The recent report of an executive recruiter in the UK being fired for e-mailing a job candidate to go away using colourful language – but accidentally copying everyone (all 4,000+ of them!) on the candidates blast list, highlights the dangers of damaging your personal brand and career by relying too much on technology. What is that recruiter going to say when the question comes up "Why did you leave your… Read More »How E-mail Damages Your Personal Brand
There was a recent article in the Globe & Mail, Top 12 Workplace Myths, taken from a chapter in the new book Fuse: Making Sense of the New Cogenerational Workplace™ – the article ended by offering what they called Fusions as key learnings from the chapter – I have added what you need to do about them. The most likable people get promoted, not the hardest workers. – If likeable is… Read More »Which way is the right way at work?
Humans are fascinated with lists and two recent lists that were published in Forbes recently were no exception; The Ten Happiest Jobs; Clergy Firefighters Physical therapists Authors Special education teachers Teachers Artists Psychologists Financial services sales agents Operating Engineers But to some of these ten, this could actually be the 10 Most Hated Jobs – it all depends on perspective. In truth any job could be the happiest job… Read More »Are you happy in your job?
For most of the 43 years that my Dad worked, he always took 15-20 minutes after lunch for a nap, even though he worked in a traditional, professional, office environment. It would appear that this idea of rest time is becoming more common and accepted – this company Podtime have been installing sleep pods in UK workspaces for some time now. And according to a Pew Research study from a… Read More »Is this the latest workplace Eye-Pod?
LinkedIn's move last week to allow the addition of volunteer experience and causes seems on the surface to be a great addition in communicating your personal brand to your professional network. Three benefits to you of being able to see other peoples volunteer experience; You can see who in your industry, voacation or network has similar interests to you. Particularly if you are looking to connect with that person, it… Read More »Three uses for the volunteer experience section on LinkedIn profiles.
"The future ain't what it used to be" – Yogi Berra Whether you consider optimism to be a value or an attribute or perhaps even both, having it in your personal brand arsenal can certainly be an advantage – not just from your outlook being better, but measurable in terms of your career. According to recent research out of the National Bureau of Economic Research in the US, researchers who… Read More »Is optimism part of your personal brand?
One of my clients career building ideas was featured in a recent article in Money Magazine and has just gone online at CNN.Money – you can read the full article here How to step up your career this year.
She Inc. – A woman's guide to maximising her career potential. © 2008 Kelly Keehn 282 pages. Paperback. 5R Score: 15/30 Main Focus – Career success for women. Five Key Take Aways Financial stability and success are key. Goals are important part of personal branding Routines and positive thinking are must's Work life balance is possible Women can be equally if not more successful in their careers. On a scale… Read More »She Inc – Personal Brand Book Review
This was a question posted to me by Wallace Immen at the Globe & Mail toward the end of last year and one of my suggestions was used in a recent article. Here are my 5 recommended resolutions for your personal brand in 2010. 1. Who can you be developing and mentoring? As 2010 see's companies coming out of the recession and starting to expand they will be looking to… Read More »How can you take advantage of an improving economy in your career?
In a conversation with a senior management client recently it was interesting to observe that even with a list of impressive and significant accomplishments they were very reluctant to talk about them, even admit them and certainly not willing to put them down on paper. They are currently working for a large Fortune 500 company where a strong internal profile and personal brand is key to getting the next… Read More »10 Ways to Market Your Talent Without Feeling Sleazy