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Everything You Need to Start Building Your Personal Brand Right Now

November 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

What is a Personal Brand?
Your personal brand is your unique value articulated in a compelling, genuine, consistent and visible way. Your personal brand is held in the minds of others: it is how people feel about what do you do, why do you do it, who you do it for, and why you’re different. Your [...]

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What You Need to Know About the New Hiring Process

October 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Employers are always looking for ways to make the job hiring process more efficient. They do not want to waste company time or spend money to fly candidates in for interviews, which do not always end up in a hire. In order quickly weed out candidates, employers are pre-screening applicants before spending time or money [...]

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Featured Article: How to Use Your Resume to Brand Yourself

October 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Lauryn Franzoni posted a great article yesterday about how to use your resume to brand yourself. Two points I specifically like (which I’ve coped directly below) are:

Talk money. Assign monetary values to your qualities, strengths and experiences. Use dollar amounts and percentages to chronicle your impact on the bottom line of the companies you’ve worked [...]

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A Brief Overview of The 5 Types of a Resume

October 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

There are 5 major types of resumes: the chronological resume, functional Resume, combination resume, target resume and mini resume. Every type has its place in the hiring process and may be useful to you at some point in your career.
A chronological resume is a brief run through of your working history according to when you [...]

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