If you’re someone who thinks personal branding is just a passing fancy, a self-promotion gimmick, you’ve been paying too much attention to the barrage of misinformed voices disparaging it. The beauty of personal branding comes from defining and knowing what makes you unique and valuable, and …
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You’re a C-level Executive Job Seeker and You’re NOT Blogging?
Nothing works like a blog with the domain name "yourname.com" to extend your online identity, and build credibility and visibility around your executive brand, value proposition, industry subject matter expertise, and thought leadership. Once it gains traction, yourname.com will likely be the …
ExecuNet’s 2010 Executive Job Market Intelligence Report
In 2010, personal branding, networking, and online identity management are the keys to executive job search success. A new resilience is emerging in the 150K+ executive job market. ExecuNet surveys conducted in January 2010 show "job creation increasing, recruiter confidence restored, and …
VisualCV: The Social Media Executive Resume
In a blog post last fall, personal branding and social media expert Dan Schawbel predicted that the traditional paper or digital resume will be extinct within 5 years, when all media will completely converge and recruiters will "rely 100% on the internet (and personal relationships) for …
Would You Rather Be a Baseball Team COO Than a Telecomm COO?
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." – Mark Twain Although the thought of transitioning into an …