What’s Your Value Proposition?
Why anyone does what they do at work, strategically, is their value within their organization. It’s more than a mission statement or a goal in that value is a precise term and has context. Extracting and understanding value is the [...]
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Thank you NOVA!
Every seat was taken. The organizers were a little surprised and I was a touch intimidated. I’m not a practiced public speaker (but I will be soon). I agreed to do the event a month or so ago and assembled [...]
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MoJo Search Holiday Promotion – Starting at $0.99!
Still shopping for Christmas gifts? Know someone looking for a job? Get the unemployed person you love Modern Job Search and help them get their job search on the right track! Modern Job Search goes on sale starting Friday, December 19th at [...]
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LinkedIn Update: The “Friend Invitation”
Aren’t new features great? Well okay, not all the time…but this time I think so! You may not have noticed but LinkedIn recently made a very significant change to the categories used to validate invitations to connect with other members [...]
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Quartz: The Complete Guide to Networking for Introverts
I get a lot of email newsletters and follow a lot of career related topics – in between working all the time. I don’t get a chance to read most of it, and even when I do it seems I [...]
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IMPORTANT: Never resign until you know for sure!
Susan Adam’s recent Forbes column, “How A Criminal Background Check Can Cost You The Job” is a necessary read for pretty much anyone who is looking for a job in today’s market. All of my large corporate clients do background checks and [...]
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Preaching to the Choir: 6 Big Reasons to Use LinkedIn More Like Twitter
Larry Kim’s recent Inc. article, “6 Big Reasons to Use LinkedIn More Like Twitter” is more affirmation than innovation – at least for me. However it is a nice reminder, and more importantly, if you’re not using or under-using LinkedIn, then [...]
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Because You’re Doing It Wrong: “Why You Hate Networking” via Forbes
Everything everyone reads or writes about networking always focuses on how to do it to advance your own goals – selfishly, efficiently, designed to get what you want. Is it any wonder you feel dirty after doing it? Susan Adam’s [...]
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“The First 90 Days” by Michael Watkins
A candidate I recently worked with told me she was reading Michael D. Watkins’ “The First 90 Days” ahead of starting at her new job. I haven’t read it yet myself, but based on the excerpts and reviews I read [...]
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How To Spot Bad Career Advice: 4 Telltale Signs via Forbes
I didn’t know this when I was writing my book (I should have guessed) but there are a lot of people out there offering career advice without the experience to back it up. The four “clues” to bad advice cited by [...]
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