WHAT I WRITE ABOUT: ‘Career Networking’

These weren’t easy decisions. But I had to make them. I decided to stop using a number of social media applications. I’ll tell you why below. Mike Brown of Brainzooming wrote a post once illustrating his own struggle with the questions of how to keep up with social media and its platforms. Back in 2010. […]

I don’t usually use bad language. Of course, every once in a while I slip up just like you. But not in this case. This time the language came from an MBA student I was meeting with last week who had a bad impression about networking. Not social networking where we hang out online and […]

I’m sorry, but I think things are getting a bit out of hand. Our social credibility is on the line here. Is there anything we can’t like in the world anymore? Is getting our minimum engagement so important that a like button has to be added to everything on every online platform? And won’t there […]

It’s Friday and in preparing to speak to a group of executives this morning, I thought I would create a custom presentation topic for them. And then share it with you first. The topic is networking with a purpose. One of my favorite subjects. But instead of just sharing my same advice, I’m giving it […]

I got a LinkedIn connection request from an open networker today. Always makes me cringe. Especially if it’s a generic request with no attempt to personalize the invite. Why? Because I don’t want to be a number. I don’t want to be one of someone’s 10,000. A token citizen of your LinkedIn kingdom. So I […]

Whether you are an old salty veteran of the job search process or a fresh new recruit, there are some things you need to know. While networking, people will be curious about you. That’s a good thing. You want people asking you questions. Assuming you are comfortable in the answering. Are you? Here’s what you […]

I’m not trying to be negative about Klout. I’m not a hater. In fact, I’ve largely been a supporter of Klout as a way to measure the effectiveness of a brand or person to engage others. As a life-long brand marketer, I appreciate ways to better understand effectiveness of a brand strategy. I like it […]