Author: Heather R. Huhman

Heather R. Huhman is a career expert and founder & president ​of Come Recommended, a career and workplace education and consulting firm specializing in young professionals. She is also the author of#ENTRYLEVELtweet: Taking Your Career from Classroom to Cubicle (2010), national entry-level careers columnist forExaminer.com and blogs about career advice at HeatherHuhman.com.
Career DevelopmentJob SearchPersonal BrandingReputation Management

4 Ways to Build Your Employment Brand

So there’s been a lot of focus on your personal brand, but have you ever considered your employment brand?

Your employment brand is very similar to your personal brand in respect to marketing your expertise to the people in your networks. However, when you create your employment brand, you’re specifically marketing yourself as a job …

NetworkingPersonal BrandingReputation ManagementSocial Media

Personal or Professional? How to Balance Your Brand Online

When building your personal brand, you’re constantly told to keep things on the professional side. People will respect you as a professional if you act like it. But between Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and whatever other sites we’re on, it’s hard to create a balance between the personal and professional things we post online.

The …

Personal BrandingReputation ManagementSuccess Strategies

6 Signs Your Ego Has Taken Over Your Brand

While your personal brand is essential to being a marketable job seeker, there’s a fine line of creating a name for yourself and becoming too self-promotional.

When promoting your brand on different social media platforms, it’s tempting to want to share content only about your life and career. Although it’s important to promote what you’re …

Career DevelopmentPersonal BrandingSuccess Strategies

Launch Your Own Website to Boost Your Brand

More than half of all recruiters (56 percent) are more impressed by a candidate’s personal website than any other personal branding tool, according to a recent study. Despite this majority, only seven percent of job seekers actually have a personal website.

If you dedicate the time to launching your own website, it’s really easy to …