Answering The Question Behind The Question
Have you ever been asked a question that is really asking something else.
The answer is YES!
We all have. In fact, we both ask and answer questions every single day that are really addressing something else.
A wife might ask her husband if she looks nice… when really, what she wants to know is …
Build Your Brand Through Developing Your Self-Awareness
A key component of developing your personal brand is to understand your strengths and weaknesses. It can be difficult to step outside of our self-perceptions and take a critical look at ourselves, but the process of doing so is imperative to increasing our self-awareness and focusing our brand towards areas where we are confident we …
Branding Your Resume As Technologically Current
Most employers today look for employees that already know how to use the software that employer uses. Branding Your Resume is important for employers to know what you can do.
Few employers have training budgets for new employees – to use their training budgets more efficiently, employers want to hire new employees who already have …
How To Look Credible Even If You Lack Experience
Q&A With Pete Leibman, Author of “I Got My Dream Job and So Can You”
“Dear Pete: How can I look credible if I’m just getting started in a new field?”
Pete’s Response:
If you have been featured on national TV or have written a best-selling book, you don’t need to worry about being seen …
Building Your Personal Brand Through Volunteerism
Whether you’re in between jobs, in school, or working full time, volunteering is a great way to build your personal brand. Sharing your time with non-profit organizations can help you build your network and develop your skills while doing some good for your community.
Volunteering shows you’re team oriented. When you give your time to …
5 Strategic Tips for A Successful Job Search
Ships of all sizes are built with one thing in mind: floating. Even if their hulls are breached, ships have a unique construction feature that allows them to continue floating. They are made of many compartments that can be sealed off in the event of an accident, to isolate what could otherwise be a dire …
Resume Personal Branding Best Practices Part 4 – Concise
Your resume communicates a personal brand in a snap.
That’s the entire purpose of your resume’s personal brand – to communicate a gut-feel first impression that you’re qualified and that you’re a superior candidate.
When your resume gets to a human being, it has to pass two quick snap-judgment tests:
The 6 Second Test: Are…Actions Speak Louder Than Words
When it comes to personal branding, you can invest all the time and effort you want in to creating well-worded profiles, resumes, cover letters, and “About Me” websites, but if you don’t back up your written communications with constructive interactions, all of that work will be for nothing.
Your personal brand is best developed through …
Tell the Truth With the “Weakness” Interview Question
I’m surprised at the bad advice given when it comes to the “weakness” interview question — “what’s your biggest weakness?” — from career experts.
“Turn it into a strength,” they say. “Use examples like ‘I have to triple check everything before I send it out,’ or ‘I insist on being early for every meeting.'”
That’s …
Resume Personal Branding Best Practices Part 3 – Consistency
Your resume creates a unique part of your personal brand.
Your resume is used for a very specific purpose – to get interviews. While you might use other branding tools to help your job search, your resume is still the central personal branding vehicle in your job search.
The third part in our series of …