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 [...]
Tags: career·career management·interviewing·personal branding·tools
LOVE this post from Seth Godin. It is valuable and relevant coaching on how to interview. Seth advocates putting on a show. Driving. Taking control. Not being passive. If you put on a show and drive the interview process you increase your chances of getting to do stuff that YOU want to do the WAY [...]
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I’m fairly sure I have written about Rick Houcek before…I met him while I was a member of a TEC group. I love his passion. He gets fired up about stuff. In his latest email, he talks about changing up the types of questions he asks during an interview. He did this to change things [...]
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Through the magic of LinkedIn, I became privy to a personal branding nightmare. I had a friend and colleague contact me the other day regarding someone with whom I currently work. My friend (we’ll call him “X”) asked me to ask a current colleague, a former hiring manager (HM) from a MAJOR company here in [...]
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From Career Journal comes an article that is relevant to some of my friends that are currently out searching. The series is the “How I Got Here” which looks at the paths executives take to get to their current high-powered spots that they love. The subject of the post, Avid Modjtabai who is Executive Vice [...]
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Yesterday, Lifehacker posted a link to a post from The Art of Manliness, on making a first impression. First impressions are a key element to building your personal brand. AoM recommends you focus on these key areas: Dress to impress. Look fit. Get an impressive handshake. (I am a nut about handshakes). Focus on speaking. [...]
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The Week has a blurb from Science regarding new research around a man’s handshake. I realize I may becoming somewhat of a nut about handshakes but this site is about personal branding and I firmly believe your handshake is part of your brand. Meet enough people, interview enough people, be able to assess people quick [...]
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[This post comes from the old site. I am trying, slowly, to move the relevant posts over. 48 Days to the Work You Love can be found on Amazon.com] More on personal branding. I mentioned in my last post that I was de-constructing myself. I pick up this book to help. There is a quote [...]
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[This was originally posted on the old site.] Lifehacker struck a nerve with me yesterday. Great post and commentary thread on the customer of shaking hands [Give a Good Handshake]. I was motivated to post a comment! I have been a long-time reader/fan of Lifehacker but this was the first topic that got me riled [...]
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[Originally posted on the old site] I am sitting in a hotel room in Brentwood, TN (outside of Nashville). I am in town for some training. It gives me a break from bringing up a 500+ seat customer contact center in DeLand, FL that has me commuting 3 out of every 4 weeks to Daytona [...]
