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		<title>Does your organization appreciate you?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Salpeter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps you are underappreciated and seeking a new job â€“ hopefully, with a company that will be an improvement in the appreciation department. Sometimes, when youâ€™re so focused on getting a job â€“ just any job â€“ itâ€™s easy to forget that you should do a little research on your own to decide if you [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a title="social media expert" href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/appreciation.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-12062" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 15px;" alt="career expert, social media expert" src="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/appreciation-300x261.jpg" width="300" height="261" /></a>Perhaps you are underappreciated and seeking a new job â€“ hopefully, with a company that will be an improvement in the appreciation department. Sometimes, when youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re so focused on getting a job â€“ just any job â€“ itâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s easy to forget that you should do a little research on your own to decide if you even want to work for the organization.<span id="more-11984"></span></p>
<p>Dan Campbell, 2014 chairman of the American Staffing Association and CEO of Hire Dynamics â€“ a staffing company often recognized on Best Places to Work lists â€“ suggests the following tips to help decide if an organization will appreciate you.</p>
<p><strong>Does the company make it its priority to not only attract, but also retain its talent for the long haul?</strong></p>
<p>Is it pretty clear that the organization is a revolving door, where employees seem to come and go frequently? How can you tell? If most people you meet when networking or interviewing donâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t have much experience at the organization, it may be a tip-off. You can certainly make a point to ask about the tenure of the typical employee.</p>
<p>â€œWhen searching for the right career, no longer are immediate opportunities the top consideration as continued growth has become increasingly more important,â€ Campbell says. Make it your business to find out if the organizationâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s culture supports promoting from within. Is there an internal job board? Do people move up the corporate ladder? Do managers support individual career goals? While you donâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t want to engage with a supervisor by asking how long it will be until you can do something different, if you can get a sense of whether people tend to stay with the organization or not youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />ll have at least part of your answer about if employees feel appreciated.</p>
<p><strong>Identify if the organization is flexible.</strong></p>
<p>Campbell points to a 2013 global generational study by PwC that discovered millennials believe â€œenhancing workplace flexibility and equity between work and home is one of the keys to improving job satisfaction.â€ Most people would likely agree that they feel more appreciated and valued when their organization provides at least some version of flexible work, whether itâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s on a regular basis or during critical situations. Again, you shouldn&#8217;t go into an interview asking about how often you can work from home, but you can ascertain the company culture generally to determine if you would feel valued.</p>
<p>Facilitating a strong sense of teamwork is another way an organization can help its employees believe they&#8217;re valued. â€œA strong, cohesive, team-oriented workplace culture and opportunities for interesting work are important,â€ Campbell says.</p>
<p><strong>Do benefits go beyond your salary?</strong></p>
<p>â€œCompanies like DreamWorks offer recreational learning opportunities to employees including painting, karate and sculpting,&#8221; Campbell explains. &#8220;Google, Zappos and Procter &amp; Gamble have designated nap rooms where employees can take 30 minutes to reboot.&#8221; While these companies have pioneered the way, Campbell says, &#8220;more businesses across a broad range of industries are now warming up to these ideas.â€ If you like hands-on appreciation, youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />ll want to find out the type of rewards the organization offers. In the application process you can usually tell if a company offers such rewards â€“ like team contests for restaurant gift cards or a chance to win a half-day Friday â€“ because the company will tell you. These perks give the impression that the organization appreciates its employees.</p>
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<p><strong style="line-height: 1.5em;">Look online.</strong></p>
<p>Online reviews on a website like <a href="http://glassdoor.com">Glassdoor.com </a>will help you assess how good an organization is when it comes to showing appreciation for its employees. Seek lists of â€œbest places to work,â€ as many of those companies likely do a good job recognizing its employees for jobs well done.</p>
<p>Originally appeared on <a href="http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2014/03/05/how-to-determine-if-an-organization-appreciates-its-employees">U.S. News &amp; World Report.</a></p>
