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Are You Taking the Initiative to Master Your Role or Do You Just Do Enough?

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog on 10 steps to optimize your career security. This is the second installment in elaborating on the 10 steps. It may seem like a no brainer that, in order to increase your career security, you really need to master your role. Unfortunately, the culture in most ofContinue reading “Are You Taking the Initiative to Master Your Role or Do You Just Do Enough?”

5 EZ Steps To Leverage LinkedIn Skills & Endorsements For Your Success

LinkedIn is one of the most powerful Career Management tools business professionals can tap into to maximize the achievement of their objectives. LinkedIn has recently rolled out a new feature that is a great way to facilitate this and to enhance your online brand. Like all Social media, LinkedIn requires two key philosophies. First isContinue reading “5 EZ Steps To Leverage LinkedIn Skills & Endorsements For Your Success”

Interviewing: Do You Think You Are Prepared, or Do You Know You Are Prepared?

My mentor and good friend John Hall likes to share that In the January 3rd 2011 issue of Fortune Magazine, Geoff Colvin talks about how Chief Justice John Roberts prepared for oral arguments he would meticulously write down hundreds of questions that he thought he could conceivably be asked, pondered and refined the answers inContinue reading “Interviewing: Do You Think You Are Prepared, or Do You Know You Are Prepared?”

What Does Jeremy Lin’s Story Tell Us About Perceived Liabilities?

  This is a blog I posted last year, during Linasity, but was accidently deleted. The ideas about perceived liabilities are still relevant, so I am re-posting. Perceived liabilities are what we or others perceive will keep us from being the best person for the job. The problem is that these perceptions are often based onContinue reading “What Does Jeremy Lin’s Story Tell Us About Perceived Liabilities?”

Strategies to Successfully Hunt in the Hidden Job Market

Last week I discussed the best way to get around the salary question for online applications is to stop relying on online applications and pursue the hidden job market. This makes sense not only to get around the salary question, and the general road block of HR, but also because 80% of the truly openContinue reading “Strategies to Successfully Hunt in the Hidden Job Market”

How Do You Get Around The Salary Question On The Online Application?

  In my last blog on answering the salary question in the interview, so many people wanted to know how to get around the salary question when filling out an online application. The unfortunate reality is that if you are going fill out online applications, you will need to answer the salary question. The bestContinue reading “How Do You Get Around The Salary Question On The Online Application?”