Monthly Archives: October 2009
Is Twitter A Good Tool For Your Personal Brand?
As you continually work to improve your personal brand, you are going to consider many social media tools to utilize. Along this journey, I am sure that Twitter will be one of them. The reason that Twitter is such a good outlet for you is that Twitter is a means to express both your professional
Writing a Winning Career Resume Objective: 6 Tips to Get Started
You’ve written your resume, and sent it out to what seems like hundreds of companies without any success. Perhaps it’s time to look at one of the most important, and yet often neglected, parts of the resume – your career objective. If done correctly, this will show potential employers at a glance that you are
How Visible is Your Personal Brand Online?
The hallmark of a visible personal brand online is the ability to be found through search engines and social/professional networks. How visible are you? To answer this, we developed a Hireability Dashboard that breaks down the components of your personal brand online and grades the strength of each. The first section we’ll talk about today
How to Hone Your Interview Questions Skills
Interviewing is something that is going to take practice and preparation no matter how experienced you are in the job search process. When you are in the interview you never know what type of interview it will be or what off the wall questions a potential employer might ask you. It is important to realize
Twitter Success Stories: How Twitter Got Doug Haslam a Job
Every day, an increasing number of job applicants get hired through social media rather than the traditional apply-blind-with-a-resume route. Over 83% of employers go online to get more information about potential applicants, so it’s essential to have a strong web presence and social networking skills. It was no surprise when I found out that Doug
CEO National Conference and After Party
For those who don’t know, we are speaking at the CEO National Conference in Chicago this weekend. We could not be more excited. The last six months have been surreal for brand-yourself and, quite frankly, ground breaking. We launched our services, expanded our community, developed a working product, and were named one of the top
How To Get The Best Jobs After College!
Are you getting close to graduation? Do you have any idea what career after college you would like? There are some lucky college students who have it all figured out and know exactly what they want to do in their career. Then there are others who think they know what to do after college (but
Build Personal Brand: Reflect your personal brand image in your resume, cover letter and email
Applying for jobs is not only time consuming, it is probably one of the most nerve-racking experiences ever. You’ve spent hours if not days compiling materials just to put into your resume, you now have to move on to the cover letter, then after you’ve probably stressed yourself beyond reason you have to write them
Your Personal Branding Blog Is Your Extended Resume
Have you ever heard of Matthew Yglesia, Rick Klau or Terrance Heath? Chances are you haven’t but their current employers heard them loud and clear, all because of their blogs. Many bloggers are getting job offers without their employers even taking a peak at their resume because their blog is such a great representation of
5 Tips on Personal Interview Questions Responses
Interviews are a big step in the job search process that I don’t think most job applicants put in the right amount of effort for how important they actually are in a hiring manager’s eyes. To start off my guide of personal interview tips I first want to emphasize what an interview is. An interview
