OK, You Can Talk, But Can You Also LISTEN?!
We’ve all run into these kind of people. You attempt to have a “conversation” with them but you know that all the time you’re talking they are not really listening. They’re merely thinking about what they are going to say next. And, if you happen to take a breath, or otherwise pause while speaking, they …
Personal Branding Weekly and Handling “No”
I planned the topic of this post and actually wrote it well before my recent auto purchasing experience. Lo and behold the salesman that we told ‘no’ ended up calling 22 times in a 25 minute period – how’s that for a first impression?
This past week we talked about boundaries, planning …
Are YOU Time-Management ‘Challenged’?
How well are you managing your valuable, irreplaceable time? Do you consistently manage time, or do you let time consistently manage you? If it’s the latter situation, you just might be time-management “challenged,” and that definitely has a negative impact on both your professional brand and your future career prospects. For example, if you are …
Personal Branding Weekly and Let Your Brand Flag Fly
This week I met an entrepreneur/car salesman. He was beginning his business and working at a dealership while building his business. Of course, I gravitated towards his story and found it hard to focus on the actual purchasing discussions wanting to spend more time on discussing his entrepreneurial endeavors. Then came the …
Can a ‘Headhunter’ Help in Your Job Search? Maybe
If you’re at all typical, when it’s time to look for a new job (for whatever reason(s)), you quite probably say something like this: “I’m going to ‘dust off’ my résumé and start contacting some ‘headhunters.’” Both of these moves can be integral to a successful new job search, but when it comes to contacting—and …
Personal Branding Weekly and the Importance of Fit
The title from Jeff Shuey’s post this week, Don’t Get Mad….Get Productive, served as our mantra this week. From another announcement by Best Buy of bringing employees from home back to the office to the supersized cover photo changes on Google+ and Facebook’s newsfeed change announcements, there was quick a bit of …
5 Common Résumé Mistakes That Can Sink Your Candidacy
While, ultimately, the claim that the traditional résumé is “dead” may indeed prove to be true, significant to note, currently it still has a LOT of life left in it! As I’ve mentioned in previous blogs, some high-tech companies seem to be moving toward the video-oriented résumé (or some other “non-conventional” format), yet the vast …
Personal Branding Weekly and Email Still Matters
Do you know how to prepare for an interview now? How do you feel about the importance of cultural fit and your VPs (they’re just as important as VPs are to a business)? These are just some of the topics covered in this week’s Personal Branding Blog articles along with a couple …
Making Sense of All the Recent Changes on LinkedIn
If LinkedIn is an important part of establishing and maintaining your professional image, your professional brand—and it definitely should be!—then you may be among the millions of people on LinkedIn who, because of some significant changes recently made by the site, are confused, confounded, and, yes, perhaps even a little bit angry!
Some of LinkedIn’s …
Personal Branding Weekly and Your Visibility
Editor’s Note: This week there’s some great advice on modifying a position before you leave it; how to ruin your brand as a sales professional; the power of “we” to your personal brand and even the power of a SNL skit to your personal brand.
Enjoy!
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