mikelally.net

I am reading Seth Godin’s new book: Linchpin. I love it. He is posting some snippets on his site. I like this one a lot: Jacqueline Novogratz on how to recognize a linchpin from Seth Godin on Vimeo.

[Read more →]

Last night I gave an updated version of my “Managing Your Online Identity: Using Social Media in Your Job Search” presentation to Hannah Morgan’s Career Club in Canandaigua, NY. It is really aimed at anyone who needs to manage their career not just job seekers. Using Social Media In Your Job Search V3.0 Dec 2009 [...]

[Read more →]

Get Rich Slowly linked to a post on How to Nail an Interview recently.There are some great tips here and I know some of you are out there hustling to find a new opportunity. Check it out. I like the authors methodology. Real world research. Not miscellaneous thoughts from people that did some hiring 20 [...]

[Read more →]

I know the picture doesn’t match the title of this post but I couldn’t find the movie where someone asks “Will this go on my permanent record?” Seth Godin has a great post about how “google remembers everything”. It is so true. Back when I was a kid, adults would threaten us with infractions and [...]

[Read more →]

Rajesh Setty has a great post over on Tom Peters’ site listing the massive confusion around personal branding. This is something that I am coming to grips with lately. I believe in the Brand You. I believe in knowing yourself: your skills, what you excel at doing, what you LOVE doing. I also believe in [...]

[Read more →]

Great post from Rajesh Setty on tompeters.com I love Raj – he lists a set of questions you should be asking yourself if you are wondering if you are safe. 1. Is your job CORE to the company? (This is what happened to me.) 2. What will the company LOSE by eliminating this job? 3. [...]

[Read more →]

Hannah was on TV last night talking about resumes. Give her some love and check her out! Link. I had trouble with audio in Firefox.

[Read more →]

Pat W. just forwarded this to me. I have not been following Vaynerchuk but I knew the name. There are some great themes here: – you need to build brand equity in yourself. – believe. work hard. know what you are doing. – network! people are the people that will help you. – be transparent. [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

I just don’t get it. My wife works for a prominent brokerage firm. She is friends with Pauline. My wife is a reporting analyst and a sales assistant. Pauline is a sales assistants. My wife works for a top tier group of 3 brokers, herself and another assistant. They do a significant amount of business. [...]

[Read more →]