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		<title>Tips to publish on LinkedIn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Salpeter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Need some incentive to try out LinkedIn&#8217;s new publishing platform? If you publish on LinkedIn, you may gain visibility with a new audience. I wrote about the reasons to try writing on LinkedIn&#8217;s platform already, but today, I&#8217;ll share my experience, and I hope you&#8217;ll let me know how the platform works out for you, [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/candy-jar.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-11822" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 15px;" alt="candy jar" src="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/candy-jar-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a>Need some incentive to try out LinkedIn&#8217;s new publishing platform?</strong></p>
<p>If you publish on LinkedIn, you may gain visibility with a new audience. I wrote about the <a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/tips-write-great-linkedin-posts/">reasons to try writing on LinkedIn&#8217;s platform</a> already, but today, I&#8217;ll share my experience, and I hope you&#8217;ll let me know how the platform works out for you, too.<span id="more-11817"></span></p>
<p>I published my first post on March 4th. I did it on a whim, and I believe it went live around midnight ET. I immediately started seeing page views, likes and comments on the post &#8212; mostly from European contacts! Keeping in mind the 6- or 7-hour time difference, it made sense that a lot of those people were checking their LinkedIn feeds early in the morning. I would never have calculated that result, but it certainly got my post off to a good start.</p>
<p>Another important point &#8212; I added a fun, colorful image &#8212; the same one I&#8217;m using in this blog. This may have had something to do with its success. I found the image on <a href="http://www.MorgueFile.com">MorgueFile.com.</a></p>
<p>My title (in keeping with Employee Appreciation Day that week): <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140304015429-18638405-do-you-deserve-to-be-appreciated-at-work?trk=prof-post">Do you deserve to be appreciated at work?</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-22-at-12.43.06-AM.png"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11819" alt="Screen Shot 2014-03-22 at 12.43.06 AM" src="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screen-Shot-2014-03-22-at-12.43.06-AM-300x79.png" width="300" height="79" /></a></p>
<p>Whether it was the topic that resonated with people, or the timing was exceptionally good, the post did get picked up in the careers news section, and I saw 75+ new subscribers to my newsletter in less than 24 hours! (I included a link to my list embedded in the post.)</p>
<p>You can see how many Tweets (64), Facebook Likes (140), G+ shares (19) and LinkedIn shares (1618) the post has had since publication. 14,116 views, 576 likes and 96 comments &#8212; not bad for a first try!</p>
<p>I wanted to see if lightning would strike twice, so I published again two days later. This post: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140306035156-18638405-how-to-improve-your-mood?trk=prof-post">How to improve your mood</a>, did achieve 855 views, but it was not picked up on LinkedIn&#8217;s content network, Pulse, and the shares, comments and other stats are much less impressive than my first post. I published this post in the evening hours, which was a mistake, as many of my new LinkedIn &#8220;followers&#8221; were likely sleeping at that time! Was it the content, the timing, the photo, a combination? Probably a bit of each.</p>
<p><strong>Considerations</strong></p>
<p>It is really fun to watch the post&#8217;s stats update before your eyes. Not that I was obsessed or anything, but it seemed like every time I clicked back to my first post, it had another few hundred views and comments kept coming! I made a point to respond to most of the comments and to add my own &#8220;likes&#8221; and mentions in the comment stream. My profile views skyrocketed during the first day after the post was published, although I did not see a lot of new requests to connect, which was surprising. If I wanted to be strategic about increasing contacts, I could have asked each person who commented to connect.</p>
<p><strong>Duplicate Content</strong></p>
<p>A big topic of conversation is the issue of duplicating content online. If you already have a successful blog up and running, you may have heard Google does not like duplicate content. Some people even say Google will penalize you for duplicate content. This may be true, so consider it if you do plan to duplicate your content on LinkedIn. The platform does allow you to duplicate your content, so it&#8217;s up to you if you want to share it on LinkedIn. If nothing else, be sure to give the post on LinkedIn a different title from your original post.</p>
<p>I have noticed that some very prominent bloggers who know a lot about social media marketing ARE directly duplicating their content from their blogs to LinkedIn. Take this all under advisement, and keep an eye on <a href="https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66359?hl=en">Google&#8217;s recommendations</a>.</p>
<p>I can tell you that my LinkedIn post ranks on Google for the topic, and the image I used even comes up in a visual search for the topic.</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s Next?</strong></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">I publish three times a week already &#8212; for <em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em> and <a href="http://jobs.aol.com/articles/bloggers/miriam-salpeter/">AOLJobs</a>, so I haven&#8217;t written for Â LinkedIn&#8217;s network since that second post didn&#8217;t take off as much as I had hoped. I&#8217;ll probably spend some time researching other successful posts and consider headlines that are timely and topical before I do. The great thing is that you can easily see stats for every post on LinkedIn; it&#8217;s easy to see what resonates with the audience.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">I&#8217;m sure I will publish on LinkedIn again, and I hope you do, too. Let me know how it goes!</span></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t miss my first post about LinkedIn&#8217;s publishing platform: R<a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/tips-write-great-linkedin-posts/">easons to try writing on LinkedIn&#8217;s platform</a>.</p>
