The Most In Demand Employers in North America
LinkedIn recently released the list of North America’s 100 Most in Demand Employers of 2015. The ranking was based on company awareness on LinkedIn. LinkedIn looked at how many people viewed employees’ profiles, how many users followed the company pages within last year, and the level of member interest in job ads of each company …
5 Questions to ask before starting a corporate blog
One of the most common things I hear from people is … Should I start a blog?
There is no simple answer.
However, over the years I have boiled down my thinking to 5 things to consider before starting a (corporate) blog.
Note: I put the word “corporate” in parentheses. A personal and corporate blog …
The #1 Warning Sign You’re About to Get Fired
Admit it… you don’t like your job.
You didn’t mean to take the first thing you got offered. But you did. Turns out it’s worse than you thought it would be. You don’t like the company, your boss, or most of your co-workers.
You can’t believe this is your life now. You have this dreary, …
5 Ways To Help Yourself Grow Professionally
Why does your professional growth and development matter? It is essential to challenge and stretch yourself often within your career. Not only does helping yourself grow professionally have the potential to make you better at your job, but it can help you feel more fulfilled both in and out of the workplace. Don’t let yourself …
6 Tips for Connecting Well Online
As time passes, and comfort increases with being online, it’s good to expand your expertise by attempting new strategy. Upon willing to take a risk “to see what happens” you just might be pleasantly surprised. And in the process the reward is likely to be meeting remarkable people. Even better, as confidence increase, you may …
How the Workplace Has Changed Over the Years
LinkedIn has put together a great infographic a few weeks ago showing how the workplaces has changed over the years. Everyone is aware that as the technology evolves, our lives evolve with it. Especially, after the mid-90s, the way we communicate and work started to change dramatically.
Do you remember the days where you buy …
Why Unvites are OK and When to Use Them
There are times when you realize you need to pull back.
When you realize you might have gone too far.
I’m talking about LinkedIn invites. And that you might want to Withdraw one, two or a few of them every so often.
And, there is nothing wrong with this.
Reality Check 1:
Have you ever …
Can You Make the 10% Social Media Commitment
How many followers do you have on Social Media?
Would you be willing to make the commitment to meet 10% of them in person?
How about 20% or even 50% of them? Would you be willing to make the time, the effort and the commitment to go out and physically meet at least 10% of …
One Simple Tip to Make it Easier to Engage
I don’t know about you, but there are times when I just want to pick up the phone and call someone. Just today I wanted to call a colleague to do a quick check-in on something. But, I was stopped dead in my tracks.
What Stopped Me?It was something simple. Something so easy to …
LinkedIn Is the Key to Your Next Job
If you’re in transition and looking for a job or you contemplate changing jobs, there’s nothing more powerful than learning how to be efficient at using the power of LinkedIn. Being listed on LinkedIn is a must. A study by Microsoft revealed that 70 percent of employers have rejected job candidates because of information they …