Resume Tips for Projecting a Creative Personal Brand
Are you looking for a way to build a memorable personal brand with a resume that stands out from the others clamoring for attention?
If you want to brand yourself with personal brand attributes like creativity, confidence, and strong, independent thinking, take a good look at Jocelyn Wallace’s visual resume.
Jocelyn Wallace’s visual resume is …
Are You Seeing Results?
Regarding your entrepreneurship, are you at all concerned the struggle may not be worth it? Are you in the midst of working to accomplish a long-term vision but find doubt creeping into your mind?
In the early stages of entrepreneurship, doubt about our capabilities come into play. This is due to our area of expertise …
6 Things You Are Doing to Damage Your Personal Brand
Are you investing time into building your personal brand, but it seems like no one has noticed? Your brand is very sensitive and even one little mistake can damage it. Whether it’s the way you’re communicating your message or how you interact with your audience, you may be unknowingly hurting your personal brand.
If you …
2 Big Myths of Social Networks
Near the end of two days teaching the Personal Branding Boot Camp at UCLA last weekend, I had to break bad news to my students.
“I am afraid you’ve been misled. Seriously.”
The job-seekers, managers, up and coming experts, athletes and others in the group stared back at me. Concern, disappointment, and worry went viral …
School Success versus Work Success
What did you learn at school that helped you succeed in your career? We tend to be skeptical and see school merely as a place to get a degree that would open the door for our career to begin. And then we see this big scary gap between learning and experience. I would argue that …
Retention Starts Before Recruiting
If you want to keep an employee for the long haul then you had better have a retention strategy in place before the recruitment begins.
Many companies treat retention as an afterthought, focusing all the efforts on recruiting the key employee. But if they want that person to stay more than three to six months …
Personal Branding Weekly – 22 April 2013
I’m happy that Dan Schawbel, Publisher of this blog, was finally able to get back into his apartment in Boston. I’m even more thrilled that he and his colleagues were not hurt during the tragic events in Boston. From Boston, where Dan is based, to Texas, where I am based, the tragedies were our focus …
The Mentality of a Great Interview: 10 Tips
Go into every interview with the end-goal of receiving a job offer. Make it your decision as to whether you want to work for the company rather than letting the company determine whether you are a fit.
While interviewing is not always easy, there are certain tricks which can be implemented to increase one’s odds …
6 Tips for Handling Lunch or Dinner Interviews
Preparing for a job interview is stressful enough. Add a meal in to the mix and the event can produce even more pressure and nervousness. Some companies even schedule their interviews over a meal on purpose – just to see how you will handle this delicate social situation.
Keep the following tips in mind if …
Curb Your Graduation Anxiety and Profit From Harnessing It!
“Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.” T. S. Eliot
College seniors are getting the jitters and find the last year of their college days filled with anxiety and fear about what’s next? They know of friends a year ahead of them who have “made it’” as well as other friends who have moved back …