Posts for "Career Development"


Goliath Google vs. Facebook Mark: Google Loses the Battle

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 19, 2011 at 6:30 am
Social media’s space has become so crowded that CNBC now has a Social Media stock analyst whose entire specialty are the social media stocks. Groupon, LinkedIn, Google and the ... (more)

The Next Frontier for Innovation, Competition and Productivity

From Dan Erwin
December 17, 2011 at 10:06 am
A special report from the McKinsey Global Institute focuses on the next business frontier in two words: big data. McKinsey defines “big data” as “datasets whose size is ... (more)

It’s Not “An Eye for an Eye,” but “Two Eyes for an Eye.”

From Dan Erwin
December 16, 2011 at 7:59 am
Don’t take “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” too literally. Most of us are familiar with the deeply held notion of an eye for an eye. In an intriguing study ... (more)

Why Patience Kills

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 13, 2011 at 6:30 am
You succeed through speed in today’s business environment. Patience is no virtue. It’s a relationship killer, deal killer and career killer. If patience is a leg of your personal ... (more)

Your Personal Brand is Not About You

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 11, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Its a personal brand, so it should be all about you, right? Your accomplishments. Your history. Your personality. Your unique perspective. Right? Wrong. If your personal brand ... (more)

Listening Is Actually All About Questioning

From Dan Erwin
December 11, 2011 at 8:54 am
Effective listening is not about listening harder. “My boss--or my colleague--won’t listen to me.” Although it’s rare to see much about effective listening on the web, ... (more)

The Day The Spotlight Is On You

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 9, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Many of us grew up in more or less protected environments, surrounded by the love and company of family and neighbors who knew us well. We effortlessly built up a network of friends ... (more)

Expand Your Brand Like Michael Jackson

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 5, 2011 at 6:30 am
Have you seen Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” movie? What an inside view into the artist that Michael Jackson truly was on, and off, stage. Before I saw this movie, again ... (more)

Job Seekers: Enhance Your Brand by Showing Your Skills

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 4, 2011 at 2:30 pm
The job search isn’t what it used to be. That’s for sure. In fact, with hundreds of applicants for every job opening, the tactics that yield job offers have changed dramatically. In ... (more)

Three Advanced Personal Branding Techniques

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
December 3, 2011 at 6:30 am
Most of you reading this are beyond the “start a blog, get on Twitter” advice for personal branding. Way beyond it. Hell, if you found this site, you’re already ... (more)

Carol Dweck and Greg Walton on Willpower

From Dan Erwin
November 29, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Is willpower about your biology or your brain? Are we constrained by the narrow limits of our biology? After nearly a two-week hiatus from blogging--and Thanksgiving week in glorious ... (more)

3 Considerations When Embarking on A New Path

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 27, 2011 at 2:30 pm
After several years at a job, it’s common for people to contemplate a new position within their organization, leave the company for something new or even strike out on their ... (more)

Fine-Tune Your Personal Brand For National Career Development Month

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 22, 2011 at 2:30 pm
November marks the National Career Development Association’s (NCDA) annual National Career Development Month. This year the theme is “My Career Dreams,” and participants ... (more)

Two Key People For Success

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 22, 2011 at 6:30 am
Only two types of people matter when it comes to connecting yourself or your business: 1) your ideal prospects and 2) your referring sources. The trick that turns all business ... (more)

So Strivers, Talent Really Matters Too?

From Dan Erwin
November 21, 2011 at 8:22 am
A Sunday NYTimes article by two psychologists under the eye-catching title, Sorry, Strivers: Talent Matters, once more raises the issue of the role of academic intelligence, personal ... (more)

Find Hidden Jobs Never Found on Traditional Job Boards

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 19, 2011 at 6:30 am
Quit wasting your time on the traditional job boards. The monstrously big career building boards. If that’s where you’re spending a lot of your job search, thinking ... (more)

Ayoung-Chee Wins Project Runway Because of Personal Branding

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 14, 2011 at 6:30 am
Season 9 of Project Runway may be the first time anyone, including the famous Tim Gunn himself, has seen his infamous words “make it work” taken so seriously. The stylist, ... (more)

How to Build a Great Work Relationship with Your Boss

From Dan Erwin
November 13, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Work relationships are learnable. The work relationship between you and your boss is one of your most important investments. Your boss is key to your future and the primary source ... (more)

Pioneers Have Passion, Settlers Accept Stagnation

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 12, 2011 at 6:30 am
Do you have passion? Do you have something you love to do or want to achieve, and you are constantly working and thinking about how to get there? Or are you marching in place, ... (more)

A New Career Paradigm: Matt Damon vs. Johnny Depp and Steve Jobs

From Dan Erwin
November 8, 2011 at 1:18 pm
Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne is the classic reflection of the American career--linear and mechanistic. Bourne, like many business professionals, focuses on the choices and the ... (more)

The 9 Attitudes of Leadership

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
November 8, 2011 at 6:30 am
One of lingering fallacies about business is believing that Jim Collins is right. As the bestselling researcher-author of Good to Great and now, Great by Choice, Collins is pretty ... (more)

The Surprising Secret of Success is Failure

From Dan Erwin
October 31, 2011 at 3:35 pm
The blueprint for successful failure has no straight lines. Nor is it guaranteed. At 77, I’ve long-since quit stewing and being embarrassed over the fact that I was expelled ... (more)

The Most Overrated Jobs of 2011

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
October 31, 2011 at 5:30 am
Earlier this month I blogged about 5 recession-resistant careers that were each part of CareerCast’s Most Underrated Jobs of 2011. When CareerCast caught wind of my blog, they ... (more)

Rebranding Yourself When Your Job or Life Changes

From Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
October 29, 2011 at 5:30 am
I’ve faced a couple of career changes in my years, after fully vesting myself in my previous job, company, and position. The changeover has been difficult at times, as I ... (more)

11/11, 2011 NYU/ACE ANNOUNCES FIRST CAMPAIGNING FOR CULTURE SEMINAR

From Emerging Leaders of New York Arts
October 25, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Advocates for Cultural Engagement Contact: nyu.artsadvocates@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/nyuace NYU/ACE ANNOUNCES FIRST CAMPAIGNING FOR CULTURE SEMINAR FEATURING VIRGINIA ... (more)