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  • Celebrify Your Client-Facing Superstars with LinkedIn

    Watch the replay. We had a valuable discussion on Improving Access to Resources and Opportunity.

  • LinkedIn Branding That Makes Work Better in So Many Ways

    Watch the replay. We had a valuable discussion on Improving Access to Resources and Opportunity.

  • 4 Questions That Build a Killer LinkedIn Summary

      I am glad that LinkedIn exists for multiple reasons, but mostly because there is a venue for professionals to communicate beyond concise and awkward résumé language. Through LinkedIn, they can “speak” in their own natural voice with their own innate verbiage. As a former hiring professional, it was helpful to understand who the candidate […]

  • 7 Days of LinkedIn Challenge: Can You Land in 2 weeks?

    Job seekers often ask me if recruiters use LinkedIn to search for candidates. The answer is a resounding “yes.” Over 95% of recruiters use LinkedIn to find talent. Amazingly, only 45% of unemployed job seekers have LinkedIn profiles.  I collected data and wrote about my results in an article a few years ago, but the results […]

  • 10 Surprising Websites and 2 Secret Places Where You Can Research Employers

      If you want to take your job search beyond LinkedIn and Google, there are ten websites and two secret places can that help you up your game and stand out among the competition. These sites are some of the best ways to learn about a person or business. You can use these websites in […]

  • Stop Treating LinkedIn Like An Online Résumé

    Are you using your LinkedIn profile as an online résumé?  In other words, does your profile reflect a personal brand you’ve carefully crafted, or does it just mirror your résumé? You know as a professional you need to have a presence on LinkedIn. You created an account, made a few connections, and copied a few […]

  • You Can’t Afford Not to Investigate Your Next Employer!

    What if you approached your next employer in the same way you would check out the health report of your favorite restaurant? When we job hunt, we mostly fixate on the position we’re trying to land.  We consider salary, advancement opportunities, healthcare benefits, and other employee perks when looking at our next employer. However, we […]

  • I am NOT a rock; I am NOT an island

    You’ll never hear an authentically successful person say, “I did it all by myself,” because it’s not true.   Probably about 5% of the referrals that I know of from my clients, partners, and friends and family actually follow up – not even for a free résumé and campaign evaluation. There are far too many […]

  • Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think – LinkedIn’s group policy

    I created a group on LinkedIn called “Give Us More Groups.” What’s ironic? Well, I had to leave a group to create the group. Also, so have all or most of the members. What else? LinkedIn sent me group alert. Really? There are a TON of groups I would LOVE to join. Why? Am I […]