As you watch your hometown parade today, remember the sacrifices made for our country. As tough as things have been here over the past few years, we are still some of the most fortunate people ...
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Networking: How to ask for a favor
The other day I received an email asking me to do someone a favor. The request made me feel uncomfortable and I pondered for a day on how to respond. As an active networking job seeker, I am ...
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Social Media In Job Search
As a last minute sub, I presented this information on Social Media in Job Search yesterday. It was a great crowd and lots of good questions.
What amazed me most was the fact that most ...
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Find and Follow- New on LinkedIn
Well, based on changes at LinkedIn, this feature is no longer available...however, you can find instructions on how to follow your LinkedIn connections on Twitter by reading this post by Andy ...
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Going Up or Going Out
The cream always rises to the top, or so the saying goes. Today's organizations are becoming flatter and so is our world. This poses a problem for those career enthusiasts who wan to ...
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Summary Sunday
This is one of my favorite Summary Sundays so far. It is referencing some of the posts from this week I shared on Twitter. Actually, if you aren't on Twitter yet, there are some posts here to ...
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Monitoring Media: A Must for Career Management
I remember about 10 years ago, the only way to get press release, financial and other news about companies was to go to the library. You would sift through periodicals and perhaps even read articles ...
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I Think I Can
Do you remember the story of the "Little Engine That Could"? Imagine my surprise when my Star-Wars-loving, DS Nintendo-toting son, brought that book home with a gleam of excitement in ...
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Summary Sunday
In honor of the droves of folks who have secured new jobs, I thought I would share some of the posts I've read that have a connection to managing your career.
Eight Thoughts on Elegant Leadership ...
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10 Ways to Re-Use Old Business Cards
You have them, don't you- a box or stack of old business cards that sits wastefully in your desk or perhaps they are in the box in the attic along with your old work files. Perhaps you ...
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Summary Sunday
Here are some of my favorite posts from this week. Each week I find new people to follow and new blogs to read. In sharing them, I hope you learn something new and/or find a new blog to read. ...
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Coasting Through Your Career
Looking back over my work (not sure if I can truly call it a career), I've been lucky and I've been stupid. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If I had only known then what I ...
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Marketing Your On-Line Presence
Part of my personal mission is to share information. Why? Because I like finding information to share and I believe that once you've shared it, it can grow into something bigger and better.
I ...
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Another Example of “Perception Is Reality”
Having an online presence has never been more important
If you are a job seeker (active or passive) you have probably heard that it is important to build your online reputation. Have you begun? The ...
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6 Wishes for College Graduates
This is the time of year when college seniors begin to really think about what they'll do after they graduate. Some, perhaps few, have jobs lined up already. Finding a job is difficult, ...
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How Do Employers Find Good Candidates?
What is the greatest source of external hiring according to CareerXroads 2009 study? If you understand the answer, you'll also understand why networking is so important. 26.7% of external ...
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Changes In Procedures
In the olden days, I used to fly ever couple of months. Back then, I would just run into the airport and jump on the plane. Well, it seemed pretty easy compared to today. Now I only fly ...
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Summary Sunday: Personal Branding and More
I'll have to admit, this was a not a very busy week for me on Twitter. Twitter is where I find many of the posts/articles I recommend reading here.
The other tool I use to source helpful ...
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Share What You’ve Learned in Your Quest
Why do you feel people are not seeking help with their job search? Were you ever of the mindset that you could do it yourself? You figured out that you needed some help and you began to seek ...
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Job Search Is All About Marketing
We all need to learn more about marketing. Either as an employee or a job seeker, understanding the key trends in marketing is important to your career preservation.
If you are job seeking, then ...
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A New Book. The same message.
You all are in trouble...I've started reading another book "Trust Agents" by Chris Brogan. What this means is that I am going to be cramming his ideas down your throats ...
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So You Have Excellent Communication Skills
We read this phrase and use it too often. "Excellent communication skills, written and oral". Really?! What does that say? What does this mean? How do you quantify or qualify ...
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Research to Make the Information Stick
There is a funny thing that happens when you have to research and write a report...the information sticks. I still remember a report I had to write in 4th grade about Polar Bears. I also ...
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Summary Sunday
The focus of this week's Summary is...interviewing. As I was gathering posts for this, I saw I wasn't the only one with this idea. Tim Tyrell-Smith summarized interviewing posts this week as well. ...
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It is the end of the week, what do you have to show?
I, like many of you, love Fridays. It gives me permission to stop thinking about work for a couple of days! However, before I do slip into my mini vacation, I like to look back at the week and see ...
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3 Communication Strategies Learned From Meteorologists
I've always thought that being a Meteorologist/weather-woman would be a great job. What other job do you know of that won't damn you for making a wrong forecast or won't hold you ...
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Summary Sunday
This Summary Sunday features posts and videos about the personal branding, social media, updates on employment and professional development.
Yuck, I hear some saying. I don't want to have a ...
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Maybe You Are Being Too Practical
Imagination. Creativity. Innovation. For just a minute, travel with me back in time to when you were a little kid. Did you pretend? Did you create make-believe adventures? ...
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It Is Tougher to Network Today
The job search landscape has changed quite a bit over the past two years. In the old days, two years ago, it wasn't as difficult to secure a meeting with someone you barely knew. There are at least ...
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Summary Sunday
I would like to share this thought provoking video. Chris Brogan had a post this week What I learned at a Charter School and this was submitted in the comments. This video from TED Talks is by ...
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