Rules for Protecting Your Brand in the Waiting Room
Everything counts when it comes to finding a job – and your demeanor in the waiting room while you wait for your interview is no different. I’ve always asked the company receptionist for their opinion on a candidate they’ve met. While they haven’t interviewed the candidate, they are certainly in a position to observe a …
Expect the Unexpected: Good Interviewers Ask Follow Up Questions
As an interviewer, it always amazes me how often I trip people up by asking follow up questions. It seems all of these interview prep books and websites like to just list out questions and canned answers but they don’t prepare job seekers for the possibility that the person conducting the interview is going to …
5 Personal Branding Tips To Boost Your Job Search
Do you know that what you have, or don’t have, in your pocket can affect the outcome of your job search?
Experience. Education. Skills. We all know that these factors matter when you’re on the hunt for a new job, but how can the contents of your pocket make a difference? These 5 Personal Branding …
It’s Not Who You Are, It’s What You Mean
If you’re trying to sell yourself on your stats: as a bundle of skills and experience, you’re going to lose out to competitors who know what they mean and are promoting that to employers and prospects.
The goal of your personal brand effort has got to answer this one question: what do you mean to …