What is a kitchen sink resume? It's the place you dump ALL your career-related experience, skills, qualifications, achievements, metrics, areas of knowledge, areas of interest, etc. Everything about your career history − dating back to the beginning − goes into this resume. Your first …
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12 Ways To Build Personal Brand Evangelism
The term “Personal Brand Evangelism” rubs some people the wrong way. It may even turn you off to the whole concept of personal branding. Don’t let it. We all benefit from, and need, the support of the people who surround us – friends, peers, managers, staff, employees, clients, mentors, …
The Value of Blogging with LinkedIn Publishing (or Pulse)
Blogging is one of the most powerful ways to communicate your personal brand. But setting up and maintaining your own blog may not be realistic for you. Luckily, there is a LinkedIn publishing (or blogging) platform, sometimes called Pulse. A news aggregation feed, LinkedIn Pulse rolled out in …
Do Executive Job Seekers Really Need LinkedIn Premium?
Job seekers frequently ask me whether they should upgrade to LinkedIn Premium. If you’re actively job hunting, the added features could be well worth the expense. First, you need to assess what LinkedIn Premium offers over the free membership, and determine whether you need those added …
21 Ways Your Personal Brand Drives Your Executive Career
You’ve done your personal brand work. That means you’ve clearly defined what makes you "you". You've incorporated the following personal marketing imperatives into your job search and career toolkit: Your vision and purposeYour values and passionsThe top personal attributes you rely onYour …
Advance Your Career With Personal Branding A to Z
Personal branding is no longer optional in executive job search. Personal Branding A to Z covers all the bases. Those who take the time to dig deep and differentiate the unique value they offer their target employers typically land faster . . . in jobs that are a better fit. I've laid out the …
LinkedIn Hashtags: A Smart Personal Brand-Building Tactic
If you've been active at all on Twitter, Facebook and other social media, you know about hashtags. However, you may not know much about LinkedIn hashtags. Maybe you're feeling inundated by those little cross-hatch figures or pound signs. No wonder. Hashtags are everywhere. It seems that …
How and Why Personal Branding Works
You may think you have a good handle on how and why personal branding works. Maybe you've read and completed my 10-Step Executive Personal Branding Worksheet (more about this below). And you've worked on building your brand and using it to land a great-fit new job. But there are many aspects …
LinkedIn Personal Branding Secrets for Executive Job Search
Check out the podcast I did on LinkedIn personal branding secrets with Mac Prichard of Macslist.org, as part of his "Find a Dream Job" series. Listen to the interview and get the transcript here. We based the interview on a popular post of mine, Essential Checklist to Optimize LinkedIn For …
Best Executive Resume Writing Tips and Strategies
Are you convinced you can write the best executive resume possible? Maybe you can. If you’ve been in on the hiring process at your company for some time, and have been in a position to review resumes of candidates, you may have a good handle on what should and shouldn’t be in a resume . . . …