Web developers don’t rely on luck to drive readers to their Web site. They use search engine optimization (SEO) to increase the likelihood search engines will showcase their Web pages. Your profiles on LinkedIn and other social networks should be no different. Make sure recruiters can find you.
SEO relies on the concept that the more [...]
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If you truly feel that your background and job search is being compromised by knowingly misleading, malicious or false information, then you may want to hire an attorney or consider legal action.
First choice is always to contact your former employer and reference and try to resolve any bad blood or issues up front, before you [...]
Nothing has ever destroyed future greatness faster than a breakdown in personal values. Values are beliefs that determine behaviors. You get to choose six. What six values do you want to guide your behaviors? Ok, if you really want, you can choose eight, but that’s it. Here are mine: integrity, curiosity, friendliness, open-mindedness, innovation, and [...]
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Jason Jennings has written a tremendous new book called, “Hit The Ground Running: A Manual for New Leaders” (Portfolio, 2009). Through a series of extraordinarily stringent filters, Jennings narrowed his list to the nine best-performing American companies in this century. He then personally interviewed the 10 CEOs (one company has co-CEOs) of these companies. These [...]
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The World Wide Web turns 18 years old this August. In that time, it has amassed billions of pages of information from millions of Web sites — many of which probably mention your name, your business and your associations.
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In a perfect world, we would all be judged on our inner beauty and the most qualified candidate would always get the gig. Unfortunately style, charisma, connections and the proverbial cool factor all play an influential role when considering job candidates. If you haven’t thought about your look since the ‘80s (or even within several [...]
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During good times, Americans have consistently thought they had it all figured out. Somehow we forget that we’ve had short-term success in the past that didn’t work out very well.
In the mid-1920s, mid-1980s, late 1990s and mid-2000s, many Americans thought buying stocks would automatically move them up the economic ladder. The greatest piece of business [...]
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There are too many example of job seekers who get to the final steps of securing their ideal position only to have misunderstandings and miscommunications ruin everything; this goes for dates, durations, promotions, vacation, travel and other ancillary expenses. Don’t avoid negotiating your compensation package only to find out later that the benefits are different from what you thought you negotiated. You should get it in writing.
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My Online Career Space ItsNotYouItsYourResume.com Mark Montoya: Online Personal Branding
