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Annual Career Checkup: Your New Year In View

It's time for your annual career checkup! What changes do you want to make in your work life next year? Do you want a new job or a promotion? Do you want to keep doing the same things work-wise but with a new employer? Do you want to change career directions altogether? Are you happy where you are but want to boost your performance?

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13 Holiday Networking Tips You Need To Know

It's that time of year again, when job seekers think they should stop looking for a job throughout the holiday season. No one will be hiring anyway, so you may as well take the rest of the year off, right? Not true, according to HR and job search experts.

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7 Ways To Revamp Your Resume For A Leadership Position

Are you a prime candidate for a mid-level or senior-level leadership role?

If so, you have to shake up the way you tailor your resume for that position.

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5 Tips For Building Your Brand On LinkedIn

There are more than 300 million LinkedIn users in over 200 countries. How can you possibly stand out in a crowd that large? The answer lies in your personal brand. Who are you and what do you stand for? What have you achieved throughout your career? By building a stronger LinkedIn brand you can attract more attention from recruiters and open the door to more career possibilities. RELATED: Use LinkedIn to Promote Your Personal Brand Personal branding as a concept was first described by author and management expert Tom Peters who said, “We are CEOs of our own companies: Me Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.” The Personal Branding Wiki defines branding as “the process by which individuals and entrepreneurs differentiate themselves and stand out from a crowd by identifying and articulating their unique value proposition, whether professional or personal, and then leveraging it across platforms with a consistent message and image to achieve a specific goal. In this way, individuals can enhance their recognition as experts in their field, establish reputation and credibility, advance their careers, and build self-confidence.”

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7 Reasons Why You Need A LinkedIn Routine – Employed Or Not

As a Job Search Coach, one of the most common mistakes I see professionals making is spending too little time on LinkedIn. Yet, not only is LinkedIn a powerful job search adjunct; it’s also a formidable career management tool. Consider these statistics:

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7 Steps To Building Relationships With Recruiters On LinkedIn

Millions of job seekers who previously worked with recruiters to land great jobs are now finding that those same recruiters are overwhelmed with great candidates. Indeed, recruiters themselves report that they have a superabundance of great candidates and too few jobs to place folks into. RELATED: 6 Things Recruiters Want To See On Your LinkedIn Profile So, how do you get a recruiter's attention in such a tight market? I'd like to suggest this 7-step method. This is an unusual approach, but it is more likely to get your candidacy noticed - which is, after all, what you're looking for. In a market as tight as this one, it takes more than a superlative resume to get attention. First, begin with the best possible LinkedIn profile targeted to your audience.

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15 Ways LinkedIn Can Supercharge Your Job Search Results

You know that LinkedIn is a critically important job search tool, right? But do you know the specific ways LinkedIn can elevate your search results? Let’s take a look at 15 of them. (Psst! Can’t get hired? Watch this free tutorial.) There are five major job search methodologies, or ways to bring your candidacy to the attention of prospective employers. By supplementing your action steps in each of these areas with specific LinkedIn tactics, you can upgrade the number of interviews and career opportunities you attract.

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3 LinkedIn Networks You Don’t Know You Have

You already know you have a LinkedIn network (and hopefully it's a large one). But do you know you actually have a total of four LinkedIn networks? Related: 15 Ways LinkedIn Can Supercharge Your Job Search Results Your first LinkedIn network is made up of your first-level connections – all the people you are directly connected to on LinkedIn. These are the folks whose total shows on your profile (until your network surpasses 500, after which, LinkedIn lists it as 500+). To see the true scope of your first network, click on "Advanced Search," which you’ll find next to the LinkedIn search bar on the top center of any page. On the new page that appears you will see an overlay that allows you to search LinkedIn. Close the overlay so you can see the page it masks. In the left-hand margin you will see a run-down of your network relationships: your first, second, Group, and third-level connections. Your second-level and Group contacts are the first and second networks you don’t know you have. Your second-level connections are all those people your first-level contacts are connected to, while your third-level connections are all those your second-levels know. And your Group connections are all those folks with whom you share a LinkedIn Group membership. While your first-level connections are a very important part of your overall LinkedIn network, it is imperative to pay attention to your second-level and Group connections, as well. For different reasons, both of these networks play a key role in your career search. Use LinkedIn’s advanced search capabilities to filter your network by relationship level so you can pinpoint target contacts you want to get to know better or leverage strategically. One goal of your LinkedIn networking should be to promote as many of your second-level connections to the first-level as you can. Examine the profiles of your second-level connections and identify ways you can tighten the networking relationship between you.

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