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Acing The Interview

No single job hunting skill outranks knowing how to interview successfully. When pilots fly, they step through a rigorous preparation checklist before each take off. Apply the same procedure in landing a job. The choice between a job interview being a picture-perfect three-point touch-down and a gruesome crash-and-burn is totally up to you.
Use Your Head [...]

It’s the Little Things, Stupid

I shot a video recently where my first boss said I was “a bit of a mess” out of college. Some people have asked if I was offended by that statement and the answer is absolutely not. For starters, it’s the truth, but – more importantly – if I hadn’t been such a disaster when [...]

How Guest Posting Builds Your Brand

I’ve been building my personal brand for two years. I’ve tried various methods including social media networking, blogging and regular commenting (my resolution was to comment daily on all popular niche blogs!). While all the three tactics are highly effective (when done properly and thoroughly), per my experience there is nothing as effective for self-branding [...]

You Can’t Get Anywhere Unless You Start

On the Web recently, I ran across the reminiscence of a senior citizen about his first job as a shelf stocker at a supermarket. “They told me I would get two weeks paid vacation,” he recalls. “I couldn’t wait to find out where they were going to send me. I wasn’t the brightest crayon in [...]

Leaving a Job? 4 Ways to Brand Yourself Until the Very End

People are so wrapped up in finding job opportunities, that they often forget the importance of how to quit a job.   If you’re not using the final weeks, months, days and hours at a job to reinforce your passion and expertise, you are missing out on a golden personal branding opportunity. The people you [...]

Use Twitter Lists to Build Your Personal Brand

If you’re a personal brand, or are looking to build your personal brand, you can use Twitter lists as well. Here are some easy things you can do to get noticed:

Thank every person who lists you. While it may take only a second to add someone to a Twitter list, it also takes a [...]

Develop Your Career Like a Business

You are in business for yourself. This has never been more imminent that ever than to the Personal Branding and Social Media explosion of the last 2-3 years. Even those working at dream jobs and for companies that you love walking into everyday, you are building a business, the business of YOU.

You are making contacts, [...]

Why You Need to Develop a Healthy Unemployment Routine

In today’s economy it’s not a surprise to find many people who are unemployed and many who are on the verge of losing their jobs.  Some people like to say things like “No matter how you look at it, it sucks.” But, how you look at it really makes a difference and if you look [...]

Building Your Personal Brand with a New Company

As a newcomer to an organization, there are always obstacles to hurdle; learning names, where to put out-going mail, possibly even how many creamers the boss likes in their coffee. As time passes you learn names and develop your skills. The real key to your success, though, is distinguishing yourself from everyone else. 5 Ways [...]

5 Ways to Classify Your Brand Using a Media Personality Scale

If you are like me and pick up your remote to watch…I mean flip through…reality trash television to find something decent on TV, you will probably notice a SLEW of talk show hosts and other personality-driven shows. It seems like every other channel has some form of chat or strong personality.
Some of these hosts, judges [...]

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    Dan Schawbel is the leading personal branding expert for Gen-Y. He is the bestselling author of Me 2.0, as well as the publisher of both the award winning Personal Branding Blog and Personal Branding Magazine.

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