Leveraging Social Media For A Successful Career Move…

Posted by Jodi in Career Advice, Social Media on Jul 26th, 2010 | 0 comments

There are so many special media outlets to assist you in your job search as you make your next career move.  Whether you are finding your first job, looking for a new one or trying to change sectors the following 10 action items will give you some tools to make social media a positive experience and help you get the results you want.

10 Best Practices for using social media for your career

Do your own research and choose the sites you like, fit your personality and purpose, but a partial listing of blogging platforms: Blogger, Moveable Type, WordPress, Moveable Type, etc.

Develop your message with copy/content about who you are, what you do and what you can do for others-post this information to your social networking profiles and maintain an online bio/resume page through your own website or the others you have created a profile on.

Manage your informational content and information-you may need to have your information in various formats based on where you are going to publish/place it so that once you write it you can distribute it through multiple media outlets.

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Putting Your Next Career Move In Motion…

Posted by Jodi in Career Advice on Jul 26th, 2010 | 0 comments

Ten Concepts to Keep in Mind As You Search and Make A Successful Career Move…

ALWAYS be networking-ALL jobs are temporary, so get what you want out of each move you make

Leverage the PROBLEM + ACTION = RESULT formula to illustrate that you are solution oriented and can problem-solve with ease.

Strategic planning to target who you can reach out to help you in your search and what companies/organizations you want to work for or with.

Create a Top 20 List of companies/organizations you want to work at and share that list with your network (mentors, family, friends, etc.) to help find some “insiders” to assist in getting your resume in the “right” hands.

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Brainstorming

Posted by Jodi in 30 Steps on Jul 14th, 2010 | 0 comments

Today’s activity will require a bit of creative thinking. So first ensure you are located somewhere with few distractions. A quiet office after work/before work or seated on a park bench getting some fresh rays of sunshine will work well. Turn off your cell phone. Shut down the email, IM and other distractions on the computer – except this workbook of course! If you prefer music when you brainstorm, go ahead and turn it on. Just ensure that’s not too loud or disruptive. There are quite a few brainstorming activities like this that get you to imagine your “ideal” career by identifying your passions. As we are convinced that you haven’t had time to do ANY of them (we get it!), we’ve shorten the brainstorming activity into several questions that you can answer in about 30 minutes. The idea is to get the juices flowing. Once you do this activity and decide you want to go further – there are plenty of resources. Two of our all time favorites are What Color is Your Parachute and Awaken the Giant within by Tony Robbins. Fold the book open and write on the opposite page (Or write in a separate notebook) Here is the first question for you to answer:

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