Tag: Networking
7 Ways to Network on LinkedIn
Getting to know people in real life may be easy, but connecting with complete strangers online in hopes of gaining something from the exchange can be quite challenging. It’s funny how every other advice-giver seems to love saying, “Make sure you network,” or “Try building connections,” without offering other piecesRead More
How to Get Headhunted Online: 5 Ways
Perhaps you are looking towards a future career move but are unsure how to start the process, because chances are that your future career opportunities lie in the hands of ‘headhunters‘ aka executive search specialists. There are in fact many similarities between marketing yourself and that of a company, yetRead More
Top Three Mistakes that Keep You Unemployed
Technically, there are hundreds of ways to sabotage (literally) a job search campaign, but for the purpose of this discussion, I will restrict myself to three common mistakes most job seekers make that keep them unemployed. Over the past few months, I have observed a steady and measurable increase inRead More
3 Lessons My Horse Taught Me about Networking
They gave me the most stubborn horse in the whole ranch. His name was Ben. And Ben was a big, beautiful, brown and white horse. At the time, I never thought Ben would teach me so much about networking. After we set off into the foothills of the Rocky MountainsRead More
Networking Tips for Freelancers
The idea of working at home is a dream for a lot of people and for good reason. Let’s face it: Who doesn’t like the idea of staying indoors in a nice warm house on a cold snowy winter day when everyone else is scraping ice off their windows soRead More
How to Network Like a Law Student
Law students have their work cut out for them. The economy doesn’t have jobs for them, the public refers to them as “ambulance chasers” (at least the personal injury ones) and law school only teaches them theoretical topics that will be useless to the firms hiring them. You’re pretty muchRead More
Awesome Links #7: Defeating Distractions, Blog Boosting, Freelancing Fees
The 7 Secrets of Running a Wildly Popular Blog A top direct marketing copywriter shares his tips on using personality and likeability to build your blog’s popularity. 20 Strategies to Defeat the Urge to Do Useless Tasks Ever find yourself refreshing Facebook or cleaning out your desk instead of doingRead More
8 Tips For Creating Cool Business Cards
“Have we met? I’m sorry that I don’t remember. I meet a lot of people at these things. When I get home, I review the business cards I collect and try to remember who everyone is.” (pregnant pause) “Oh…you didn’t have a card? That’s probably why I don’t remember you.Read More