Year: 2012

Online Personal Branding in 4 STEPS

Online Personal Branding   In a very short amount of time and with very little financial investment you can expand your reach using the Internet to establish your brand online.  You can establish an online presence in four cost effective steps and use these as a foundation for your broader, more comprehensive personal branding strategy.  […]

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Job Search and Your Work Life Options

What are my work life options?   You may have more work life options than others depending upon your obligations and where you are on your career path. Many must maintain continuous employment with limited resources (time and money) to dedicate to other activities. Again, depending upon your circumstances, you may want to consider volunteering or […]

Personal Branding Impacts Your Job Search

Personal branding and your job search Am I using personal branding for competitive advantage?   Whether you realize it or not YOU are a brand and a range of aspects represent your brand and your job search. Your history, both personal and professional, should be leveraged to help tell your brand story. Consider how often job […]

Online Networking Tips

Grow and Enrich Your Network Constantly How robust is your network? A few key online networking tips can help you get started today.  Networking should be a natural part of what you do as a professional, although it isn’t natural for many.  Networking is important before and during job searches. Do you have a network […]

Career Change Advice

Deciding if You Should Relocate for a New Career What industry do I want to work in? Some of the best career change advice involves acknowledging your priorities and preferences. Deciding if you should relocate for a new career should be much easier.  Begin with acknowledging the distance you are willing to travel prior to […]

Job Search Quick Start Guide

JOB SEARCH QUICK START GUIDE What are your credentials? Now is the perfect time to reflect upon what you really value and position yourself for the job or career that enables you to live the life you want. This Job Search Quick Start Guide can help you as you undertake a job search. Remember, your job […]

Can Performance Management Limit Opportunities?

Can Performance Management Limit Opportunities? It Depends Performance management programs too often consist of independent activities that occur in isolation or with varying degrees of correlation (e.g., performance appraisals, workshops, conferences, and other training and development activities).  Performance appraisals, as a component of performance management programs, are generally created and given by supervisors with numerous […]

Your Career Success Begins With You

Focus on Your Professional Development    Each of us has a choice, accept what happens in our careers or take actions that position us for success.  Your career success begins with you.  While this is obvious to most, to some it isn’t and they approach their careers by passively accepting their careers, rather than taking […]