Make the Right Blog Work for Your Personal Brand
Having an active blog for your personal brand is an important marketing tool in which your brand can build a strong reputation and attract more leads and sales. The type of blog is essential for reaching the right target market effectively.
There are two types of blogs that can work for your brand depending on …
Why You Should Be Concerned About Time Famine
The struggle is real.
And, it’s getting worse every day.
The struggle I’m talking about is … The battle with time.
Time Famine noun. Across a society, a lack of free or leisure time. c2004 via Double-Tongued Dictionary
Like Land … They’re Not Making Any More Time
While this is not 100% true about land …
Best 6 Steps to Find Keywords for Your Résumé
More than eighty percent of all submitted résumés (and 100 percent of résumés sent to Fortune 1000 companies) get scanned by software commonly known as an applicant-tracking system (ATS), and such scanned résumés are stored on a server in a digitized format. Humans are seeing only about one quarter of them and only if it …
An Easy Strategy for Handling Errors
Our schedules are busier than ever, and technology is more complex taking many out of their comfort zones. The likelihood of making errors has substantially increased over time. But the worst error is in how one responds to someone else pointing out a mistake. Suggestions are made below for implementing improved strategies for overcoming errors …
Attitude is Everything to Your Boss
CEOs tell me about the importance of managing your good attitude:
“I can easily hire qualified people, but it’s not so easy to find people with a good outlook.”
“I hire attitude. Skills can be learned. I’ll take good attitude any day.”
“I can teach people the technical side of the business a lot easier …
Why Be Concerned About Reference Checks
Reference checking is not standard. Smaller companies typically have neither the manpower nor the funds to do thorough reference checks, which could cost hundreds of dollars. Conversely, larger companies do reference checks but at varying levels of thoroughness. Different from the typical applicant’s concerns–which have to do with performance–companies typically do background checks for security …
You Are In Control of Your Attitude, and Only You
The only things you can control in this world are your attitudes and your effort. You have little or no say over the craziness of your colleagues, boss, the government, or your family, but you can take charge of your own actions and how you interact with others. As a thinking adult, your outlook on …
The Importance of Your Profile Picture for Your Career
Did you ever think of what your profile picture tells about you? Especially, your profile picture on LinkedIn or on a job website should be credible and show your true self because if someone doesn’t know you, the first impression s/he makes about you is by looking at your picture. Also, recruiters spend 19% of …
15 Branding Hacks to Ramp Up Followers and Engagement
The following answers are provided by members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses.
1. Be an Information Spigot
“I started out trying to …
Do a Self-Check as to Where You Are in Your Career
A Personal Relevance Reality Check
Take a moment for a personal relevance reality check because at any age these painful things can start happening to you, and if they do, you’ll want to change your course of behavior:
-You increasingly feel that your smarts aren’t getting you anywhere, that your skills aren’t being used.
-You …