When Do You No Longer Need a Personal Brand?
I wondered about this question when I read Penelope Trunk’s comment on Nicole Crimaldi’s blog, Ms. Career Girl.I’m 42 years old. I have had a very successful career, and I can be judged on my track record. So I don’t need a personal brand. So,...

Learning From Some of America’s Hottest Brands
AdAge recently published their special issue on America’s Hottest Brands. I think looking at what individual brands are doing to succed in their incredibly different categoris is a great way to come up with ideas that translate into actions for your...

10 Reasons Why You Have to Manage Your Personal Brand
The concept of personal branding came way before social media. Everyone has a personal brand, whether they like the concept or loathe it.  It’s inescapable.  The issue most people have once they discover their authentic brand is how to manage it from...

Graduate Student Branding Strategy
Many people tend to think that just because they are in graduate school, they are somehow “better” or more qualified than others who have just an undergraduate degree. Sorry, but that’s not the case. Ask yourself right now: “Why would a company...

How I Got My Job as a Labor Law Attorney – Sonia Pressman Fuentes
In this episode of How I Got My Job (mp3, 23:45, 21.8 MB), Sonia Pressman Fuentes shares how she got a job as a Labor Law Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board over 50 years ago.If you have a job-hunting success story you’d like to share,...

Mid-Year Progress Report
It’s that time of year.  The semester is over and people are headed home for the holidays to get a brief reprieve from the college grind.  If you haven’t already received them, your grades will roll in and you’ll have a sense of how well you did...

composing staff study support program letter for career development purpose, this gonna be my 4th attempt..

3 E's of career development http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z7V8yF50DU

5 Rules for Maintaining Your Brand Once You Have the Job
You’ve worked hard to build your brand in order to land a job. Now you have a job (yay!), so what happens to your brand? Does it get consumed by your employer, or should you continue to develop it?1. Devote XX amount of time each week to your...

How Your Personal Brand Handles Multiple Hats
“I have many roles, hats if you will.  Does that mean I should have an online profile for each?” asked an attendee at the fifth annual Massachusetts Conference for Women.This is a great question. In fact, there were 11 great questions that were...

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Personal Branding with a Punch and Some Cookies
Typically, it’s not the best, but the one who can take the stress and makes it to the top of any company, industry or career path is the person who can take a punch, get past the burn and play injured that makes it to number one. It’s the person who...

Just updated my Career Development programme at http://www.your-career-change.com/career-development.html