by Barbara Safani | Jul 16, 2012 | resume
Careerbuilder recently surveyed 2,298 U.S. hiring managers and human resources professionals and asked what would make them automatically dismiss a candidate from consideration. The biggest resume mistakes they communicated were: Resumes with typos – 61 percent...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 12, 2012 | career management, outplacement
There’s been a lot of Internet chatter about Ann Curry’s dismissal from the Today Show and NBC’s decision to replace her with Savannah Guthrie. Many viewers have voiced their disappointment in NBC and are taking shots at the new co-host as well as...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 9, 2012 | networking, on-line identity, personal branding
Jobvite recently polled over a thousand HR and recruitment professionals on their social media recruiting activity. The results of the survey suggest the trend towards using social media as a recruitment strategy continues to grow. More specifically: 92 percent use or...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 3, 2012 | on-line identity, personal branding
The New York Times recently published an article exploring the value of creating an online career portfolio to showcase your work and offered several suggestions for leveraging online platforms to create and promote your professional brand. This strategy is a growing...
by Barbara Safani | Jul 2, 2012 | career management
CareerBuilder recently released a survey stating that 44 percent of workers surveyed claim they have gained weight at their current job and 54% attributed their weight gain to sitting at their desk most of the day. Other factors that respondents believed contributed...
by Barbara Safani | Jun 28, 2012 | career management, outplacement
It pained me to watch Ann Curry’s goodbye on The Today Show today. Job loss isn’t easy for anyone; having to make the formal announcement on national television was obviously very difficult for her. She showed all the classic emotions of job...
by Barbara Safani | May 15, 2012 | career management
Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that I’m a big fan of blending the personal and professional on Facebook and Twitter to create engagement and conversation. But Francesca Holdings CFO, Gene Morphis, recently went a bit too far with his blended approach...
by Barbara Safani | May 14, 2012 | career management, resume
Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson resigned yesterday after it was discovered that he misrepresented his academic credentials. Thompson claimed to have a degree in computer science but he only holds a degree in accounting. Thompson’s certainly not the first person to lie...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 19, 2012 | career management
Every spring a new article about office romances seems to come out. I just read one from Fox Business that claims office romances are on the rise among young professionals. The article suggests that workers of previous generations were less likely to engage in an...
by Barbara Safani | Apr 12, 2012 | career management, on-line identity
I recently caught up with BrandYourself’s CEO, Patrick Ambron, to learn more about the BrandYourself platform and its implications for helping job seekers take control of their online identity. What is BrandYourself? BrandYourself is the only...