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		<title>How to find a job on Twitter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Salpeter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 11:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>No doubt, you&#8217;ve already heard that networking is the best way to find a job? Luckily, social networking tools, such as Twitter, allow job seekers to redefine networking. Can you find a job on Twitter? Yes, instead of contacting people you don&#8217;t know to ask for favors, youÂ network by demonstrating your expertiseÂ and providing useful resources [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Screen-Shot-2014-02-09-at-1.42.20-PM.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-11726 alignright" style="margin: 15px;" alt="Screen Shot 2014-02-09 at 1.42.20 PM" src="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Screen-Shot-2014-02-09-at-1.42.20-PM-300x147.png" width="300" height="147" srcset="https://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Screen-Shot-2014-02-09-at-1.42.20-PM-300x147.png 300w, https://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Screen-Shot-2014-02-09-at-1.42.20-PM.png 574w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>No doubt, you&#8217;ve already heard that networking is the best way to find a job? Luckily, social networking tools, such as Twitter, allow job seekers to redefine networking. Can you find a job on Twitter? <span id="more-11176"></span>Yes, instead of contacting people you don&#8217;t know to ask for favors, youÂ network by demonstrating your expertiseÂ and providing useful resources and information to people you want to notice you.</p>
<p>Can youÂ find a job on Twitter? Yes, you can. Follow these steps to help you take advantage of this tool that provides access to everyone from CEOs of companies where you want to work to potential colleagues at those companies.</p>
<p><strong>Use Twitter to highlight what you know.</strong><br />
If you&#8217;re an expert in your field and aÂ <a href="http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/07/31/traits-valuable-employees/">valuable employee</a>, but only your office mates know about you, it is more difficult to land a new job. Use Twitter to post information, news and commentary about your industry, When you demonstrate that you have your finger on the pulse of what&#8217;s going on in your field, you extend your influence and attract people to want to learn more about you, even if you&#8217;re not currently employed.</p>
<p>How can you find great information to share via Twitter? One useful resource isÂ <a href="http://www.smartbrief.com/">SmartBrief.com</a>. You can subscribe to free newsletters in an array of categories and receive vetted news and information that you can read and share with your Twitter community.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Get my free white paper:Â <span style="color: #ff0000;"><a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/jobseekermistakes/" target="_blank">5 Mistakes Job Seekers Make and How to Avoid Them.</a></span></strong></span></p>
<p>S<strong>how, don&#8217;t tell.Â </strong><br />
Soft skills, or emotional intelligence, have become very valuable to hiring managers. Managers are beginning to put more weight on abilities that are difficult to teach, such as leadership, communication and adaptability. When you use Twitter, you can easily demonstrate many of the most valued soft skills. For example, if your target job requires good judgment and a positive demeanor, your active Twitter stream, devoid of negative comments and without any questionable content, becomes a living example of how you may perform on the job.</p>
<p>Additionally, Twitter provides an opportunity to consistently demonstrate your ability to communicate concisely and completely, even in only 140 characters, which is the length of the longest tweet. Do not underestimate the value of being able to prove what you state on your resume or application materials via your social networks.</p>
<p>If leadership is a skill you&#8217;d like to demonstrate, consider finding aÂ <a href="http://tweetreports.com/twitter-chat-schedule/">Twitter chat</a>Â to join. These chats, which exist in just about any field you can imagine, are great ways to improve your standing in your online community. Once you become active in a chat, you can offer to help the chat leaders administer the chat by guest hosting. Ultimately, you may find starting your own chat is a useful way to highlight your leadership abilities.</p>
<p><strong>Expand your circle of influence.Â </strong><br />
Can you get a job by networking only with the people you know in person? Perhaps, but since referrals continue to be a prime source of hiring, you&#8217;re even better off if you can grow your network of people who know, like and trust you and who may submit your name for a job opportunity. When you use Twitter to connect with people in your field whom you don&#8217;t already know, and you impress them with your command of your field, you give yourself more chances to connect to jobs.</p>
