LinkedIn is a fantastic Personal Branding tool and once set up and used correctly, can help to tap into that elusive hidden job market. Your online presence is essential to attracting job opportunities and puts you in a great position to be headhunted too. A professional and complete profile is a...
Just like your body needs a health check every so often to keep you in tip top running order, so does your Personal Brand. A healthy Personal Brand creates a buzz, a favourable perception in the minds of your audience and ultimately attracts exciting career opportunities. A strong, clear and...
Everyone has a Personal Brand, whether they realise it or not. But how do you determine the 'Health' of your Personal Brand? If you ever wanted to get an understanding of your online digital footprint and a snapshot of where your current Personal Brand sits, all you need to do...
You’re driving in your car and need to change lanes. You put your indicator on, check your mirrors and start moving over. Suddenly you hear a screech of brakes and the sound of a horn blaring at you. ‘Where the hell did that person suddenly come from’, you think? The...
In a highly competitive job market, your Personal Brand is the secret weapon to standing out. Building and communicating your professional identity and brand should be a key strategy for a successful career. Strategic use of Social Media can help you seriously boost your visibility, position you as a subject matter...
4 Strategies to Build a Successful Career I love motorcycles. Not just riding them but building and restoring them too. I love the smell of the oil, the grease on my hands and the feeling you get when you crank that engine for the first time after rebuilding it and it...
The 2 Phrases You Must Avoid in Your Personal Brand People with great Personal Brands stand out because they are specific and unique. They use language that doesn't sound like everyone else when they describe themselves, which helps to make them memorable. So, if you want to stand out, then here...
This is the time of year that most people start evaluating their current career status and for many, the time when they start looking for new jobs. I recently had a client who was desperate to break out of the corporate mould that was stifling her. Whilst she was highly skilled...
OK, so at some point in our careers, many of us come to the realisation that our current job or career simply doesn’t fill us with the same level of excitement as it used to. This is pretty normal and it generally leaves us asking ourselves two critical questions: What could...
Warning! The article below may challenge some of your beliefs and values. It is not designed to be ‘edgy’ or controversial but it may get you to reassess a value that could be holding your career back. “So, tell me about yourself”. It is a question powerful enough to strike fear...
