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UpMo posts a follow up to their study of elite networkers that forces a few powerful issues. The larger your network, the harder it is to create powerful advocates. Advocates are defined as people that can help you. Help. Not hurt. Are their people in your network hurting you because they are really just acquaintances [...]

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Hannah linked to a study by UpMo.com on the habits of elite networkers. She linked via facebook so I don’t feel like I am repeating anything. It’s an interesting article that shows the linkages between networking and career success and income status. There are some good takeaways from the article: 1. Network. Do it. 2. [...]

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Linked from Tom Peters….this is a post from Advertising Age: What to Do When Your Friends Get Laid Off. 1 – be a friend. 2 – network – put them in touch with your network. twitter, facebook, linkedin. 3 – collect everyone you know that has been laid off into a group. share. help. It [...]

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Hey! That’s me! Sarah Needleman wrote a very good article on Dec. 9 in the WSJ: Explaining Your Layoff to a Job Recruiter. She provides a few excellent pieces of advice. 1 – don’t be too focused on a geographic area. “cast a wide net”, Needleman recommends. Don’t rule out ANYTHING. All industries, sizes of [...]

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So now we will find out if all this personal branding and networking, social and otherwise, is all that I believe it to be. I was laid off yesterday. (Along with many many others. I would put it at 50 ish people). I came home, grabbed a fresh notebook and got to work. I opened [...]

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Interesting article on yahoo today “School Buds: 20 Harvard Classmates Advising Obama” looks at the power of president-elect Obama’s various networks. He is currently tapping into his Harvard Law, Chicago politics and D.C. Senate netwoks to staff his team. A.B.N. Always Be Networking. Great line in this article that says Obama was the glue. He [...]

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Dana Mattioli writes an article in the WSJ online edition detailing the trials of people attending job fairs. Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? are you attending job fairs. Mattioli’s first subject spent an hour and 45 minutes on the bus, 45 minutes WAITING IN LINE, and then another 30 minutes actually inside the event to [...]

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It is always nice to be validated. An article from September 26 at The New York Times states “Job Hunting Is, And Isn’t What It Used to Be.” The article states pretty clearly for anyone who did not receive the memo that job boards are a waste of time. Your odds of finding meaningful employment [...]

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Been reading a new blog recently from John Spence. Spence links to an article from Richard King who is the director of the Tom Peters consultancy in the UK. King talks about a TP video from the early 90′s called Recession as Opportunity: Smart Moves in Tough Times. As we move deeper into a recession, [...]

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My friend, Hannah, sent me a link to a posting from Cathy Kraft at CFO-Coach.com. Kraft provides an excellent summary the kool aid that I am handing out these days. Kraft strongly advises that you should be taking over the management of your career and not leaving it up to your boss or HR or [...]

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