How Being Paranoid Can Make You 100% Confident
Would you like to be able to walk into any interview or important meeting and be 100% confident? If you answered “YES” to that question, this article is written for you…
As a senior in college, I interviewed for a job opening with a Fortune 100 company. At the time, they were the only employer …
What I Also Bring to Networking Events and Conferences
In What I Bring to Networking Events and Conferences, I gave you my list of critical accessories for every professional event and conference that I attend. In this followup, I mention items that I’ll often bring along as well, and more.
In-ear headphones
Not so much for the event itself, more for the commute to …
A Look Ahead: Who Will You Be in 2013?
You may already have a list of personal resolutions to improve your quality of life in the New Year. Whether you want to spend more time with your family or start training for a marathon, the individual goals that you set are usually designed to improve all areas of your life in the process. An …
Making The Most Of Your Time Off For The Holidays
For most workers, the novelty of the holiday season includes not only gifts, food, and family, it also means some much needed time off from work. But with this time off comes the logistics of finishing work on time, planning ahead, and requesting additional leave. Statistics show that us work hounds don’t always take all …
Applying Through Job Boards – Effect On Personal Branding
When you apply to a job through a job board, how does it affect your personal brand?
Do you think that applying through a job board makes you look like a superior candidate?
Most candidates don’t think that it makes a difference how they apply for a job – because hiring managers hire the most …
The Only Way to Stand Out Above the Crowd
The market is crowded. Every vertical has a professional trying to brand himself as the expert in the field, saturating the market and making it difficult to stand out above all the noise. Becoming the best has nothing to do with being the best; rather, it’s all about perception and how the market perceives you. …
Should I Play It Safe or Stand Out?
Job seekers have to make a decision, whether they recognize it or not.
Do you play it safe or stand out and be one-of-a-kind?Advice tends to fall squarely into one category or the other – and both sides think that they are right. On one hand, you hear that you have to follow directions …
Seeds For Success! Persistence, Resilience and Positivity Override Failures!
Isn’t it fascinating that so many successful people failed before rebounding with tremendous success? What can we learn from failure and it’s relationship to success? In my recent article, Hurricanes, Destruction and Rebuilding: The Only Constant is Change! I explained how to address the challenge when your brand isn’t working. I explored how people can …
Enhance Your Brand with MOOCs
Have you ever wished you had gone to Harvard? Well now you can – by taking a MOOC! MOOC stands for “Massive Open Online Course” and Harvard has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create an online learning environment called edX. These two prestigious universities have joined forces to offer free non-credit courses …
INFOGRAPHIC: 10 Tips for Telling Your Story with Video
Check out this infographic for video ideas and tips on how to get your personal brand across well on camera.
My team and I created this as an add-on to my ebook Camera Ready…but even if you don’t need video tips, you might want to consider designing an infographic to supplement and explain your services …