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Over the last week, our intern and our receptionist left to go back to school. MBA and undergrad respectively. Neither school was teaching either of these smart, high upside, people the skills that they need to be developing and nurturing TODAY. To me, those skills are: Networking. Personal Marketing. Skill Evolution and Development. Networking – Its [...]

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I have been chewing on a few ideas for awhile now. Earlier this week I attended a Meetup for readers of Seth Godin’s “Linchpin”. The event helped me solidify some ideas. I liked the event. There were less than 20 people there. There was opportunities for “networking”. Welcome networking. Not 100 people in a room [...]

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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 just signed an offer letter for a small company looking to do big things here in Rochester. (In fact it is about 3 minutes from my house! Bye Bye Jefferson Road!) I had been out of work for a little over one year. That is a long time. I had/have some immediate thoughts on [...]

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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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Just read  a July 8th article from Knowledge@Wharton: Caught in the Middle: Rising Unemployment Takes Its Toll on Older Managers that will cause you to lose some sleep. Especially if you are believing the hype that “it is getting better out there.” It isn’t. And it won’t. The opening paragraph sets the pace: U.S. recessions [...]

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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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John Porcaro directed my attention to a Time magazine posting about the future of work. “The Last Days of Cubicle Life” paints a compelling picture of our work future. Like John, I like this quote: Most of the best jobs will be for people who manage customers, who organize fans, who do digital community management. [...]

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Seth has a great take on making the ask. He’s right. So go read it. …invest some time and earn the right to ask. Do your homework. Build connections. Make a reasonable request, something easy and mutually beneficial. Yes leads to yes which just maybe leads to the engagement you were actually seeking. It is [...]

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