LinkedIn Answers is the best thing LinkedIn has ever done, as far as features.
I love how LinkedIn Answers allows me to grow my network, nurture existing relationships, and share my brand and message with my contacts.
I challenge you to figure out a question you can post on LinkedIn Answers that will do all three of [...]
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The next post ties up the “hidden job market” series, but I wanted to let you know about a free webinar I’m hosting with author of the upcoming book “I Need to Brand My Story Online and Offline — Now What???”
On Wednesday Oct 7th I’ll spend an hour with Bernadette Martin talking about how to [...]
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A few days ago I tweeted a thought about the Hidden Job Market…
Let me expand on this thought about the hidden job market… you’ve heard of it, but I don’t often hear people talk about where it is or how to find it. More on how to tap into the hidden job market in the [...]
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Rita Ashley wrote a blog post for JobMob, a popular job search blog, that we wanted to share with you. Want to Become and Executive? These are Traits You’ll Need is a great piece where she shares thoughts and experiences on executive traits. Here’s an excerpt:
EI is a senior director who manages a technology team [...]
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Continuing from the last post about your job search and the SWOT Analysis, let’s talk about the 4 P’s of Marketing (great overview and more details here)
In most of my marketing classes this was a pivotal model/point… it seemed that all decisions came back to at least one of the P’s. Here’s how you can [...]
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Yesterday I suggested that we are not prepared to answer the question “how can I help you,” when people ask about our job search.
It’s a question they might not want to ask, and we certainly get tired of hearing how the job search is going (another version of this question is “how’s the job search?”). [...]
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Last night I was in 5 1/2 hour presentation on LinkedIn and Personal Branding in Atlanta with Jim Browning. Today we do it again… it is fun and rewarding, especially when you see the aha! moments in the audience!
Something that came up last night was spell check when you are in LinkedIn…. Jim suggested you [...]
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I just got an email from someone who is in an enviable (because they have so much to look forward to) and unenviable (the job market stinks right now) position… here’s what they ask:
I am a second year MBA student getting ready to graduate and am looking for a job. Please let me know how [...]
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The last few weeks I’ve spent hours painting. I painted one wall a dark red, which complements a dark tan and a mustard yellow. I didn’t think it would look good but they all look very nice together.
A fresh coat of paint has made a huge difference in the presentation of our house.
Have you ever [...]
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As I read through the past posts on this blog from Allen Voivod, I realize I have really big shoes to fill. And even though I’ve been blogging for over two years, and running four blogs, I feel like this is my dreaded “first post.”
What do I say?
Let me start off by answering two [...]
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