Author Archives: RJ Sherman
Job Search Tips – 6 Things You Didn’t Know Affect You Finding a Job
Your resume is prepped, proofread and critiqued by career services (and your mother). Your resume ties well into your cover letter, your contacts names are spelled correctly, you’ve researched the company and you know why you are applying there. Excitement and nervousness build. Before you go in for an interview, let me touch on a
Personal Brand Strategy – 5 Things to Do in College To Lay Your Personal Brand’s Foundation
The best time to start building Brand You is before you graduate. Even though there are many distractions in college, it is the perfect time to start building up your name and establish yourself as an active member of your area of expertise. Given that you have so much going on during school (studying, working,
5 Personal Branding Blog You Should Keep an Eye On
Are you actively finding new ways to strengthen your personal brand and learning fresh tactics to achieve career success? We recommend the following five personal branding blogs to help you uncover, articulate and spread your personal brand. Dan Schawbel’s Personal Branding Blog Reach Communications’ Personal Branding Blog Rob Cuesta’s Personal Branding Blog Neil Patel’s Quick Sprout
Personal Brand Management – 5 Tips to Make Your Personal Brand Layoff-Proof
If (God forbid) you lost your job today, would you be in a position of power to land a new one? Layoffs happen. You work in a connected world where employers are drawing on a global talent pool, outsourcing and virtual teams are becoming more and more cost effective, and company restructuring is leaving workers
Resume Preparation: 10 tips to get your resume profile read
You spend hours perfecting your resume, but how can you ensure that all that work culminates in your potential employer thoroughly reading it? Here is a good starting list of ten tips to get your resume read and not casually thrown in the garbage. 1. Make it believable. If someone is reading your resume and
Personal Branding – 5 Tips for Branding Yourself Online
Question: When you type “piano” into Google, why does www.frontiernet.net come up as a result before www.piano.com? Answer: Because FrontierNet.com has stronger Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in place than www.piano.com. Search Engine Optimization is the process of making certain pages rank higher in Google for specific search terms. When I type “piano” into Google,
What is the Deal With the Career Resume?
The all-hailed and all-dreaded resume is the traditionally omnipotent job hunting tool – a piece of paper where, in one page or less, you must prove that you are more qualified for a job than anyone else. In recent years, some people have predicted that the resume as we know it will fade out of
Present Your Knowledge And Show Your Personal Brand Image
A presentation is a great way for you to show off what you know and build credibility for your personal brand. While presenting sounds like a good idea, many people don’t know where to start. But it is actually easier than you think to start giving brand-building presentations and getting your name out there. First
Gas, India, Inflation, and Your Personal Brand
How do these four seemingly random things all relate to one another – and, most importantly, to you? Thomas L. Friedman examines these very topics in his book “The World is Flat”. He references ten individual flatteners that changed business across the world. These ten flatteners are as follows: // < 
Tips for Job Interview: How to Ace Any Type of Interview
You’ve heard it before: you need to be prepared when entering into an interview. This is the perfect opportunity to show your personal brand. As you know, there are many items you should watch out for before going into an interview (see our post a few weeks ago, 43 Tips Before, During and After the
