How to Develop a Targeted Job Search Plan

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Anyone who has been in the job search in the past knows how paralyzing it is to figure out where to start. In this article, I am going to walk you through the initial steps of how you can start your job search by compiling a targeted prospecting and networking list through LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com). You… [Continue Reading]

To Friend or Not to Friend? What’s Your Policy on Social Media?

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In social media, it’s great to build your Google results by having profiles on social networking sites. I suggest to people that they pick 2-3 that they can update regularly. Which 2-3 should you pick? My general rule of thumb is to find out where your target audience (one we define through the personal branding… [Continue Reading]

Top 5 New LinkedIn Features for People in a Job Search

On March 22, 2011, LinkedIn revealed that they had achieved a major milestone – 100 million professionals worldwide were registered as LinkedIn members. Equally as important, they are growing at approximately one million new LinkedIn members every week! In the past year, not only has membership grown exponentially, but also new features.

Streamlining Your Time on Social Media

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Are you wanting to find an automation tool to manage all your social networks. I’m going to discuss five such tools to help you streamline your time on social media. Hellotxt (http://hellotxt.com/) is what I term as a social networking aggregator. Hellotxt posts your status updates from web, mobile, SMS, email, or other 3rd party… [Continue Reading]

Tips for Job Interviewing Success

With approximately 4.6 unemployed people per one job opening, it is critical to know your personal brand. How are you different than all of the people applying for job? Are you expressing and exuding your personal brand in all your offline and online communications? Researching the company prior to an interview is key. Where can… [Continue Reading]

#1 Job Search Strategy – Focus, Focus, Focus

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Today, I wanted to give you a starting point for your job search. You can research industries and the companies on many different search type engines, but one of my favorites is LinkedIn (if you are just getting started on LinkedIn, read “Does Your LinkedIn Profile Get a Passing Grade? 5 Tips for a Captivating… [Continue Reading]

How to Brand Your Email Signature

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Image via CrunchBase One of my colleagues, Maria Duron, posted information on Facebook about Wisestamp. You can go to http://www.wisestamp.com and download a free version for your Firefox browser. At this writing, it is not supported on all email platforms, but is supported on many of the major platforms (i.e. Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, and… [Continue Reading]

The Role LinkedIn Plays in Uncovering Career Goals

In my first article, I discussed how the Department of Labor has estimated that by a time a person is 38 years old, they will have had between 10 and 14 jobs on average. For some people, they will follow the same career path, but others might choose to go in a different direction for… [Continue Reading]

Do You See What I See?

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The overwhelming majority of employers and recruiters Google potential candidates and the more I poll audiences to see if they realize this possibility, the more I find that at least half of the attendees never considered this probability. Have you Googled your name? If not, put your name in quotations (e.g.  “Kristen Jacoway”) and see… [Continue Reading]

4 Tips to Take Your LinkedIn Profile from Good to Great

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We discussed ways to develop a captivating LinkedIn profile, however, there are some extra things that you can do (as discussed in this 1-minute video) to give your profile a more polished, searchable result. Top 4 Tips to Take Your LinkedIn Profile from Good to Great 1) Select “edit profile” and click on “website.” LinkedIn… [Continue Reading]