Five Things A Billionaire Taught Me About Job Hunting
Life is good if you are Reid Hoffman. The self-made billionaire was a part of the founding team at PayPal. He took his winnings from that expedition and went on to found LinkedIn. Hoffman knows what success is.
I’d like to tell you that I’ve been chumming around with him; that in his jet somewhere …
The Three Cs To Getting Any Job
This guest post submitted by Brian Tracy, Author of Earn What You’re Really Worth: Maximize Your Income at Any Time in Any Market
There are three Cs to getting the kind of job you want and earning the kind of money you want to earn. These three Cs basically remain constant throughout your working career. …
Habits, Blogging, and Personal Branding Success
Charles Duhigg’s best-selling The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, describes how to change your habits and improve the way you’re blogging your way to personal branding success.
By taking a fresh look at your blogging habits, you can improve your ability to be consistently present with helpful, …
7 Often-Overlooked Reasons To Write A Book
In the long run, these often-overlooked benefits of writing a may turn out to be even more important that your original goal of writing a book to build your personal brand.
The personal branding …
The Existential Laws of Leadership
Soren Kierkegaard’s “Attack Upon Christendom” is not an attack on his beloved Christianity per se, but rather an indictment of how the Church of Denmark had diluted and trivialized what it meant to be a Christian.
According to Kierkegaard, the State’s approach to institutional worship had commoditized faith and done damage to what he felt …
How to Say “No” Without Damaging Your Brand
Branding success for both businesses and individuals involves more than just attracting and building a loyal following; it also requires retaining your followers’ loyalty…even when you have to say “no.”
You can’t turn your brand “on” or “off” like …
How To Increase Your Visibility & Networking Quietly
You’re not ready to go public with your job search, but you want to cultivate higher visibility in your industry and grow your connections to key decision-makers.
Before you go pasting on nametags three times a week, take a couple of lesson in stealth networking. Then consider how your career moves will look to your …
Video Games: Building a Brand Outside of the Basement
Today’s post is written by T.K. Brown.
An industry once associated with introverts and basement dwellers has finally ascended from the underground and into the light of mainstream media. For outsiders, this may have come as a surprise, but for those who are close to the industry, the transition was inevitable. Gone are the days …
Are You Using The Right Words For Your Brand?
Are you using the right words to build your personal brand in your resume, marketing materials, and social media updates?
Often, there’s a disconnect, or gap, between the words used in resumes, marketing materials, & day-to-day social marketing, and the personal brand an individual is trying to build.
Personal brand building is impossible if you’re …
How To Really Impress During A Job Interview
Next to a root canal appointment, few things in life are as nerve inducing as the job interview. In this day and age, the face-to-face interview is typically the first time a prospective employee will speak to an actual person. This “actual” person literally has your career in the palm of their hand. They will …