From the category archives:

Reputation Management

Visually Showcase Your Talent

April 5, 2013

Showcasing your talent and building a name for yourself, no matter what stage of your career, gets easier every day. New Tools Advancements in technology have given you and me the power to own as much digital terrain as we want. Sure we all know about LinkedIn, but what else is there? I have written [...]

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Where to Build Your Online Reputation

February 13, 2013

Just in case you hadn’t heard, employers and recruiters are looking for talent online- through social networks and online searches. Can they find you? Will it be the right you? With a little savvy, strategy and creativity  you can own page one of search results, which is, by the way, what you want to achieve! [...]

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When LinkedIn Becomes A Pay-To-Use Product

January 19, 2013

The headlines read: LINKEDIN SNUBS 400M+ USERS Today, LinkedIn announced they will only allow paid subscribers access to their accounts infuriating their 400 million loyal customers… Reality Check No, I am not an alarmist, conspiracy theorist or extremist. I am a realist. It is conceivable, given the observable trends from other social networks (Ning, for [...]

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Summaries of Stuff You Share

January 11, 2013

I am going to be writing a future post with some thoughts on how an ordinary job seeker could use curating tools, but, today I wanted to show you what they look like. There are tons of options out there and below you will see the ones I’ve been experimenting with. How They Work You [...]

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Are You Invisible Online? Fix It!

September 5, 2012

How do you begin owning digital terrain? It starts by creating the right digital dirt! What am I talking about? If you don’t appear on page one of Google, you should. And, with a little work, you can create stuff that can get found. That is, if you care what your future employer sees when [...]

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15 Ways to Own Digital Terrain

June 20, 2012

It is now no longer optional…you must have an online presence! Your career stability and your job search demand it. Here are some tips for ways you can begin claiming digital terrain and brand it with your unique messaging! Owning Turf Build a robust LinkedIn profile Add your work history and profession to your Facebook [...]

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