Personal Branding

Colorado Marijuana Reviewer is Someone’s Dream Job. What’s Yours?

By John Hazard ⋅ October 22, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Perhaps you’ve read this story already. Westword, an alternative newspaper in Colorado, is hiring a marijuana reviewer to identify and critique the many legal cannabis dispensaries cropping up in the state since voters approved a measure to decriminalize medical marijuana possession.
What is the standard salary for a marijuana reviewer? Very little, according to the official [...]

Are Bigger Facebook and LinkedIn Networks Better Networks?

By John Hazard ⋅ October 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

For all the effort you put into expanding your network on LinkedIn and “friending” colleagues and acquaintances of acquaintances on Facebook, the bigger, broader network may not be helping you or the recruiters trying to find you.
Networking should be about quality, not quantity, wrote Jon Picoult, the founder of Watermark Consulting in Simsbury, Conn., in [...]

Is Obesity the Next Hiring Hurdle?

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

An Indiana court ruled that a food-service chain must pay for an obese worker’s weight-loss surgery, and the ruling might cause companies second thoughts about hiring new employees who are obese or have similar physical conditions, said Workforce Magazine.
Historically, courts have viewed obesity and smoking as conditions, not disabilities, and obese workers and smokers [...]

Researchers ID ‘Finance Gene’

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Researchers in Germany have identified a”finance gene,” VAL, that they claim helps to produce more dopamine in certain parts of the brain and might make some people better equipped for careers in finance and investing, according to a Bloomberg News report.
The emerging science of neuroeconomics is making strides in understanding how biology affects economic decision-making but steers [...]

The Elevator-Pitch Job Interview Never Ends

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 14, 2009 ⋅ One comment

An elevator pitch is at least as important on the job as it is when you are looking for one. Your ability to pitch yourself on the spot can affect how senior management perceives you, said Jodi Glickman Brown, author of “Great on the Job” and a blogger for the Harvard Business Review.
Glickman Brown suggests [...]

Business Demands Skilled Employees, But Few Pay for Training

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The greatest need for companies over the next four years will be workers with more technical skills, higher degrees and certifications. Nevertheless, 48 percent of them do not pay for training because of cost, according to an Oct. 8 survey sponsored by The Springboard Project of the Business Roundtable.
Workers are also reluctant to pay [...]

Every Job Interview Is for More Than One Job

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 8, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

When you interview for a job, you are interviewing for every job the company has or may ever have, said Louise Fletcher in a post today on the Career Hub blog.
“If you are interviewing for lower-level positions, never assume it’s just for that position, especially if senior people are involved,” Fletcher writes.
“It is an opportunity [...]

Overqualified for the Job? Recruiters Say, “Change Careers”

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Recruiters don’t like placing or hiring overqualified candidates. It’s a recipe for disaster, said Nancy Anton, a corporate recruiter, consultant and speaker.
“Overqualified workers will be quickly bored, frustrated and discouraged, and the moral in the office may suffer,” she writes on her ERE.net blog. Anton said the only acceptable hire is one wh0 balances experience [...]

“Core Self-Evaluators” Make Better Employees

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A decades-long study reveals that top job performers are wired for confidence and possess something called “core self-evaluation,” according to psychologist Tim Judge.
Judge, who followed 12,000 individuals from their teenage years to middle age, found that successful employees and managers all have one capability in common: core self-evaluation, which he describes as the ability to [...]

When Your Web Trail and a Recruiter’s Reputation Collide

By Donald Sears ⋅ September 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Recruiters are worried that applicants might ruin their reputations and have turned to social networks to find embarrassing details that might compromise them later.
Recruiters often consider their reputation on the line with every hire, even months into employment, said Kris Dunn, who writes the HR Capitalist blog. He and others usually do their best to [...]

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