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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 [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Ryan Healy

Today, I spoke to Ryan Healy, who is the COO and Co-Founder of Brazen Careerist (A site that I partner with). Ryan, along with co-founders Penelope Trunk and Ryan Paugh, just launched their newest feature, Social Resumes. I filled mine out today, and I have to say that it’s a very interesting concept. [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Heather Huhman

Today, I spoke to Heather Huhman, who is the founder & president of Come Recommended, a contributor to this blog, and author of #ENTRYLEVELtweet: Taking Your Career from Classroom to Cubicle. In this interview, Heather talks about the obstacle that most entry-level candidates face, what companies are looking for in candidates, some personal branding [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Donald Asher

Today, I spoke to Donald Asher, who is the author of How to Get Any Job, a national speaker on careers, and a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, MSN Encarta, and USAirways Magazine. Donald talks about his top ways to get a job, if it’s possible to get a job without using the [...]

Personal Brand Cookies For Twenty Lucky Job Seekers

One of my good friends and business associates has been testing out a new way to stand out from the crowd. While holding a “Social Branding” event in the Boston area some time ago, Stephen Pazyra, the CEO of 1-800-Bakery.com, showed up with about a hundred cookies with my face and blog address on each. [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Susan Whitcomb

Today, I spoke to Susan Whitcomb, who is the founder and president of The Academies and author of the new book, The Twitter Job Search Guide. In this interview, Susan explains what her own branding model is as a career coach, what you should and shouldn’t include on a resume, and brand consistency for [...]

Personal Branding Interview: Patricia Hunt Sinacole

Today, I spoke to Patricia Hunt Sinacole, an HR expert who runs First Beacon Group LLC and is also columnist for The Boston Globe. In this interview, Patricia talks about how job seekers can become more employable, what retail marketing strategies work in a job hunt, why companies should limit social media use at work [...]

Personal Branding Interview #2: Alexandra Levit

Today, I spoke with Alexandra Levit, who is the author of New Job, New You: A Guide to Reinventing Yourself in a Bright New Career, a columnist for The Huffington Post and the Wall Street Journal and a gen-y expert and speaker. I’ve interviewed Alexandra before about her previous book called How’d You Score That [...]

Job Boards And Their New Role in Your “Social” Job Search

If you’re a job seeker, or you were in the past, then you know what a job board is. It’s a database of “open” positions at companies looking to hire specific talent and they are searchable by multiple filters, such as geography and company name.  They make money per job listing and have other [...]

Stop Saying You “Can Do Anything!”

Not long ago, I had the experience of working with a new intern. While we were having a coffee, I asked her about herself and how she saw herself helping us during her stay.
“Oh, I can do anything,” she gushed. “I’m just so happy to be here that I’ll do whatever you want [...]

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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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