How much do you rely on first impressions when making hiring decisions? It’s a part of human nature, but did you know that by helping new hires manage their reputation and make great first impressions in the workplace, you could improve their chance of surviving the...
image credit: http://goo.gl/O8iW18 If it’s true that career change is one of the 5 most stressful experiences in anyone’s life, then why make it any more stressful than it needs to be? The holy grail of career change is the job offer itself. One of the early...
image credit: https://goo.gl/depBci An elevator statement is a concise, well-rehearsed summary of your value proposition. Metaphorically, it should be delivered in 30 -90 seconds – the time it takes an elevator to ride from the ground floor to the top floor. If...
Wow. Dropbox just upgraded my service for free to 1 Terabyte or 1000 GB. That’s some serious storage. I’m glad they did this. But, they had to, in order to compete with storage offered by Google Drive. It got me thinking about our own careers, our personal brands,...
I often get asked when I career coach or facilitate workshops for job hunters how to develop a digital footprint with social media like LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook. Above all else, I emphasise that you must have a social media strategy and have well-thought-out...