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Caught a post on Personal Branding Blog re: the essential skills we need to have in order to succeed in this “new world”. Very critical, very forward thinking. Here’s the list (hit the link to see the post in full): Social media and web 2.0 know how. (Aren’t we past 2.0 yet?) The ability to [...]

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I finished Seth Godin’s Linchpin a couple of weeks ago. I loved it. It is a very compelling read. It certainly makes you think. It is provoking. It is meant as a challenge. Artists think along the edges of the box, because that’s where things get done. Godin disputes thinking “outside the box” – and [...]

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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.

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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 [...]

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The latest issue of Strategy + Business has a great article on Special Operations forces: “What’s So Special About Special Ops?”. Readers of this blog will know that I am a total Special Ops fanboy. I have been since playing with my first GI Joe in the 70′s. The article focuses on the training required [...]

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Interesting read from the Career Strategies section of the WSJ Online  in the last week or so. Beyond Job Boards: Targeting the Source provides me with some more cannon fodder for my Using Social Media in Your Job Search presentation I am trying to give. I was arguing with CareerSherpa’s Hannah Morgan the other day [...]

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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 [...]

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TP has issued a challenge that supports his on-going efforts at all-around EXCELLENCE. Are you developing the people around you? Please list. Right now! The 5 people! Whose development you have contributed to! Directly! And Profoundly! In the last 24 months! I do think that is too long of a time frame. How about the [...]

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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 [...]

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