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How To Create Your Personal Brand On LinkedIn
Remember that LinkedIn account you made 10 years ago? It's time to bring it up to speed... LinkedIn is all about Career Personal Branding. The mistake most people make is that they signed up for LinkedIn 10 years ago, copied and pasted their resume, and went on their...
Resume Do’s & Don’t’s
8-12 seconds. That’s how long the average recruiter will look at your resume. This means it is imperative that you craft a marketable resume. A marketable resume contains two main ingredients: keywords and strong accomplishments. One of the most common mistakes...
Starting today starts with creating good habits.
In Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit, he states that “The habits that matter most are the ones that, when they start to shift, dislodge an remake other patterns.” This means that if you just change one little thing and start creating a habit, it will have a ripple...
DISC Fears And The Path Forward
Last week, we talked about Fear and how it shows up differently for each DISC type. This week, we will walk through the path forward through the fear of each type.The Fear of Type D (Dominance) is being taken advantage of. This could look like control issues regarding...
What Do We Do With Fear?
Last week we mentioned that FEAR will paralyze us from taking next steps. And that finding COURAGE over comfort allows us to be brave which puts us on a better path towards job satisfaction. We want to build off of these ideas this week... People stay stuck in...
Where are you going?
Did you know that 80% of Americans feel stuck in their current job? We're here to help you get unstuck. The key to getting unstuck is starting where you are today and mapping out where you are going tomorrow. What do you need to stop doing and start doing...
Start Out 2020 THRIVING!
As we enter into a new year (into a new decade!) I want you to encourage you to start out 2020 THRIVING! What does this look like? Well, our new slogan around here is start today. Do you have a passion project you have been dreaming of creating? Are you thinking of...
It’s Monday & I Have A Bad Boss
Armed with an education that extended way beyond my major’s coursework, I was full of excitement and nerves the day I graduated from college and started my first real job. I was ready to conquer the world. I knew about personal budgets, workplace etiquette, business...
Reframing Career Success to Happiness & Joy
Last weekend I loaded up the family and we took a long drive around town looking for a new neighborhood to move in to. I wanted them to see that there are almost endless possibilities of areas we could live in Atlanta. It was an enjoyable trip until a spilled sippy...
Deep Values Lead to Being Resilient
Resilience is accepting reality, a deep belief in strong values and that life means more with an uncanny ability to improvise. While the last few years have stretched my own resilience, I have found that life does a pretty good job of smacking reality in my face and...
Better Together
This weekend I was reading from the Journal Plough on the encouragement from my good friend Tim Bomgardner, Executive Director at Interyear Fellowship. It’s not a journal I would naturally pick up and read but I’m glad I did. While reading an article on student loan...
Please Burn Your Cover Letter
Recruiters aren’t reading them. In fact, we’re not even looking at them. I’ve always wanted to encourage an official “Cover Letter Burning Day.” Sadly, I’ve never sold HR in the companies I've worked to go along with it. Oh well, maybe I can convince enough that cover...
Communicating Your Career Brand Story
When you don’t get the interview or worst yet, don’t get the job offer you may immediately think something is wrong with your resume. Indeed, there may be issues with your resume and it’s important to make sure you get it right within the context of your career brand...
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4 Resume Myth Busters
I just finished reading a popular media outlet article about the Ten Most Common Resume Questions Answered. I was immediately reminded how many differing opinions are offered when it comes to building a resume. I’ll admit, I’m a rule breaker, and these tips are my...
Brene Brown, research professor at University of Houston, from her book Rising Strong says, “We can’t chart a brave new course until we recognize exactly where we are, get curious about how we got there, and decide where we want to go.” Simply put, you are not going...
I’ve exhausted myself over the last two weeks. Between working on a new project for a client, launching my coaching business, and helping three kids thrive, the only quiet time I finally get is late at night. And then the thoughts start racing through my mind… You...