There is no doubt that social media is changing the way we are communicating.Polls, published on FastCompany put this trend into perspective for Job Seekers:-45% of employers check social networks before hiring-11% plan to use social networking sites for screening in the near future-35% of companies had rejected a candidate based on information from a social-network profile-14% rejected a candidate for using an emoticonHere...
HOUSE: I love the cranky bastard.During last year’s season finale of the TV show House, though, I learned something … and that is the absolute power our right brain has over our lives.The parallel is drawn between House’s patient, whose right brain doesn’t communicate with his left brain, and his own dissociative hallucinations. The patient’s left hand (right brain) seems to have a mind of its own. His hand throws things a...
Last night a light bulb went off during my hands-on 2 hr workshop.The workshop started off as usual. Introductions. LinkedIn, personal branding ninja techniques, getting to Google’s first page. And just as we were about to get into Twitter…Time ran out!I realized that I’m giving out A LOT of information. Way too much for just 2 hours. Instead of raising the price, or cutting the amount of content I’m giving away, I decided...
I recently had a great conversation with Irene McConnell, a very successful resume writer in Australia. She shares some very powerful insights about business building and writing which I’m sure you will find a lot of value in . . .Irene founded and runs Australia’s #1 executive personal branding agency. In 3 years she grew the business from zero to $1million in annual revenue while relentlessly pushing the boundaries in the...
Inevitably, in every audience I speak to, there are people who find some reason NOT to follow my advice on using social media for their job search. Sometimes these people really want jobs but are overwhelmed. Sometimes they simply don’t want to get a job and change their situation.To help you identify where your resistance may be coming from, I’ve identified the top 3 reasons people don’t use social media in their job searc...
My grandmother, who is 86 this year, always told me, “humility was for people who could afford it” and when I was 10, I “couldn’t afford it.” She wanted me to be more confident, brag a little bit. I’m sure she was just a proud grandma, and I love her for it. Now, and only after years of corporate experience, do I finally understand what she meant.Of the many cold hard facts of the work-world, one of them is, “You have to ri...
I tell my clients that they will be Googled as surely as it will rain in Portland. The latest survey said that 81% of employers WILL Google candidates. Online reputation management is a critical piece of your online job search. There is just no getting around it.Quick story, when I Googled my name 1 year ago, I was a convicted felon and a prolific New York Gynecologist, neither profession was something I wanted to be connec...
The glory of graduation season has quickly worn off and millions of professionals are suiting up to hit interviews and the job market. And with unemployment rates up 6/1% and roughly 1,000 applications submitted for every open position, your personal branding can be a key deciding factor when landing that “dream job.” A reported 37% of employers use social networks to screen candidates, meaning your tagged Facebook and Inst...
Inevitably, in every audience I speak to, there are people who find some reason NOT to follow my advice on using social media for their job search.Sometimes these people really want jobs but are overwhelmed. Sometimes they simply don’t want to get a job and change their situation. As long as you are willing to adopt NEW ways of doing things, NEW things will happen. To help you identify where your resistance may be coming fr...
If you post a lot of compromising photos or inflammatory material in your social media feed, then you might be passed over for job opportunities.
According to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD), two out of every five employers looks at candidates’ Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn profiles before recruiting them. At the same time, a profile that’s too squeaky clean might actually turn...