This is a round up of my favorite posts from this week. They cross many topics but all focus on YOUR professional development. Have fun reading. I have provided some teaser points to help convince ...
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Oh, Job Search Isn’t Like Trick or Treating?
What better way to help job seekers than by drawing lessons from Halloween!
Candy and Costumes
Kids love trick or treating almost as much as Christmas. A bag full of candy in one night plus it is ...
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Now That You’re Employed: 6 Tips on How to Continue to Network
More and more people are securing new jobs! That's the good news. Many of these past job seekers, sadly not all, learned how important having a solid network was. Most of them had to build their ...
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Do You Have an Elevator Pitch or Personal Brand Statement?
Huh? Are they different or are they the same? What makes them different? Yikes, this is confusing. To keep it simple, let's just say you need a way to introduce yourself when asked "what do you ...
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Laser Focus or Spraying and Praying
There are two ways to job search. Either having laser focus or using the spraying and praying method. Which do you think is more effective? ...
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5 Steps to Building Your Personal Brand
Darn, there's that phrase again! Personal Branding! What's the big deal anyway. Well, the big deal is that more and more employers are choosing known candidates (referrals) over unknown ...
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LinkUp. Did Anyone notice?
I have been carefully selecting resources that will truly benefit the entry to mid level job seeker plus find those that align with my personal philosophy of career management (who cares, right!). I ...
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Say What You Mean to Say and Say it like you mean it!
As I talk with job seekers about their adventures, there seems to be a common thread that connects them. It seems to me that they have difficulty really saying what they mean to say. This happens in ...
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Is Business Changing? Will There Be a New Normal?
There's a trend these days in HR, Marketing, Customer Service, leadership and certainly other areas within organizations. It is the use of social media. Like it or hate it, it is infiltrating ...
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Should I Start A Blog?
As a job seeker, having a blog is a great way to develop a reputation, share expertise and build brand awareness. ...
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Summary Sunday
This past week was the launch of one of the best Career Collective posts so far (IMHO). I highly recommend bookmarking any one of them for an all encompassing source for your search.
The Best Job ...
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Are You Compliant or Engaged?
Daniel H. Pink's book Drive is a fascinating study on what motivates us. He sites reputable studies that prove that money is not the best motivator for creative work. If you understand where the US ...
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The Process of Job Search
There is a method to the job search madness. And yes, there are specific steps you need to take in order to do this thing right!
What I want every person to understand is that there is a process ...
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How to Land an Interview
While some of the world's problems seem mammoth, there is absolutely one thing you can do to increase the odds of landing an interview (and a job!) ...
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The Best Job Search Tool Ever
There are a lot of super resources on the internet for job search help. But what do career experts think are the best job search tools? ...
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Summary Sunday
I find Sunday's to be a great day for reflection. I look back over the past week and pull together these posts, and I also think about where I've been and where I am going this next week. Physically ...
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Marketing Yourself Through Listening
Today's post is by a special friend, Graeme Roberts. I hope you enjoy and learn from his marketing expertise!
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Fast, Smart and Flexible
From the words and wisdom of Seth Godin:
The networked revolution is creating huge profits, significant opportunities and a lot of change. What it's not doing is providing millions of brain-dead, ...
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Summary Sunday
Generally, I do a lot more reading than I did this week. Here are some of my favorite posts from the week. I shared them on Twitter. I know, many people don't want to be there, so that's why I ...
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A Movement to Help the Unemployed: #HireFriday
Margo Rose, HR Margo, @margorose, started the #HireFriday movement to help job seekers. You can find her full explanation here. Because many won't click through, I've lifted the key points from her ...
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Structure Your Week During Job Search
As a job seeker, it is vital to your success to structure your week. Otherwise, you'll find yourself derailed or squandering precious time. ...
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Transferring Your Skills to a New Career
So you are looking for a new career...here's what you need to know about transferring your skills. ...
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Keep In Touch- 3 Tools to Help You Stay Connected with Your Network
Nurturing your network takes time and effort. Having the right tools to help you stay connected seems like a natural solution. ...
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Can Our Emotions Make Us Irrational
Our mind plays crazy tricks on us sometimes. The most intelligent people don't always make the most intelligent decisions. That is because our mind is over-ridden by our emotions.
What do you say ...
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3 Ways to Make A Lasting Impression
Yesterday, a colleague and I finally became connected on LinkedIn. We've known each other for awhile, but we had not invited one another to formally connect. How often does this happen? Quite a lot, ...
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Hate Making Small Talk? Ask Questions
Many of us despise making small talk. It is the equalent of a drill in the dentist's office. As a result, these same, introverted people like myself hate going to networking events where we are forced ...
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Summary Sunday
As we end another week, I am sharing some of my favorite posts. Enjoy!
But That's How We've Always Done It fromExecuNet
10 Classic Job Interview Blunders You Must Avoid from the Undercover ...
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Blogroll Please?
I am looking for ideas today.
What job search websites are a must read for you? In my google reader I subscribe to the sites from the Career Collective bloggers plus 130 other "must read" sites. So ...
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Negotiating Salary Too Soon
I was talking with a past co-worker yesterday who wanted my advice on a job offer he recently received. But before I go there, let me tell you how he got the offer...he walked in! Yes, and he met ...
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I Need to Find a Contact at…
Often times I have seen LinkedIn group members pose the request "I need to find a contact at ABC company, know anyone?"
My first reaction is, great! They are asking for help. But then as I think ...
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