"Oh, Look! Got a live one in the 'net! (pun intended). Heave! Ho! Oh wait, it's an ediot? Ah, well, won't fetch much market value...dump it overboard...in 3-2-1!" This is the last thing you want a recruiter or potential connection to think during their first impression of you on LinkedIn...especially given that [...]
The other day as I was conducting walk-in career counseling appointments at NYU's Wasserman Center for Career Development, a Freshman came in confused about which career field to pursue. "Should I go into [field a] or [field b]?" he asked. So I replied, "Which of these fields do you really WANT to be [...]
Sending someone a "Connect" invite on LinkedIn? Chances are they have very little time to check their LinkedIn “Connection” Requests (they likely have many of them), and if they don’t THINK they know you, don’t remember you, or don’t immediately see the relevance to connecting with you, they may very [...]
Sure she’s got a strong, powerful voice, sings catchy songs and obviously works hard… but so do so many other talented female singers out there these days. So what did she and her genius marketing team do to totally differentiate her from everyone else, forever, ad infinitum? They came up [...]
Do you procrastinate from applying for jobs because the whole process feels like a big overwhelming, spinning blur? Feel like looking for a new job or new career is a whole other job in itself? Feel like a big ball of stress? I get it. But you know what? The [...]
