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I think we need to simply define your personal brand.
On a high level, you can think of your personal brand as “how others perceive you.”
You can define your own brand, and try and have others perceive you in a certain way, but if your actions, words, the way you dress, etc. contrast how you want [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Fun With a Purpose, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
August 13th, 2011
I made that up. Maybe it’s 70%. Maybe it’s 99%.
Whatever the number is, I think it’s fair to say that communication is the #1 thing you are doing in a job search.
Lindsey Pollak wrote a post titled One Simple Tip to Immediately Improve Your Professional Communication.
I had to read it.
I like lists of one. Simple. [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Fun With a Purpose, Interviews, LinkedIn, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
August 4th, 2011
Thom Singer, the guy at the conference who seems to know everyone, did a fun experiment at a recent conference and played the shy, introverted person, just to see what would happen.
It was a complete failure (or success, depending on how you look at it!). No one talked to him. Some nice smiles and nods, [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Fun With a Purpose, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
August 1st, 2011
Have you checked out glassdoor.com recently?
Glassdoor is a website/service that allows you to learn about a target company based on supposed input from people “in the know.”
A company search on “microsoft” shows you that employees (and I think ex-employees) give MS a 3.5 to a 4.0 approval rating (highest is 5.0). There are over two [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Education, Fun With a Purpose, Job Search Tools, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
July 26th, 2011
Here are some recent questions you can find on Peter’s LinkedIn Profile. His first degree contacts get these in email (sometimes) – but you can find them just by going to his Profile and then looking for this box on the right column:
Here are some questions he’s asked recently – check them out… the answers [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Fun With a Purpose, Job Search Tools, LinkedIn, Links, Links to Related Articles, Networking, Required Reading, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
June 29th, 2011
Last week I shared two tactics that help me get things done.
Here’s a third: make sure you are doing the RIGHT things.
I remember when I was young, just starting my career, I was a mail/file clerk at the FBI. We had various duties but were basically gophers, and got miscellaneous small projects that didn’t require much skill [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Fun With a Purpose, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
June 20th, 2011
On Monday I talked about getting a coach to help you get things done.
Today I want to share another tactic I’ve heard: Do the hard things, or things you don’t want to do, FIRST.
Here’s a scenerio:
I typically have about 10 – 15 things I need to do each day. If I list them by how [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Fun With a Purpose, Networking, Required Reading, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
June 15th, 2011
I have joined an accountability group.
At first I joined because of, well, maybe because of peer pressure. I am pretty self-motivated and don’t feel like I need anyone to push me along, or check in on me. I think I’m the type of person who gets lots of things done on my own.
But the group [...]
tags: Career Articles & Resources, Career Discussions, Career Education, Fun With a Purpose, Required Reading, job search author: Jason Alba comments: 1 Comment
June 13th, 2011
My wife recently defined herself as a songwriter, and once she owned up to it, things started to change. She met one of the main songwriters in our area and started going to local cowriting meetups (where she writes songs with others) as well as songwriter training and networking groups.
At one of the training sessions [...]
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May 6th, 2011
As I speak throughout the country I hear a common question:
What do this stuff mean if I’m changing industries?
“This stuff” refers to my ideas on network and branding.
My presentations are filled with principles, so they apply to all levels (entry level through executive), and all industries.
If you are changing industries, do you still need to [...]
tags: Career Discussions, Fun With a Purpose, Networking, job search author: Jason Alba comments: No Comments
April 27th, 2011
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