The Best Job-Seeking LinkedIn Applications

June 15, 2010

Use Them, They’re Free During my LinkedIn profile audits, one of the first questions I answer is whether the job seeker uses a LinkedIn Application or not. The applications on Linkedin are probably one of the best personal branding tools you have. Without the colors of your most recent book, or the wisdom of  your [...]

Use LinkedIn to Become an Expert

June 8, 2010

Employers have a very high perceived risk when they hire someone. Your job as the candidate is to alleviate that risk as much as possible. If you were on Oprah talking about what you do in your career, your perceived risk would be very low. Wouldn’t you agree? I’d like to introduce you to a [...]

How I Use LinkedIn for In-Person Networking

June 8, 2010

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Social Media Means You Can’t Hide

June 7, 2010

One of the great powers of social media is that it is very very difficult to not be genuine. Even people who try to put on a face don’t last very long. The whole system is geared towards ruining lairs. And that is a good thing. On one hand, you are more likely to trust [...]

Visual CV on CNN

June 7, 2010

No body says it better than a news-caster. This is a very clear and concise message about using social media in your job search. In addition to Visual CV, they also mention some other cool job seeking tools. Embedded video from CNN Video Related Articles: Visual CV on CNN The Death of the Resume, Rise [...]

The Death of the Resume, Rise Visual CV

May 31, 2010

The Voice of Visual CV I’ve been chatting with Visual CV’s Senior Director of Operations, Nathen Harvey, about having an interview on Career Enlightenment. So look out for a very cool interview in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, Nathen was interviewed on Blog Talk Radio recently and I thought I’d share the audio, below. For [...]

Social Media Cannot be Taught

May 31, 2010

I was teaching a class of career advisers over the last few weeks on how to instruct their clients on the proper use of social media in their job hunt. Several of their clients lost their jobs because of inappropriate comments on Facebook. Other clients lost potential opportunities because of not having a photo on [...]

Why You Must be Specific When Talking to a Hiring Manager

May 4, 2010

Ever buy a car? Wanted it to be unique? How come as soon as you put your money down you start to notice the very car you just bought, down to color and rims, is all over town? RAS! The Reticular Activating System is located in your brain stem in the back of your head. [...]

This Month’s LinkedIn Tip: Join a Group

April 27, 2010

In 2006, when I still worked at Cisco, I started a little LinkedIn Group, called, “Cisco”. Ok, not very creative or original. I thought it was a good idea at the time to help Cisco folks leverage our mutual LinkedIn networks for career opportunities. HR didn’t like the idea though, which only made me want [...]

Interview With Owner of Tweet My Jobs

April 27, 2010

The great thing about social media is how many combinations it can come in. Today, I interviewed the owner of a start-up in North Carolina called TweetMyJOBS.com, Gary Zukowski. Tweet My Jobs is a powerful combination of both job board and personal branding management. Watch this extremely revealing video below to learn how this new [...]

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