Helping You Reach Your Job Search and Career Goals
Dan Rockwell wrote a post that talks about four causes of leadership stress. Those four stressors relate quite well to job seeking and career management, as well. 1.“Living out of synch with who you are.” There’s been considerable discussion on my blog about being authentic, particularly when it comes to personal branding. If you try [...]
I had a conversation recently with an entrepreneur. Her business has had a very respectable amount of growth since she established it. She wants do all she can to continue her success, which brings her to thinking more about her brand. A well-meaning colleague gave her some advice on what she should post on her [...]
Ryan Rancatore recently asked me and some of my colleagues for alternate name suggestions for “personal branding.” After some thought, this is what I came up with: I-CAMERA (or it could be I-CAM for short) What that acronym stands for is “Inborn Character Assessment & Management Equals Reputation Advancement,” or if going for the shorter [...]
The debate rages on about the relevance of personal branding. Some say it’s vitally important; others say it’s a crock. At times, I think both sides can get caught up in the mechanics of personal brand execution when talking about it. But that completely misses the point. This post by Peter Bregman in the Harvard [...]
When searching for a job, there’s a strong temptation to become a contortionist to be a good “fit” for the company. People do it all the time (yes, I have, too). The problem is, in all that twisting and turning, they lose sight of their own shape. If they’re lucky, the hiring manager will pick [...]
