize personal branding in order to stand out.
However, some smart job seekers customize their personal brand, fitting individual employer needs.
The traditional method: Functional and management level brandingTraditional job search techniques had been the same for …
Personal Branding Weekly – Facebook Pages Win Word of Mouth
Personal Branding Weekly
Editor’s Note: This week took us from covering how career advancement is progressive to how your personal brand can survive as mom, entrepreneur and executive. The Young Entrepreneur’s Council even chimed in on the importance of interesting content.
Dive on in to the list of posts and glean information that’s helpful to …
The 10 Commandments For Concrete Confidence (Part 1)
Your resume is perfect. Your cover letter is flawless. Your wardrobe would make Coco Chanel or Giorgio Armani jealous. And, guess what?
None of it matters unless you have the confidence to match. The foundation for your personal brand is the way you view yourself. When you have genuine self-confidence, your body language screams, “I’m …
Instant Access to the Underground Job Market
I’m sure you’ve heard the stats that 80% of jobs are never advertised.
And yet the vast majority of job seekers compete, day in and day out for the same 20% of jobs that have the most ruthless competition and the lowest likelihood of resulting in a job offer.
It makes no sense and job …
5 Tips for Protecting Your Personal Brand on LinkedIn
LinkedIn has become arguably today’s most valuable job searching tool, providing it’s users with endless possibilities for networking, connecting with colleagues from the past, and promoting and developing their businesses. But did you ever stop and think that the way in which you use LinkedIn could actually hurt your job search prospects? Well it can! …