<p>UseÂ <a href="http://www.wefollow.com/">WeFollow.com</a>Â to identify people who tweet about topics that relate to your field. Connect with them, retweet (forward along) their content with attribution and get to know some new people.</p>
<p><strong>Learn new things.</strong><br />
It&#8217;s difficult to keep up with all of the news and information you need to know to stay competitive for jobs. When you tap into a well-connected, informed group on Twitter, you&#8217;ll never need much more than to sign into your Twitter account to learn what&#8217;s new and what&#8217;s hot in your industry.</p>
<p>Once you get started on Twitter and find a few useful accounts to follow, it&#8217;s easy to access additional, helpful resources. Since Twitter doesn&#8217;t require or expect users to gain introductions in order to connect with people, simply click through to view the list of people your favorite Twitter users follow. Add them to your Twitter stream and prepare to learn from these new resources.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Get my free white paper:Â <a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/jobseekermistakes/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">5 Mistakes Job Seekers Make and How to Avoid Them.</span></a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"> <a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/twitter-chats-a-great-way-to-expand-your-network/"><span style="color: #000000;">How Twitter Chats Can Help You Land a Job</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: #000000;"> <a href="http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/07/22/common-linkedin-mistakes/"><span style="color: #000000;">Common LInkedIn Mistakes</span></a></span><br />
<span style="color: #000000;"> <a href="http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/07/10/reasons-didnt-get-hired/"><span style="color: #000000;">10 Reasons Why You Didn&#8217;t Get Hired</span></a></span></p>
<p>Originally appeared on <a href="http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2013/08/19/twitter-networking-tips/">AOLJobs.com.</a></p>
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		<title>Fun social media statistics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2013 13:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Social media continues to impress with the various ways it enters our lives. I love social media statistics and information! I recently read that scientists in Australia are using it to track sharks!Â The scientists tagged the great whites so they send a signal that triggers a Twitter update to a special feed to alert swimmers [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/file000213085779.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-11489" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 15px;" alt="file000213085779" src="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/file000213085779-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a>Social media continues to impress with the various ways it enters our lives. I love social media statistics and information! I recently read that scientists in Australia are using it to track sharks!Â The scientists tagged the great whites so they send a signal that triggers a Twitter update to a special feed to alert swimmers when they get closer to shore. (It sounds fake, but it appears to be a <a href="  http://news.sky.com/story/1187066/australia-sharks-use-twitter-to-warn-swimmers">real news story</a>!)</p>
<p>Infographics and visuals are also important parts of our online experience that rose to prominence in the past year. Here is one from MarketingLand.com with some interesting data I hope you enjoy. I referenced these in my weekly segment on WIOD radio in Miami:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.infographicpromotion.co.uk/social-media-2013/"><img decoding="async" alt="The State of Social Media 2013" src="http://www.infographicpromotion.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/state-of-social-media-2013.jpg" width="600" border="0" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.infographicpromotion.co.uk/social-media-2013/">The State of Social Media 2013</a> by <a href="http://www.infographicpromotion.co.uk/">Infographic Promotion</a></p>
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		<title>LinkedIn announces they are eliminating Answers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Salpeter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Maybe you&#8217;ve missed the news from LinkedIn? It would be easy to miss, as LinkedIn itself does not seem to have published anything online about their newest change: they are axing the Answers section as of the end of this month. They sent an email about this change to members earlier today, but not everyone [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9207" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 15px;" title="4922151870_4c9068d291_m" src="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/4922151870_4c9068d291_m.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="179" />Maybe you&#8217;ve missed the news from LinkedIn? It would be easy to miss, as LinkedIn itself does not seem to have published anything online about their newest change: they are axing the Answers section as of the end of this month. <span id="more-9198"></span>They sent an email about this change to members earlier today, but not everyone received one, at least not yet. (I know because I didn&#8217;t get mine!)</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not such a big surprise, really. LinkedIn has been &#8220;hiding&#8221; this resource behind the &#8220;More&#8221; tab on its toolbar for a long time!</p>
