5 of My Pluralsight Courses I Wish Everyone Would Watch (and why)
I have 36 courses in Pluralsight… kind of. Two are retired and “one” is a 6-session job search course. I started in 2012 with a LinkedIn course and have done …
Personal Branding
Should You Have a Portfolio: Regrets of a Single Tweet
Welp. Apparently I tweeted something yesterday that caused a small brushfire on Twitter. Since Twitter has a limit of character you can write, I wanted to take what i’ve learned …
Five Life Changes to Become More Supportive
Last week I had an eye opening chat with one of my favorite people, Shelley Benhoff. You can watch it on YouTube here. I asked Shelley about her advice for …
Personal Branding Course Updated for 2021
Last week my newest course update went live. It is called Developing Your Personal Brand. This course is about 2 and a half hours. I talk about what personal branding …
Anatomy of My LinkedIn Profile Header
I’m diving into my Pluralsight Personal Branding course to redo it for early next year and thought it would be a good time to look at my LinkedIn profile. I …
Job Search Tool: The Job Seeker Newsletter
Years ago I wrote about a very awesome tactic for networking and personal branding, with an emphasis on helping your network help you in your job search. In most of …
Understanding Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills #careers
When I’ve hired, or evaluated candidates, in the past, I consider hard skills and soft skills. There’s lots of talk about soft skills and how important they are. At a …
The Time To Look For a Job Is NOW! (Even Through Quarantine)
Sad. A friend of mine posted that he is sad, and snappy. This line particularly stuck out from a long facebook post: From a friend on FB: “In February I …
Podcast: Jason Alba and Valerie Sokolosky
I met Valerie Sokolosky years ago through the Reach personal branding training. A few weeks ago I was honored to be her guest on her podcast series talking about my …
The Difference Between Branded and Nobody #personalBranding
Almost two years ago I hung my shingle out and looked for a full-time job. I had JibberJobber at a point where it didn’t need (or want) my full attention, …