Before you can learn much about how to use personal branding for a competitive edge, it's important to have an understanding of what personal branding is. Fortunately, it's possible to take a look at the way many successful people have used personal branding to get a feel for what it is and how it can work for you.
Personal branding is something that has been done by a number of well known...
When you're looking for a great opportunity - a chance to advance yourself within your field or a chance to find a completely different position over the course of your job search -one thing is certain: when you have goals for your job search, you are going to want to be sure that you are able to achieve them. Unfortunately, there are a number of things that most people do while they are in the...
Often, when it comes to job loss, it feels as though there is no immediate next step: once your desk is packed up, there's little to do other than to go through the grieving process. Job loss, just like any loss that you will experience, means going through the process of shock and denial, anger, depression, acceptance and - finally - growth. While you don't want to stay and wallow in the...
Some people, when they are looking for a new job turn to the sources that they've come to think of as reliable. They look at the Help Wanted section of the newspaper, browse through online job search sites that are, in effect, a larger scale Help Wanted section.
Others take a different approach. Instead of looking to the traditional ways that people conduct a job search, they turn to the...
Business leadership is not about any single quality so much as it is about a number of qualities that come together to create something much stronger than any of those qualities alone. Business leadership is not so much about managing others and "taking charge" as it is about motivating by example.
So if business leadership is something that is difficult to pin down, what steps can you take...
I was recently speaking with a client interested in improving her negotiation skills for her upcoming salary review. She has been in her new position for just over four months. She has exceeded expectations, and feeling confident in her job. However, she is unhappy with her salary. Afraid to negotiate and risk losing the job offer, and grateful for the paycheck, she accepted the job offer...
