Networking is Necessary to Support Your Personal Branding
In college, it’s called socializing; in business it’s called networking. You do the same thing; it’s just that your clothes aren’t as sexy.
One CEO told me, “My wife encourages sleepovers for the kids and sports so that they learn to network from the start.”
So a few tips to do daily:
-have the goal …
How to Brand Yourself to the Top
If you want to get to the top of the career ladder, you need to build your brand!
Being in the staffing industry, I’ve interviewed hundreds of people and am amazed by how many people tell me they want my job straight out of high school or college with no experience and no reputation. They …
Five Ways Volunteering Can Help Your Career
Volunteering for a good cause changes lives and doesn’t just benefit the people you’re helping. Beyond the obvious benefits of helping out in the community and making a difference, volunteering can both further your career and improve your life. Everybody wins.
Here’s how volunteering can help boost your career and your personal branding in ways …
Are You an Effective Job Search Networker?
Loads of people network during their job search, but very few are effective at such networking. Certainly, some are better at it than others, but in general, the majority of people not only dislike networking but also are simply not good at it. Based on a survey they conducted, Ivan R. Misner, Ph.D., and Don …
Boost Your Personal Brand and Business Relationships
Looking for a big personal brand boost? Join me at UCLAx Personal Branding Boot Camp this weekend! bit.ly/1NFpKHQ
A big “aha!” moment for my campers is seeing how out of control they really are, when it comes to creating their reputations. In fact, many of them spend the majority of each day, in fact their …
David Grutman: Bartending in Aventura to the King of South Beach Nightlife
Last week I got the opportunity to chat with David Grutman, one of the founding partners of Miami Marketing Group; the company behind the top Miami nightclubs LIV, STORY, and LIV Sun Life Stadium. Over the course of this interview we will get insight into moving up the ranks of South Beach nightlife, relationship management, …
Why Networking is an Overrated Career Tool
Critical thinkers are a dying breed and logic is becoming a lost art. Ironically, we have more access to information than any generation. Whether it be at the gym, office or on the couch, we can readily access information, however we question the validity of what we read and hear less and less.
If I …
7 Weekly Tasks to Boost Your Personal Brand
Building a strong personal brand is less about large-scale efforts and more about the everyday ways you can make it happen. Take a look at just a few of the things you should be doing weekly to strengthen your brand:
Tweet. You should actually be doing this on a daily basis, but if you are …
Why Use Social Media While In Transition?
Starting around 2008, many organizations’ human resources departments needed to eliminate their own staffs, and thus many of the traditional human resources functions got bounced over to the respective hiring managers. Unfortunately, those discrete departments couldn’t always afford expensive job boards, so they needed to think out of the box in order to meet their …
Success at Networking: Look Behind to Get Ahead
2015 is here and I’m sure you’ve read your share of “how to make 2015 more successful”.
In fact, chances are you’re wondering if that’s all everyone’s writing about this time of year.
And, you’re right. It is.
My hope is that over the next 52 weeks that I’ll share some solid tips that will …