A Little Thank You Goes a Long Way
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’ve never hired a candidate who didn’t send a thank you note after our interview. As a hiring manager, it’s just one simple way to compare my top candidates. If I have an open position and two of the candidates are evenly matched skill-wise but only …
If You Can Say It, You Can Live It
If you can’t tell people what you do, then you won’t be doing it much longer. If you can’t articulate what you want to do, then you won’t ever be doing it. But, if you can – well, I found out you are one in about 150 people who can complete this sentence:
I am: …
Conversations: The Other Social Media
As far as houseguests go, the one we had this week was benign. No extra meals to cook, no extra housework, and really no disruption in our lives as usual. However, he was unnerving. He didn’t speak to us. He wasn’t mad. He just didn’t make conversation, and frankly, he’s been here before and I …
YouThinkInc Versus GroupThinkInc
In Sunday’s New York Times magazine, there’s an inventors’ support company featured, Quirky.com. It’s purpose is to take your crazy idea and put it out in the Quirky community for a group grope on what your concept would be if it were better than what you could think of on your own. I love this …
Personal Branding Interview: Bruce Turkel
Today, I spoke to Bruce Turkel, who is an author, speaker and consultant on branding. In this interview, Bruce talks to us about how important personal branding is to his clients, how to apply corporate branding strategy to personal branding, his seven steps to brand value, how to stand out as a speaker and much …
Stereotypes Can Derail Your Personal Branding
Some weeks ago, the mother of a childhood friend brought up politics to my mother during a run-in at the grocery store. “Oh, I know how you voted,” she said with a knowing smile and a wink. “You’re a good person.”
Keep in mind that despite being on friendly terms with this other woman for …