I’ve written before about the elevator pitch – your value proposition or a personal infomercial. This pitch is a brief introduction to you with a focus on what you have to offer your target audience.
10 tips to help introverts successfully network
Job-search and career coaches always tout networking’s importance. They implore clients to break away from their computers to engage in old-fashioned interactions to link with people who may be able to help them.
How to extend yourself at a professional conference or event
I recently attended the Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conference as part of the social media team. I thought about how to extend yourself — how to stretch to fit the networking situation to make it valuable.
Need a little job search insurance?
You have a job, so you’re not really worried about your digital footprint. You received so many invitations to join LinkedIn, you finally built yourself a profile. Now, if you could only remember your password! People keep talking about social networking and personal branding, but you are too busy to keep up with all of […]
5 ways to be sure you always have a job
You are one of the lucky ones to land a job. But, conventional wisdom suggests that a job today is no guarantee of employment tomorrow. Our economy is changing, so you can’t consider yourself “finished” looking for work—even when employed.