by Barbara Safani | Apr 13, 2010 | career management, personal branding
Have you seen the new Nike ad with Tiger Woods featuring the voice of his deceased father? It looks like Tiger may have added some new brand attributes to his already tarnished image including, creepy, odd, and opportunistic. And I’m wondering if Nike and Tiger...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 12, 2010 | career management, on-line identity
I recently spent two weeks touring college campuses with my daughter. I quickly became fascinated with the process…everything from the information sessions to the student guided tours to the admissions requirements made me think about what hiring authorities at...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 1, 2010 | career management, networking, on-line identity, resume
In honor of April Fool’s day, the Career Collective is tackling a few important and timely questions: How are you fooling yourself about your career /job search? What can you do about it, and how to avoid being tricked by common job search blunders. I come in contact...
by Barbara Safani | Mar 22, 2010 | career management
Happy Spring! It’s time to spring into action and add some news strategies to your job search campaign. Here are a few things to try. 1. Go around the gatekeeper. If you find an open position through a job board or company website, don’t only submit your resume...
by Barbara Safani | Mar 18, 2010 | career management, on-line identity
Some people have managed to leverage the challenges of the most recent recession into a lucrative business for themselves to earn a legitimate living. Unfortunately, others are preying on uninformed and sometimes desperate job seekers to illegitimately turn a buck and...
by Barbara Safani | Mar 17, 2010 | career management, career research
I bet many of you out there are wearing green today in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. I decided to do something different this year and blog green instead. I’ve been a big fan of Carol McClelland’s Green Career Central site for over a year and I was...