<p>Personally, I always liked Answers. In fact, my very first on-line client when I launched my business came to me because of LinkedIn Answers. He liked my answer to his question about resumes, and hired me to write his resume. I hired people for technical support early in my online business after I met them via Answers. I&#8217;ve been recommending small business owners and job seekers take advantage of Answers to help expand their networks and grow their influence.</p>
<p>Luckily, there are many, many more ways to demonstrate your expertise and expand your network beyond LinkedIn and Answers. <a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/consider-using-quora-to-enhance-your-professional-profile/">Have you tried Quora?</a> This network focused totally on providing a forum for questions and answers is still alive and kicking.</p>
<p>LinkedIn&#8217;s email suggests several options in LinkedIn to &#8220;replace&#8221; answers:</p>
<ul>
<li>Connect with like-minded professionals in Groups</li>
<li>Ask other LinkedIn members questions and receive immediate feedback via Polls</li>
<li>Follow influencers for access to insightful professional content</li>
<li>Facilitate conversations with your connections via status updates</li>
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<p>I am a big fan of LinkedIn. I&#8217;ve written in all of <a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/books/">my books</a> that having a LinkedIn profile and using it well is key for job seekers. I believe it is also very important for small business owners &#8212; or people who want to be small business owners. However, this action proves a more important point. This is not really about figuring out where else you can go to answer or ask questions. (Although, I do feel for the people who answer 500 questions a week&#8230;they are going to experience a serious gap in their days!)</p>
<p>This action really points out one important point: we do not have any control of anything that happens on the social networks we use. This is true of all of the networks &#8212; all can change on a dime. Look at Facebook &#8212; constantly changing issues that have to do with privacy and altering algorithms that influence who sees your updates.</p>
<p>Wait &#8211; don&#8217;t start deleting your social networking profiles. They can and will help you. In fact, I believe using social media &#8211; and using it well &#8211; is absolutely key to succeeding with your business and career goals.</p>
<p>Do not, however, put all of your proverbial eggs in social networking baskets that you don&#8217;t control. Engage on more than one network and &#8211; most importantly &#8211; create your OWN website (and blog, if you can write) to engage a community and highlight what you have to offer.</p>
<p>If you actively used Answers, you&#8217;ll probably look for other ways to replicate the experience. I saw one LinkedIn user commenting that he would create a Q&amp;A Group with categories. But, remember the bigger lesson: own and control your profile and do not allow your online profile to fully be at the whim of someone who doesn&#8217;t care about you personally.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Email is a crucial communication tool, both at work and during job search. Unfortunately, it is all too easy to make a detrimental email mistake that has the potential to kill your career or bring your job search to a halt. Don&#8217;t let these happen to you. 1. Unprofessional email address. No, HotMama@gmail.com is not [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-8811" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 15px;" title="4660273582_167a3fbece_m-1" src="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/4660273582_167a3fbece_m-11.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="179" />Email is a crucial communication tool, both at work and during job search. Unfortunately, it is all too easy to make a detrimental email mistake that has the potential to kill your career or bring your job search to a halt. Don&#8217;t let these happen to you. <span id="more-8809"></span></p>
<p><strong>1. Unprofessional email address.</strong><br />
No, HotMama@gmail.com is not an appropriate address to use to send your job search correspondence. In fact, it&#8217;s probably dead-ending possible opportunities. Create a professional email account name for all professional interactions online. If possible, choose some version of your name, or your name combined with your professional title. For example, JohnSmithSales@gmail.com</p>
<p><strong>2. Sending emails with too many links.</strong><br />
This isn&#8217;t dangerous until you need to make sure your crucial email lands in someone&#8217;s &#8220;in&#8221; box. Be aware: some companies have very sensitive spam filters that may identify emails with a lot of links as trash. If you use a fancy email signature including lots of links, it&#8217;s not a bad idea to delete or simplify it when you apply for a job or when you try to touch base with a new networking contact. When your intended recipient doesn&#8217;t receive your message, it certainly puts a damper on future communication!</p>
<p><strong>3. Failing to respond.</strong><br />
How often do you check email from your phone and fail to file or mark it as an item to revisit later? In a busy day, it&#8217;s too easy to see an email (even an important one) and plan to respond later, but forget to follow up. If you have a tendency to forget details and receive a lot of correspondence, make sure you review the your &#8220;seen&#8221; email at the end of each day so nothing gets lost.<br />
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<p><strong>4. Forgetting the attachment.</strong><br />
This doesn&#8217;t sound like a fatal error, but when you&#8217;ve just applied for a job indicating how detail oriented you are, but forgot to attach your resume, it could be the end of the line for your application. Consider attaching documents before you compose the email so you&#8217;ll never send an email saying, &#8220;see attachment&#8221; without the accompanying documentation.</p>
