17 Sep 08 Employers using social networking sites to screen candidates
How is your online personal brand? According to a CareerBuilder nationwide survey of some 3,100 employers, one in five hiring managers said they search job candidates on social networking sites. This can be good or bad, depending on the content you have on your various social networking profiles.
Now is a great time to remove any unsavory content you wouldn’t want a potential employer to find. Check out the article from MarketingCharts.com for more details on the survey.
And if you haven’t already, please watch this 45-minute presentation Mitch Joel gave at Podcamp Toronto 2007 about Building Your Personal Brand.
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Tags: personal branding, portfolio, social networking
13 Aug 07 QUESTION: Drawing the line between effective promotion and spam
This is a question I’ve asked my LinkedIn network, and I also ask here:
How do you draw the line between effective promotion and spam?When marketing a brand or doing some other type of publicity for someone or something, there are effective ways to promote, and there are not so effective ways. How do identify, especially in the digital age in which we live, where the line between effective promotion (self- or otherwise) is and where you’ve crossed it?
Comments are open and genuinely appreciated!
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26 Jun 07 Career strategies for using MySpace, Facebook and other social networking sites
I’ve listened to Peter Clayton‘s interview with Steven Rothberg two days in a row, because it’s got me thinking about my own career strategies for using social networking sites, as well as my portfolio blog. You need to listen to this, too.
From the shownotes at TotalPicture.com:
Did you know that MySpace is the 3rd most visited U.S. website and that the average age of a MySpace user is 35? Check out this interview, which covers an overview of CollegeRecruiter.com, and an in-depth analysis – from a career strategy perspective – of MySpace, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Second Life.
Click on the player to hear the 39-minute interview:
Alternate links that get you the content:
- Direct download (mp3) from the Total Picture Radio site
- Total Picture Radio shownotes
- Odeo audio page
- PodShow+
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25 Jun 07 Ron Hittle inspired me with one sentence
“To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.” – Stephen R. Covey, via QuotesBlog
I met Ron Hittle about 3-1/2 years ago at a career workshop at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. I remember that it was an encouraging and inspiring time for me, since I was really struggling for direction in my career. The encounter and events since then have showed me how powerful connecting with one person can positively affect another.
That year I also met a recruiter in the Dayton area, and we’ve exchanged e-mails and phone conversations over the past three years or so, having become part of each other’s professional network.
She mentioned early on that I must have met Ron Hittle.
“How did you know that?” I asked.“From then ending of your voicemail message,” she replied. “I do that, too.”
Imitation, it’s been said, is the sincerest form of flattery. This recruiter and I at different times had adopted Ron’s way of closing a message as our own.
It’s a little bittersweet that I share all of this, because a few moments ago, she called me to say that Ron Hittle passed away this weekend. He’d retired some time ago and had been dealing with some health issues, but it still came suddenly. My thoughts and prayers go up to the family, as well as those who knew Ron well. He will surely be missed.
As I mentioned, I didn’t know Ron that well, but he left a lasting impression on me just from one statement from his voicemail message, because it points to my own ability to do something about my life versus letting something happen.
If you’ve received an email from me or have heard me sign off on my mostly music podcast, you probably already know what I’m about to say.
Most people I know usually end a conversation by saying, “Have a great day!”
Ron Hittle would say, “Make it a great day!”
Thanks, Ron. I think I will.
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10 Apr 07 Blog your way to your next job
Thanks to Bryan from Monster Careers, I now point you to this article that describes How Blogging Can Help You Get A New Job.
Develop and nurture your online presence. It may lead to your next job.
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27 Mar 07 Job Searching vs Career Management
Jason wrote a great article about changing the way we approach job searching and career management:
I frequently think about how we think of our job transitions – we are supposed to have lots of them during our career.I’m completely intrigued by the people who have forgotten what a forced transition is like, or by those that feel totally secure in their job (or their ability to find a new job) – and their reactions to a “job search.”
I’m finding that Career Management was easier when I was looking for work. Now that I’m working, it’s harder and harder for me to stay in that mindset. I’m spending more time thinking about projects at work than my own career management.
But I try to do a little bit every day to manage my career, whether it’s setting up a lunch appointment with a friend
I don’t want to be misled into a false sense of job security. Right now work is going strong, but I still need to keep my eyes on the big picture.
What practical things do you do every day to manage your career?
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29 Jan 07 You are a business unit
I’ve been reading David Schwartz’s book The Magic of Thinking Big
Like the progressive corporation, plan ahead. You are in a sense a business unit. Your talent, skills, and abilities are your ‘products.’ You want to develop your products, so they command the highest possible price. Forward planning will do it.Here are two steps which will help:
First, visualize your future in terms of three departments: work, home, and social. Dividing your life this way keeps you from becoming confused, prevents conflicts, helps you look at the whole picture.Second, demand of yourself clear, precise answers to these questions:
- What do I want to accomplish with my life?
- What do I want to be?
- What does it take to satisfy me?
Just like in any business unit, there is sure to be integration among the departments, but this example really has me thinking about my own life. I have been reluctant to set goals in the past because I’ve had a low self-confidence. Now that it’s gotten much better, I’m thinking BIG and ready to set goals.
How about you? What do you think of all this?
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22 Aug 05 Brand Autopsy: A Radical Careering Preview
Talk about proactively taking control of your career:
“Radical Truth 19: Being in a crap job isn’t your fault. Staying in a crap job is.”
Brand Autopsy: A Radical Careering Preview
11 Mar 05 Ten Reasons Why Blogging is Good For Your Career
Tim Bray has writes about being interviewed for stories about people being fired from their jobs for blogging.
Recent pieces from AP and CNET are pushing this spin, going on and on and on about the risks. Except for, it’s all a bunch of BS. For most people, blogging is a career-booster, both in your current job and when you’re looking for your next one.
He has provided us with Ten Reasons Why Blogging is Good For Your Career, along with some discussion about having a policy for blogging in the workplace and the reasons behind the media hub-ub.
26 Feb 05 Items To Include In A Portfolio
I attended a job search seminar last year, and one of the topics we discussed was having a portfolio. I’m not going to go into the reasons for developing a portfolio; rather, I’m just going to list the items you would typically include:
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