SQUARE PEGS
Remember the plastic, hollow ball-like toy with the different cutout shapes? Maybe you had one as a child. It came with several yellow blocks in a variety of shapes – …
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Don’t Be a Voyeur
On Linked IN that is. Having a completed Profile on Linked IN is great, but if you’re not interacting with your contacts and groups, you’re missing out on a lot …
LOSING YOUR LIFE TO “WHAT IF…?”
When I think about how much of my life has been spent feeding the anxiety of “What if’s…?,” it’s truly staggering. The “What if…?” habit is that tendency to play …
5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Linked In Profile Today
Linked In has become one of the most powerful tools in career management. And the more you use it, the more it can work for you. Here are 5 easy …
SINGLE-TASKING
As a Recruiter and Career Coach, I’ve read thousands of resumes over the past 15 years. One skill that used to be a frequent buzzword on resumes was the ability …
Re-Connect with Past Contacts
While best practice is to continuously nurture and build your network, life often gets in the way and even the best-intentioned friends and colleagues sometimes lose touch. The moment this …
DAYDREAM ON
When you were a teenager, what did you daydream about? In High School, I wanted to be a rock star. I took voice lessons, studied piano and wrote song lyrics. …
7 Things to Remove from your Resume Now
With advances in technology over the last few decades, humans now receive over five times as much information each day as 20 years ago. On a daily basis, we’re being …
THE GIFT YOU’RE OVERLOOKING
Criticism is defined as, “a critical observation or remark, usually unfavorable.” While criticism comes in many forms, most agree that receiving criticism is not an enjoyable experience. Which of the …
Trouble Remembering Names? Here’s a Fool Proof Plan
Dale Carnegie said it best: “a person’s name, to that person, is the sweetest, most important sound in any language.” Think about how you’ve felt when an acquaintance or customer …