As a Spring 2012 special, I’m offering a 50 minute career search or strategy session for only $50. I bring fresh ideas, valuable new strategies, keen insights and loads of actionable advice in these sessions and would welcome the opportunity
Networking defined and why it matters
Find out how I define networking and why I think it matters by watching the interview I did with Steve Piazzale, Ph.D., the host of “You’re Hired!”
How NOT to leave a job
I’ve been wanting to write a post about how one should NOT leave a job for a while now, but I’ve been too busy at my new job. And then, what do you know? Glassdoor went ahead and shared a
Help Me Help You: Tell Me What You WANT To Do Next and WHERE You Want To Do It
Now that I’ve wrapped up my first 2 weeks in my new role as a full-time employee for FILTER, a digital solutions agency for staffing and creative services in San Francisco (and Seattle, LA, Portland), it’s finally time for me
Sometimes you just need a recharge
Sometimes your job search or career progression can get stale and stagnant and a full-on recharge may be the only solution to getting it moving again. How do you start? My advice is to ponder the answers to the questions
Learning to Love LinkedIn Tip #10
My #10 and final tip for 2010? Read this blog post titled, “20 LinkedIn Case Studies for Personal Branding” from Kyle Lacy. I spotted it on the Personal Branding Blog. I’m grateful that Kyle culled these stories and saved me
Learn to Love LinkedIn Tip #4
As a marketer, executive, sales type or talent acquisition pro, it’s always important to know your competition. Well, the same thing applies to your job search. How can you do easily do this? Start “following” the company of your dreams
No more old school thinking about job hopping
I share this belief with new opportunity seekers all the time: If a recruiter, HR person or hiring manager at a company you’re interviewing with gives you a hard time about the brevity of your employment with each company you’ve
Job hunting? It’s good to be in the west!
Career Builder released its 2010 U.S. Job Forecast and it indicates that employers in the West are planning to increase their headcounts more in 2010 than the other regions of the country. Nearly one-quarter of employers (24 percent) in the
I NOW know somethin’ ’bout birthin’ a baby
It’s here! Well, almost. Yes, it’s been like birthing a baby…I think. Whatever. I’m psyched because I’ve waited months to be able to announce this and now I can! 🙂 My new book “I’m at a Networking Event–Now What??? A