Building relationships, especially when searching for a new job, involves more than chatting. It requires you to create trust by showing cooperation and exchanging information. ...
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Motivation Monday: Control!
This week, let's get "un-stuck"! Let's take control! Each day, each hour, be purposeful in the activities and thoughts you are engaged in.
Identify 5 Target Companies You Would Want to Work ...
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Networking, Plain and Simple
Networking is nothing more than an exchange of information. Yet we tend to over-think it and perhaps make it more difficult than it needs to be. Each time you interact with someone could be called ...
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Google Plus One (Google +)
There's a new button in town! Do you have it? Do you get it?
If you are already a fan of Google, you've probably already started playing around with Google Plus 1. If you aren't using Gmail, ...
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A Job Seekers Guide to Memorial Day Weekend
Summer is almost officially here. It is time to polish your white shoes and iron your white pants! While some of you might be wondering how we got here so quickly... well, as the saying goes, time ...
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3 Ways of Job Searching
There is more than one way to search for a job, you get that, I know. Many times, those who are frustrated with their job searches, specifically networking, criticize the method. They say it isn't ...
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Summary Sunday: Networking
Managing your career is up to you. Mostly, I believe it is about creating options for yourself. Options are created by developing a professional reputation, knowing people, being "found".
You ...
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How NOT to ask to connect on LinkedIn
When you ask to connect on LinkedIn with someone, what you say matters a lot!
Are you asking the invitee to do too much? Have you made it worth their while to connect with you? Remember, connecting ...
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Motivation Monday
This week, starting today, I am hoping you can try to incorporate 3 new behaviors/practices that will alter the way you conduct your job search.
Contact several recruiters
They do not work FOR you, ...
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Find Targets Not Job Postings To Energize Job Search
So you can't find any jobs? Perhaps the answer is to find targets, not job postings.
Sounds kind of crazy, I know. But if you are frustrated because you can't find the types of jobs you are looking ...
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Don’t Just Ask for a Favor
One thing I know from speaking with people in job search is that many are frustrated and discouraged because they can't get "meetings" with people. They've heard the best route to finding a job is ...
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Good Things Are Happening
People are landing jobs! This is certainly good news. One reason might be that companies are deciding to open up their doors. However, I fear there won't be enough jobs open to supply all the ...
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Motivation Monday- 3 Tips to Get You Going!
Good morning! Happy Monday!
If you are job hunting or in a job you hate, Mondays can be a huge disappointment. They mark the beginning of five days of doing stuff you don't want to do. While I ...
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4 Lessons Learned from Job Search in 2010
This post is one of many Career Collective posts by career and resume experts on things job seekers should keep an eye on in 2011 . I am honored to be part of this group and want to thank Miriam ...
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Social Networks: Do They Help or Hurt Your Career?
I was flipping through Deloitte's 2010 Ethics and Workplace Survey "Trust in the Workplace", and came across this slide. It asks: "Does social networking help to build trust in the workplace?" ...
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Summary Sunday: Inspiring Twitter Chats and More
Certain days we find ourselves more inspired, motivated, charged, jazzed, energized...you know the feeling right? Can you replicate those scenarios? Maybe not exactly, but many times, I've found ...
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Twitter Isn’t Stupid
Twitter really isn't stupid if you are following the right people.
Who are the right people you might be asking? And what is the purpose of Twitter? Allow me to explain. ...
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Summary Sunday
Here are some of my favorite posts on a variety of career management topics: Networking, Workplace trends/issues and Social Technology.
How the Corporate Ladder Became the Corporate Lattice by ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Doing vs. Really Doing
Nothing is harder or more exasperating than looking for a job. If you are like many job seekers, you've been attending workshops and reading about job search. You've tweaked your resume more ...
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Who Do You Need To Know?
Networking doesn't have to be painful. Just ask yourself who you need to know if you want to be smarter, more successful or more productive. ...
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Go Twitter
I love Twitter and I want you to also. Well, at least like it. OK, please at least try it. Twitter is an amazing tool for marketing (read ERE's post Twitter: Media or (Un)Social ...
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Same Old Networking Events Getting Stale?
You and I have both attended them. Those networking events where all the same people show up and cluster together. I feel like I am in high school all over again. Yuck. The reason ...
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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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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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