Monthly Archives: August 2008
Why College is the Best Time to Start Building Your Personal Brand
There’s no better time to start building your brand than now, while you’re still a student. College is the perfect place to start building your brand, because: You are surrounded by professors who want to help you succeed You are surrounded by peers who share your passions and interests You are surrounded by resources, like
Personal Branding Tips – 8 Ways to Build Your Personal Brand as a College Student
Personal Branding Tips – 8 Ways to Build Your Personal Brand as a College Student
Personal Branding Tips – How to Promote Your Personal Brand Online
Personal Branding Tips – How to Promote Your Personal Brand Online
Personal Branding Tips – Putting the “Personal” In Your Personal Brand
This is a guest post from global leadership consultant and brand strategist Rob Cuesta. Thanks, Rob! Over at Fast Company, Wendy Marx has posted a great article that reminded me of two key things in Personal Branding. The first is that we need to keep it refreshed, and that means getting input from other people.
Resume Preparation: 10 tips to get your resume profile read
You spend hours perfecting your resume, but how can you ensure that all that work culminates in your potential employer thoroughly reading it? Here is a good starting list of ten tips to get your resume read and not casually thrown in the garbage. 1. Make it believable. If someone is reading your resume and
Personal Branding – 5 Tips for Branding Yourself Online
Question: When you type “piano” into Google, why does www.frontiernet.net come up as a result before www.piano.com? Answer: Because FrontierNet has stronger Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in place than www.piano.com. Say what? Search Engine Optimization is the process of making certain pages rank higher in Google for specific search terms. When I type “piano” into
Job Search Tips – Top 10 Reasons to Find a Job in a Startup
This is a guest post from Ben Yoskovitz: CEO & Co-Founder of Standout Jobs, blogger at Instigator Blog, and blog and social media consultant. Thanks, Ben! Joining a startup company is a no-brainer. The pros far outweigh the cons. Whether you’re just graduating, or you’ve done your time “working for the man” now is the
Free Resume Examples – You Asked, We Supplied
You asked and we supplied – check out our new: Functional Resume Examples Free Blank Resume Forms What’s a functional resume? A functional resume lists your achievements in clusters, based on the skills they demonstrate. This is handy if your career path doesn’t show a clear-cut direction toward the job you’re applying for, if you
What is the Deal With the Career Resume?
The all-hailed and all-dreaded resume is the traditionally omnipotent job hunting tool – a piece of paper where, in one page or less, you must prove that you are more qualified for a job than anyone else. In recent years, some people have predicted that the resume as we know it will fade out of
6 Tips to Brand Yourself as a…
This is a guest post from global leadership consultant and brand strategist Rob Cuesta. Thanks, Rob! Rajesh Setty, author of Beyond Code: Learn to Distinguish Yourself in 9 Simple Steps!, has written a free 40-page ebook on Personal Branding for Technology Professionals. The principles he sets out are valuable not just for technologists, but for
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