Archive for the ‘Personal Brand’ Category

Warning: Social Media Can Be Hazardous to Your Job Search

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

That cute, affable guy who brags of his drunken exploits on FaceBook.com may be meeting a lot of other partiers online, but he's probably not getting added to the "friends" lists of many corporate recruiters. A recent study by the executive search firm ExecuNet found that 77 percent of recruiters run ...

The Value of Your Network

Friday, March 21st, 2008

I had coffee at Zeitgeist with Brien Thompson from Haystack Creative. We were meeting after being introduced by a mutual connection from LinkedIn. I don’t accept invites on LinkedIn if I haven’t had at least one fairly substantial value added conversation with the requester. I have thought much about Open Networking lately, there is ...

Create Efficiencies and Add Value

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Align everything you do in life. Evaluate how you spend your time and create efficiencies. If you can’t create any more efficiency, analyze how you can add more value to the process, your personal brand, or your company. or example, I am a Seattle recruiter (one of my hats, along with ...

The Lasting Tale of the Web

Monday, March 17th, 2008

I had a lively chat with my boss today about "The Lasting Tale of the Web," that is the immortality of sorts that one achieves through active or reactive life events captured on the internet through various channels. We were talking specifically about the fusion of generational effects of social media and ...