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Olympic Dreams? Social media may be your shortest route (video)

February 16, 2010

How would you like to achieve an Olympic-level brand, without years of physical training? In today’s social media world, it’s possible. The Vancouver Olympics opening ceremonies delivered record ratings for NBC as the most-watched non-U.S. opening ceremonies ever with 67.5 million total viewers, with millions more watching worldwide. Prominently featured was an engaging, funny, heartfelt [...]

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LinkedIn Advanced Techniques for Job Search Networking

February 15, 2010

Even LinkedIn ninjas may not be taking advantage of some of the more advanced techniques for increasing your LinkedIn impact. If your profile hasn’t been tweaked in a while, consider these advanced techniques for your LinkedIn strategy. Drag-and-drop reordering of LinkedIn content. LinkedIn has just added the capability to move content up or down the [...]

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Career Trends and Career Change: Interpreting Employment Trends in 2010

February 1, 2010

A great career choice today may not be the best choice a few years from now. There are hundreds of factors that affect your employability, many of which are linked to the job market. By keeping an eye on the trends in the marketplace, you can be ready to respond as factors are changing, and [...]

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Facebook Friends and Business Networking: Friend is a Dirty Word

January 22, 2010

What do you share with your Facebook friends? The endless invites to participate in Mafia Wars, to feed lonely sheep on the Farm or to taste someone’s new chocolates in their cafe are fun for the participants, but off-putting to the rest of us. But it’s just Facebook, right? We should enjoy our little diversions. [...]

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Networking your way into a new city

October 16, 2009

I grew up in Michigan. It’s a beautiful state, with plenty of fresh water and natural woodlands. I lived in the Upper Peninsula for a while, where a Saturday morning’s activity might be hiking to a waterfall or a boat ride on Lake Superior. Most of my time was spent in the Detroit area, where [...]

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How does your personal branding message cut through the noise?

October 14, 2009

If you’ve ever been to a networking event, you’ve probably had an experience like this: you meet fifteen or twenty people, and exchange business cards. You have perfectly professional conversations, talking about all the important companies that you’ve worked for, and the projects that you’ve worked on. Then you go home, and you really remember [...]

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The new digital divide, or Why Twitter will change the world

October 12, 2009

A couple weeks ago I was at a small gathering of senior-level women, sharing professional experiences in a cozy living room over wine and snacks. I mentioned that I was teaching a two-hour workshop on Twitter for business. The response from one woman was not uncommon. “Two hours? On Twitter?” The class was last week, [...]

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Perfect, Schmerfect: The case for imperfection

September 29, 2009

Last week I spoke at the Vision2020 conference on the Relationship Economy, and how social media allows small business owners to participate in a new kind of community. I love speaking, because it allows me to share my passion about topics that are important to me. The speech went really well. There’s an energy to [...]

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Your Job Search Partner: Working with an executive recruiter in your job search

July 16, 2009

Here, just for extra-special you, is the recording of last night’s teleseminar on working with recruiters in your job search.  There is some great info in here on how to build effective relationships with an executive recruiter.  Thanks again to Lynn Hazan and Jeff Lipschultz for giving their time and knowledge so that all of [...]

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Top Tweeps: 6 Career-Focused Twitter Users

April 15, 2009

photo credit: luc legay I understand the people who diss Twitter.  Really, I do.  The signal-to-noise ratio can be abysmally low at times.  But there are some real shining stars participating in the Twitter community, who deliver nuggets of insight for the hungry Twitter masses every day. The following offer a mix of interesting news [...]

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