Substantiate Yourself by Jason Alba I don’t know where I picked it up but substantiate is a word I’ve said a little too much recently. I usually say, “Having a blog is a great way to substantiate your breadth and depth,”…or “you need to substantiate your personal brand.”
This article isn’t about personal branding per se, ...
Spotlight on Leadership: How to Achieve Exceptional Team Performance by Liz Bywater, PhD We live in extraordinary times. The economic, social, and political landscapes are in flux across the globe. Job security is on the decline. People are working harder than ever, taking on more responsibility, with fewer resources, and feeling tremendous pressure to perform.
There has n...
How to Work a Room by Thomas J. Denham Networking 101
A network is a group of allies who serve as resources for your personal and professional life. Networking is the lost art of relationship building. It is a learned skill that can be developed by anyone with practice and patience. It is the best way to grow a b
Tips for Staying Afloat in a Grim Job Market by Lindsey Pollak If you walked around midtown Manhattan during the summer, you might have seen the financial executive, in his late 40s, who paraded around in a sandwich board declaring "Experienced MIT Grad for Hire" and handing out copies of his resume.
A few months later, you might have come across ...
Eat and Drink Your Way to Your Next Job by Thomas J. Denham That’s my #1 technique for job searching. Of all the many ways of finding work including the Internet, classified ads, temping, career fairs, the best way to find a job is to buy as many people as possible coffee or breakfast, lunch and dinner. Let me explain.
If you are looking for a n...
Managing Your Career Through Effective Social Networking by Kathy Bornheimer Social networking is now all of the rage. People of a certain generation were raised on MySpace and Facebook (Gen Y or Millenials). Now many people of previous generations (Gen X and Boomers) are discovering this process through LinkedIn.
It is my recommendation that Gen Y graduate
Two More Job-Search Success Stories by Kevin Donlin Despite the down economy, there are plenty of jobs and internships to be had for anyone willing to work smartly and diligently to meet more hiring authorities.
You can do it the old-fashioned way - networking in person and by phone - or using new social media, like Facebook.
Here are...
To Find A Great Job, Build A Great Network by Bob Roth Picture yourself standing in the center of a circle surrounded by all of your friends, relatives and acquaintances, approximately 200 people. Then, picture each of those 200 people at the center of their own circles, surrounded by everyone they know. If you were to contact all 200 of your...
Are You a Thermostat or Thermometer? by Valerie Sokolosky Habits are easy things to get into – the good, the bad and the ugly. For all of us in these difficult economic times, one particularly critical habit to embrace is “proactivity.”
Proactivity is the power, freedom and ability to choose the way we respond to whatever happens – around us a...
Bridging the Gap to a New Job by Kevin Donlin Let’s say you’re looking for a job, as an administrative assistant, for example.
But you're working part-time in an unrelated position. Or you have no job at all.
How do you bridge that gap, the one between where you are and where you want to be?
Try gap analysis.
It's used by...
Four More Habits of Highly Ineffective Job Seekers by Kevin Donlin Last week, I told you about three habits of highly ineffective job seekers.
This week, here’s the final installment: four more bad habits that can wreck your career.
Have a look below to see if you’re practicing any.
If so, drop these habits now, and you may start getting more c...
Get Hired by Getting Personal by Kevin Donlin If you're looking for a job in 2009, you don’t need to be reminded about how bad the economy and employment markets are.
But you may need to be reminded of a simple fact: You will never get hired for any job, in any economy, by an employer.
Instead, you will be hired by a person.
...
Honey Bees, Job Leads, and the Best Employers You’ve Never Heard Of by Kevin Donlin Precession, as defined by the American polymath Buckminster Fuller, is the effect that bodies in motion have on other bodies in motion.
To illustrate, think of a honey bee (and, yes, this will help your job search!)
A bee moves from flower to flower in search of pollen. While in moti...
Humanize Your Job Search by Kevin Donlin Question: If you've ever been offered a job without meeting first someone face to face, open your window and scream "Yes!"
Hear anything?
Neither do I.
Until more scientific proof turns up, just agree with me here: You can't get hired by a computer or over the phone.
Before ...
Networking, Today, Tomorrow, Always! by Bernadette Boas Prior to deciding on my next career adventure, I experienced what many have - but never imagined myself - experiencing. That was, the five minute ‘we are making some organization changes’ discussion from my manager.
Even as he said that, I was imagining a different job, a new role, mayb...
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