An interesting practice seems to have cropped up among self-written social media profiles, where the phrases that have been taboo on resumes (like “self-motivated team player”) are creeping back into lists of job hunter credentials on LinkedIn. Unfortunately, these mundane, dry, and redundant phrases can make Read more…

For those of you who have talked to me, you know that I unabashedly love LinkedIn. As social networking goes for professionals, it’s my favorite. LinkedIn has a much cleaner interface than other sites such as MySpace, Plaxo or Facebook. Setting up a profile on LinkedIn Read more…

We live in a society that values online interactions above face-to-face communication.  This makes it easy for job seekers to handle their job searches and networking right over the Internet.  But as an executive, in-person networking is not a lost art form.  In fact, in many Read more…

Job search experts will tell you to be careful about what you post on your social networking profiles because once it’s out there … it’s out there.  So boasting about a drunken weekend, unprofessional behavior, complaining about how much you hate your boss, etc. are typically Read more…

If you have found yourself looking for a job in the past couple years, you are probably all too familiar with the frustration that usually accompanies the search. People with jobs will give you advice-they’ll tell you to update your resume, rearrange your resume, make your Read more…

Last week I wrote about how to use holiday gatherings for career networking.  For most people, the holidays inevitably bring more contact with another network: your family.  If your family is anything like mine, the holidays offer a perfect opening for questions like, “When are you Read more…