<p><strong>5. Not monitoring your email inbox.</strong><br />
If your social networking notifications go to an email address you don&#8217;t check, you could be missing opportunities. Be sure you know where those important messages will land, and if it isn&#8217;t in email boxes you normally check, make a note to change the email or have them forwarded to an address you monitor closely.</p>
<p><strong>6. Accidentally sending an email to the wrong person.</strong><br />
It happens. You use the touchpad on your Smartphone to select an email and reply to it, only to receive an immediate auto reply â€“ from the wrong person! Oops â€“ you realize your phone pulled up the wrong message. If you&#8217;re lucky, the content you accidentally sent was non-confidential or neutral and a quick note saying you&#8217;re sorry to have sent a misdirected email takes care of it. But, what if it was an email meant for a friend complaining about your boss â€“ that went to your possible next boss? Can you say &#8220;career killer?&#8221;</p>
<p>How can you avoid this problem? Even when you&#8217;re rushed and replying on the run, be sure to double check the TO: line of your email. Try to avoid composing emails on the run, or when you have only a few seconds to respond, since that will naturally make you less inclined to verify the recipient. If at all possible, consider waiting until you can use a computer or tablet (with a screen bigger than your Smartphone) to send highly sensitive or confidential emails.</p>
<p>photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmgimages/">RambergMediaImages</a></p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Salpeter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I am over 50, and just got laid off after working in the same place for 15 years. How should I approach prospective employers and deal with the age issue? I have a lot of experience, but the age thing seems like a big deal. No one doubts it is difficult to find a job [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I am over 50, and just got laid off after working in the same place for 15 years. How should I approach prospective employers and deal with the age issue? I have a lot of experience, but the age thing seems like a big deal.<span id="more-8733"></span></em></p>
<p>No one doubts it is difficult to find a job after working in one place for over a decade. The job market is different today than 10 years ago. Expectations are different, employers source candidates differently and job seekers apply and have materials screened using new tools. Thatâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s a lot of obstacles for mature job seekers to overcome.</p>
<p>The solution? Stop worrying about the â€œage issueâ€ and start addressing the real reasons why you may not be landing opportunities:</p>
<p><strong>Your resume is old fashioned and untargeted</strong>. If youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re worried about age discrimination, donâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t start your resume with, â€œOver 25 years of experience in ______.â€ Do not try to hide your age via a â€œfunctionalâ€ resume that mashes up your skills without detailing when and where you gained them. Focus on your most recent and relevant 10 years of work history and make a strong case for your candidacy.</p>
<p>A human being is unlikely to review your resume unless the automated Applicant Tracking System (ATS) identifies your materials as a good match to pass along to hiring managers. Fill your resume with keywords relevant to the job and incorporate specifics regarding your skills and accomplishments to win a chance to interview.</p>
<p><strong>You balk at technology.</strong> If an employer invites you to interview via Skype, and you hesitate because you donâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t know how to use it, expect the organization to move on to the next candidate. When you ask if you can fax your resume instead of applying using your (non-existent) LinkedIn profile, assume youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />ve lost an opportunity.</p>
<p>Some employers will jump to the conclusion that anyone over 50 is not technologically savvy. Do not embrace that stereotype â€“ even if it is true for you. Ask your neighbors or grown children for help, or take a class to be sure you are up on the latest â€œmust haveâ€ tools. Learn how to use online networks and applications and dispel the myth that older workers cannot learn new things.</p>
<p><strong>Recruiters are looking on social media, and youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re not there</strong>. <em>The 2012 Jobvite study shows employers are using social media to recruit, with 92% of U.S. companies using social networks and media to find talent in 2012, up from 78% five years ago. Years ago, </em>engaging with recruiters <em>may have meant attending a lot of in-person networking events. </em></p>
<p><em>While the in-person event has its place, the statistics donâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t lie; social media is key to job search success. You need an optimized LinkedIn profile at the very least, and if youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re really concerned your age is a factor, take advantage of other social media tools, such as Google+ and Twitter, to demonstrate you are an expert in your field and relevant for todayâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s workplace.</em></p>
