Last week, one of my clients asked me this question: How do you get courage? How do you get courage, anyway? Are you born with it? Is it in your DNA? Does a teacher teach it? Do you acquire it...
I love listening to my clients – they always keep me thinking. And what I have been thinking about of recent is this word: kahonies – a word a client used to describe her former boss. She said that her...
Avoid these easy but unhelpful ways to let folks know you are in job search mode: 1. Send out a mass email. 2. Only put an update on LinkedIn 3. Tell them you are looking for a job and ask...
In a recent conversation with a good friend, we were discussing rehearsal dinner game possibilities since both of us have a son getting married this summer. I was sharing with her the Who Does What shoe game I’d watched in...
Having helped hundreds and hundreds of clients for two-plus decades, I have listened to hours and hours of client conversation, so not too much surprises or shocks me. Last month was a different matter when certain words were spoken by...
“Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration." Evan Esar Make something versus nothing happen this day. What one thing might that be? Tip: Write down the one thing you would like to do today,...
“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and...
Category : Career Management, job-search, Online Career Marketing, personal-branding
“It’s never the platform. It’s always the message” - Gary Vaynerchuck This morning Facebook announced the wopping $1 billion acquisition of Instagram - the popular mobile photo-sharing app. Instagram make zero profits but Facebook are clearly paying for the so...
Category : Career Hub, job-search, Online Career Marketing, personal-branding
It is challenging enough to change jobs, transition careers, and move up the corporate ladder. Recently, it has come to the attention of the public that companies and government agencies have started asking for passwords to a job seeker’s social...
Mozilla, the MacArthur Foundation, and HASTAC are working on a new model for standards and credentials in learning and job performance called Open Badges. Proposed digital badges allow people to know you by your achievements and contributions, not just your...
