personal brand

You can personalize your online resumé to include recommendations, a design portfolio, writing examples, audio and video clips, links to off-site work, your thesis, awards you have won, and anything else that will show a potential employer why you are right for the job.

If you click through to the original article for nothing else, it’s worth it for the video link that sums up the point of this person’s email perfectly through a clip from the movie Half Baked in which a disgruntled burger flipper quits his job by… umm… cussing out every single one of his fellow employees.

You can use your network for a variety of things: to keep in touch, to learn more about careers, to seek out employment opportunities, or even to fundraise for a good cause. Here are some tips on how to network successfully before, during and after formal networking events.

If you want to keep your career healthy, you have to pay attention to it every day. In other words, you have to work at your career the same way you work at your job. There are seven facets to a healthy career, and you should try to work on all seven daily.

Is the business card still relevant? The short answer is YES. It is those face-to-face, in-person interactions where the business card becomes king. It can ensure you’ll be remembered.

The consequences for lying on your resumé can range from your boss or co-workers simply losing respect for you or doubting your integrity, to losing that entry-level job, internship or co-op placement you worked so hard to get.

When speaking to or leaving a message for hiring managers or recruiters, it’s important to follow some basic etiquette rules. Always sound professional and ready to speak to the hiring manager/recruiter… but also be prepared and have a well memorized or written out message in case you need to leave a message.

Katie Stiel was the director of MACgreen and currently works for Environment Hamilton and is also responsible for recruiting participants from the greater Hamilton area to come to Power Shift.

Recently a couple of us from the TalentEgg team went to Unilever headquarters in downtown Toronto to talk to AXE Canada brand manager Greg Major about AXE Canada’s Ridiculously, Ridiculously Good Summer Gig.

This week I respond to a question from a recent grad who has been applying for many jobs, but hasn’t been called in for a single interview, who wants to know what job hunters can do to stand out when applying for in-demand jobs.

In a matter of months or years, however, students need to have a wardrobe appropriate for the working world. You will need some of these items in order to look appropriate for interviews, so it makes sense for you to start integrating them into your wardrobe now.

I didn’t feel comfortable applying for a job where part of the basis for me being hired was my physical appearance. I feel that my ability to work for an organization should have nothing to do with what I look like, but the skills I possess.