With so many people out of work and applying for the same jobs, standing out in a crowd is more important than ever. Developing and enhancing your personal brand will help you establish professionalism, get you noticed and help you get hired and promoted. Our expert podcasts and articles will not only show you how to successfully create your own brand, we'll help you avoid the common mistakes that could make you look bad to potential employers.

Personal Branding Advice

• The Job Hunter's Guide to Social Media

  The days of strictly sending resumes to potential employers are over. Now it's all about incorporating some use of Social Media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ to increase the odds of finding your next job. But … Read more...

• 10 Ways to Use Twitter to Get Recruiters' Attention

  Because more than a hundred applicants often respond to each online job posting, recruiters are rethinking their traditional practice of posting positions on career websites. Rather than posting the jobs and dealing with an onslaught of … Read more...

• Dos and Don'ts for Creating Your Online Presence

  Many of us live a large part of our lives online. So it's no wonder that your online presence can have a major influence on your career success. If your present or potential employer searched for you online, what would they find? Would … Read more...

• 14 Common Job Hunting Blunders

  Whether you are just starting your professional life or are a seasoned pro looking to make a savvy career move, whether you are between jobs or simply feeling the need to move on, the quality of your job hunt will determine your level of … Read more...

• Know the Code: Work Wardrobe Dos and Don'ts

  Pleading ignorance isn't going to save your job if you show up for work inappropriately dressed. It's not a secret code. It's a dress code. Whether informally followed or clearly outlined line by line in an employee manual, trust us. It … Read more...

• Sell Yourself: 14 Steps to Creating a Powerful Personal Brand

  One of the best ways to articulate your skills, experience, knowledge, and overall worth in today's competitive job market is to create a personal brand that helps you stand out in the crowd. According to management expert and author Tom … Read more...

• Over 45? Rejuvenate Your Job Search and Get Hired

  The proportion of older workers participating in the labor force is at an all-time high. The problem is, when this group of workers gets down-sized out of a job, they spend much longer looking for new employment than their younger … Read more...

• Find the Right Job for Your Personality: 7 Types, 7 Tips

  Is your job just a way to pay the bills, or would you prefer it to be a source of great fulfillment? If you chose the latter, one way you might be able to reach that goal is to ensure that your career matches your personality. While we … Read more...

• 14 Creative Strategies that Get You Hired

  While our economy appears to be making gains in other areas, unemployment in this country is still hovering around 9.6%, according to the most recent statistics released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor. If you are currently searching for a … Read more...

• Office Politics: 10 Ways to Play and Win

  Power, influence, status, recognition, ambition and reward -- as much as we might hate to admit it, the stuff that makes a fast-track career exciting and fun can be the very things that can also do it in. Set any negative connotations … Read more...

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