<p><strong>Youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re inflexible.</strong> If your industry suffered a lot of layoffs and there are not many positions for you, do not bang your head against the wall trying to create something that does not exist. Identify organizations where you can market your skills and target them. If there are no jobs, it doesnâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t matter if youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re 25 or 55.</p>
<p><strong>Your mindset is holding you back</strong>. Itâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s understandable if you are angry, or even bitter; you worked hard, and now no one seems to value your experience. Instead of railing against the system, recognize your best hope to succeed is to embrace change. When you interview with someone young enough to be your child, donâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t mention your grandchildren or discuss the â€œgood old days.â€ Take a hard look at yourself, your demeanor and how you engage when youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re being evaluated. Â It canâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t hurt to casually mention the 5K you are training for or to ask if the interviewer has tried the latest Google calendar application.</p>
<p>Adjust your approach; instead of complaining that no one wants to hire someone over 50, use your energy to identify and emphasize your unique value proposition â€“ what makes you more qualified than anyone else for the job. Â If you canâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />t hone in on why youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re the natural choice, that may be the reason you are not getting work, not your age.</p>
<p><strong>Related posts:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/2012/02/27/new-requirements-for-a-complete-linkedin-profile/">How to write a LinkedIn profile</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/2012/08/09/should-i-hire-a-resume-writer">Should I hire a resume writer? </a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/2011/07/17/what-is-your-unique-value-proposition/">Discovering your unique value proposition</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>LinkedIn has published their list ofÂ  most overused words and phrases in membersâ€™ LinkedIn Profiles for 2011. The number one most overused buzzword in LinkedIn profiles globally and for professionals based in the United States is â€œcreative.â€ Here is LinkedInâ€™s 2011 list of the top 10 terms that are overused by professionals in the United [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-7288" title="bee.519742656_0b2323bc8e_m-1" src="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bee.519742656_0b2323bc8e_m-1.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="194" />LinkedIn has published their list ofÂ  most overused words and phrases in membersâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> LinkedIn Profiles for 2011. The number one most overused buzzword in LinkedIn profiles globally and for professionals based in the United States is â€œcreative.â€ <span id="more-7262"></span>Here is LinkedInâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s 2011 list of the <a href="http://www.examiner.com/career-coach-in-national/linkedin-publishes-list-of-oversued-buzzwords">top 10 terms that are overused by professionals in the United States</a><a href="http://www.examiner.com/career-coach-in-national/linkedin-publishes-list-of-oversued-buzzwords">:</a></p>
<p>1. Â  Â  Â Creative<br />
2. Â  Â  Â Organizational<br />
3. Â  Â  Â Effective<br />
4. Â  Â  Â Extensive experience<br />
5. Â  Â  Â Track record<br />
6. Â  Â  Â Motivated<br />
7. Â  Â  Â Innovative<br />
8. Â  Â  Â Problem solving<br />
9. Â  Â  Â Communication skills<br />
10. Â  Â  Dynamic</p>
<p>Compare these to the 2010 most popular â€œoverused buzzwordsâ€ in LinkedIn profiles in the U.S.:</p>
<p>1. Extensive experience<br />
2. Innovative<br />
3. Motivated<br />
4. Results-oriented<br />
5. Dynamic<br />
6. Proven track record<br />
7. Team player<br />
8. Fast-paced<br />
9. Problem solver<br />
10. Entrepreneurial</p>
<p>LinkedIn&#8217;s official take on buzzwords comes from Nicole Williams, LinkedInâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s Connection Director and author ofÂ  <a href="http://www.keppiecareers.com/2009/12/17/girl-on-top-a-review/"><em>Girl on Top</em></a>: â€œEven though this yearâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s list of overused terms differs from last yearâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s, your objectives remain the same: Banish buzzwords from your profile. Use language that illustrates your unique professional accomplishments and experiences. Give concrete examples of results youâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />ve achieved whenever possible and reference attributes that are specific to you.â€</p>
<p>While it is true that you need to make sure to highlight what is special or different about you, and most experts would agree &#8212; you don&#8217;t want an overly jargon-y, empty-sounding, buzzword filled resume or LinkedIn profile. But (as I also asked last year): is it time to do a search and destroy mission to eliminate all buzzwords from your resume and online profiles, as LinkedIn suggests?</p>
<p><strong>I still don&#8217;t believe the answer is to eliminate all buzzwords. This is what I shared last year:</strong></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s think about it &#8212; why are these terms so popular? Because many of them describe exactly the type of person many employers want! Take a step back and think about this before your revise your profile.</p>
<p>MSNBC&#8217;s career expert, Eve Tahmincioglu responded to LinkedIn&#8217;s post last year with a measured, and I believe appropriate, answer. She asked, <a href="http://www.evetahmincioglu.com/web/blog/2010/12/14/should-you-avoid-resume-cliches/">Are buzzwords really a bad thing?</a>:</p>
