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The Importance of LinkedIn Engagement
Last week we talked about how LinkedIn uses Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to “memorize” you actions, known as Affinity Actions, and the role that this plays in being found for specific search results and by hiring managers using specialized tools. Today, I want to share how you can increase opportunities to be found by influencers and target companies using proactive strategies. To be successful with LinkedIn, one of the keys is activity and engagement. It is critical to build your network and communicate with those individuals. This however, does not mean just clicking on...
read moreResume Mistakes & Fixes – part 1
Did you know that a 10% response rate is the average when applying to a posting? So when you apply to 10 positions you can expect one interview out of that bunch. That can be discouraging. You may think “Is my resume ineffective? What am I doing wrong?” I’ve talked to literally thousands of people looking for help with their resumes who begin the conversation that way. We’re here to help you structure your documents so that you’ll get more attention, cut through the competition, schedule more interviews and land the kind of position you would love to have. We’re going to give you a better...
read moreCareer Growth Secret – Part 3
You’ve got career growth on your mind, and you’ve identified and developed some success stories to help you achieve it. Kudos to you! Now I’ll share with you how to put those success stories to work. PERFORMANCE REVIEWS: Let’s say you’ve got a performance review coming up and you want to be able to apply your success stories in that kind of application. You want to track your successes for the entire time period that you are being reviewed for. I think it’s a great idea to keep a success journal. We already talked about how you can go back over your status reports or a...
read moreCareer Growth Secret – Part 2
In my last blog I outlined ideas for where to find your success stories, and how to determine which would be best for you to emphasize to support your career growth goals. Now we’re going to discuss how to develop them into powerful career growth tools! And you’ll want to start by asking yourself, “What are the skills most important to succeed with where I want to grow?” For example, if you’re interested in a promotion to a team supervisor position in an accounting department you would ask yourself, “If I’m aiming for this type of job, what are the key skills they seek?” If...
read moreCareer Growth Secret – Part 1
Want to grow career-wise, but feel stuck without a strategy or tools that will help you progress? If you want to advance in your present work, be noticed for other positions, or just feel more confident in your career, then I have to share with you what I discovered is a very little known career growth success secret that can help you accomplish all of these. I know from speaking with over 20,000 career-minded people over the last 20+ years that fewer than 5% know about this secret. So, what is this secret that I’m talking about? Success stories! The ability to define your successes...
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