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Online Identity Quick Tip

February 23, 2011 By Kristen Jacoway 1 Comment

Are you posting comments on other people’s blogs? You can find blogs in your industry by searching on Technorati. This is a great way to build online Google results if done correctly and can really highlight your expertise in a certain subject matter. However, if you post negative, critical comments that are published and become… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Blogging, Career Management, Job Search, Social Media Tagged With: Career, Employment, Google, iProspect, Online identity, Search Engines, Technorati

Can You Hear Me Now? Facebook Setting Change Needed to Keep in Touch with Your ENTIRE Facebook Network

February 14, 2011 By Kristen Jacoway 1 Comment

Have you wondered why in the past several days that people from whom you normally read posts are no longer showing up in your “Most Recent” feed on Facebook? In the past, when you switched from “Top News” to “Most Recent,” you were able to see all your friends and Liked pages posts. Facebook recently… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Career Management, Facebook, Job Search, Social Media Tagged With: Business, Career Marketing, Facebook, Facebook features, Networking, Online Networking, Social network

Tips for Job Interviewing Success

February 4, 2011 By Kristen Jacoway Leave a Comment

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]

Filed Under: Interviewing, Job Search, LinkedIn, Personal Branding, Social Media Tagged With: Business, Employment, Hoovers, Job Search, LinkedIn, Personal Branding, ZoomInfo

5 Quick Tips for Using Twitter in Your Job Search

February 2, 2011 By Kristen Jacoway Leave a Comment

Twitter is a growing platform for recruiters and employers to identify and recruit potential employees. Twitter is a great place to increase personal brand awareness by following these simple steps: 1. Complete your profile thoroughly! I cannot stress this point enough because, many times, I run across profiles with just the Twitter name and worse,… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Job Search, Twitter Tagged With: Employment, Job hunting, LinkedIn, Online Communities, Social Networking, TweetMyJobs, Twellow, Twitter

WordPress Blogger? 3 Plug-ins to Simplify Your Blog

January 24, 2011 By Kristen Jacoway Leave a Comment

We have often discussed that blogging is one of the best ways to establish your thought leadership and personal brand. Blogging provides proof of your knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as generating Google results that facilitate consistent, on-brand information when a potential client, employer, or recruiter Googles your name. I have been an avid… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Blogging, Career Management, Job Search, Personal Branding, Social Media Tagged With: Akismet, Blogging, Brand management, Career, Career Management, Employment, Ezine Articles, Facebook, Google, Personal Branding, Social media, social media strategy, Social network, Twitter, WordPress, WordPress Plugin Directory

3 Twitter Tools to Accelerate Your Job Search

January 21, 2011 By Kristen Jacoway Leave a Comment

According to the 2010 JobVite Study, Twitter is one of the Top 3 social media sites for employers and recruiters to use to identify and source potential job candidates. Twitter is also a platform for someone in a job search to find job advice and job openings. My Top 3 Twitter Tools for a person… [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Job Search, Social Media, Twitter Tagged With: Business, Career, Employment, Job Search, Networking, Social media, social media strategy, Social network, Twitter

#1 Job Search Strategy – Focus, Focus, Focus

January 19, 2011 By Kristen Jacoway Leave a Comment

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]

Filed Under: Job Search, LinkedIn, Social Media Tagged With: Career, Company, Employment, Job hunting, Job Search, LinkedIn, Twitter

How to Brand Your Email Signature

January 12, 2011 By Kristen Jacoway 2 Comments

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]

Filed Under: Blogging, Career Management, Facebook, Job Search, LinkedIn, Personal Branding, Social Media, Twitter, YouTube Tagged With: AOL, Career Management, Personal Branding, RSS, Signature block, Social media, StumbleUpon, Twitter, WiseStamp, Yahoo Mail

The Role LinkedIn Plays in Uncovering Career Goals

January 10, 2011 By Kristen Jacoway Leave a Comment

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]

Filed Under: Career Management, Job Search, LinkedIn, Social Media Tagged With: Business, Career, Career Management, Employment, Job description, LinkedIn, Résumé

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