5 New LinkedIn Fashions for Personal Branding: What’s Hot, What’s Not!

• Are employers searching for you online?
• What will they find out about you?
• Do you know the latest fashions for LinkedIn profiles?

Increasingly, Recruiters and Human Resource professionals research  potential employees online via their LinkedIn profile. Thus, your reputation or personal brand is an essential career management issue. If this it hasn't yet impacted you, just wait until your next promotion or job search. What is your online reputation?

College Graduate? Tap into your Alumni Career Services for Free Job-Search Tools!

(Career Transition Action Plan Part III)

Are you a college student who needs a job?

Are you a recent graduate who needs a job?

Are you an alumnus from way back, who needs a job or is in career transition?

Would you like to re-energize your job search and tap into low cost or free resources?

 If so, read on…  

7 Essential Paper-tools and Social Media Tools for your Job Search Portfolio!

A resume is not enough!

You will need a portfolio of professional paper-tools and job search tools.

These tools should be in both the traditional formats (i.e.: hardcopy of a resume) and in the Web 2.0 formats (i.e.: LinkedIn profile)

Read on to learn about the 7 Essential Papertools for your Career Transition Action Plan (Part II)

Career Transition Action Plan (Part I)

• Wondering if you are playing the job search game correctly?

• Are you in career transition and overwhelmed?

• Are you considering a new industry, sector, functional role or job?

• How do you know if you have the skills, knowledge and experience to be competitive?

One of my favorite career management topics is Career Transition Strategy. I love meeting with clients and helping them plan their career transitions. Sadly, many people by necessity or lack of guidance leap from one random job to another. Over time they become both burnt out in their current field and type-cast in their field. This is not surprising since less than 5% of North Americans receive formal training in career management or job search. The other 95% of us are ill equipped for the rigors of a modern job search.