<p><em>Admit it, you probably have one or two of these on your resume or LinkedIn profile. But is that really a bad thing? Who cares if theyâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />re buzz words if they convey what you want?</em></p>
<p>I couldn&#8217;t agree more. Of course, if you read your profile and you list every single &#8220;cliche&#8221; without providing information that supports your claims, it&#8217;s time for a makeover. You need to <em>show</em>, not <em>tell</em> &#8212; focus your efforts on telling a story that is both about you and targeted to your next employer.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s <em><strong>not</strong></em> a good idea to â€œoutlawâ€ words on resumes, even if they may be a little overused. Do I write resumes full of cliches? No, but I do target my clientsâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> resumes to their desired employers!</p>
<p>The most important thing to keep in mind is that your materials need to be as much about your employer as they are about you. Focus on their needs and make a clear case for why you have the skills and experience to accomplish their goals &#8211; and to solve their problems. Might that mean including a few buzzwords? I think so &#8212; there is a reason that buzzwords are buzzing! But, be sure your materials don&#8217;t sound like the seemingly unthinking, cliche-spewing commentators.</p>
<p><strong>Can you change my mind? Do you think we should totally eliminate these buzzwords?</strong></p>
<p>photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/autanex/">autan</a></p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Salpeter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>How often are you assuming too much? It&#8217;s something you need to think about when you&#8217;re engaged in a job hunt. There&#8217;s a plant sale in a neighborhood near where I live. I&#8217;ve been seeing signs for it. They say, &#8220;At the Kingsly Club House.&#8221; That&#8217;s the only direction or address the signs provide. I [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright size-full wp-image-6808" title="PlantSale.4560585428_aef1eb66c8_m" src="http://www.keppiecareers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/PlantSale.4560585428_aef1eb66c8_m.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="180" />How often are you assuming too much? It&#8217;s something you need to think about when you&#8217;re engaged in a job hunt.<span id="more-6783"></span></p>
<p>There&#8217;s a plant sale in a neighborhood near where I live. I&#8217;ve been seeing signs for it. They say, &#8220;At the Kingsly Club House.&#8221; That&#8217;s the only direction or address the signs provide. I guess we&#8217;re supposed to know where that is&#8230;Or, at least, the organizers assume we all know how to look it up online.</p>
<p>It occurred to me &#8212; a lot of job seekers present their information (on their resumes and via their online profiles) with a mindset similar to the one of the person who wrote that vague sign. These job seekers assume either everyone will know &#8220;what they mean,&#8221; will take the time to figure it out, or look it up.</p>
<p>Are you writing a resume requiring people to think too much &#8212; or to figure out what you mean to say? Are you leaving your skills and accomplishments to the reader&#8217;s imagination or asking him or her to read between the lines? If you aren&#8217;t clear and concise on your resume, it&#8217;s unlikely to attract the type of response you need.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Miriam Salpeter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Itâ€™s so gratifying to hear from people who enjoy my book. Many have added reviews on Amazon, others tweet about the book, and some write about it on their blogs. It made my day yesterday to learn Social Networking for Career Success was designated a July â€œBest in Booksâ€ by the Calgary Public Library, via [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Itâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s so gratifying to hear from people who enjoy my book. Many have added <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Social-Networking-Career-Success-Personal/product-reviews/1576857824/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&amp;showViewpoints=1">reviews on Amazon</a>, others tweet about the book, and some write about it on their blogs. It made my day yesterday to learn <em>Social Networking for Career Success</em> was designated a July â€œBest in Booksâ€ by the Calgary Public Library, via a review written by Samantha Schellenberg, Alberta Employment &amp; Immigration Career Development Workshop Facilitator, Designer and Presenter and Director, ChoiceWorks Rehabilitation Solutions Ltd.</p>
<p><a href="http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/blogs/career-employment-resources#p1261">Please click through to read the full review</a>. Here are some highlights from Samanthaâ€<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />s post:</p>
<p><em>â€œIf you are looking for a user-friendly, systematic narrative on how to leverage online tools to grow your professional network, generate job search momentum, manage your online identity or craft your personal brand, then this book is well worth your timeâ€¦Packed full of relevant sources for readers to explore in depth, this book also offers time saving tips gained from the practical experiences of the authorâ€¦I consider this book a must-have, big-picture gem for those interested in capturing the best of what the online world has to offer.â€</em></p>
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