by Barbara Safani | Jan 19, 2008 | career management
According to an article in The New York Times, the U.S. Department of Labor reports that the unemployment rate as of December 2007 is 13.2% higher than it was in December 2006. Historically, a year-to-year difference of 13% or more has led to a recession. While these...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 14, 2008 | career management
I just finished reading Confessions of a Resilient Entrepreneur by Frumi Rachel Barr which chronicles one entrepreneur’s professional and personal life over several decades. After owning several businesses, Barr became a business coach and a lot of her advice...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 13, 2008 | on-line identity
I ran across a great post on personal branding over on the Shoestring Branding blog that advocates leveraging on-line technologies to achieve an authentic voice and become the candidate of choice for employers seeking talent. The blog’s publisher, Mario Sanchez,...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 8, 2008 | networking
I just finished reading Tales From the Networking Community and really enjoyed Dan Williams’ simple, yet powerful statements about networking. My favorites are: “Building trust is not an event, but rather comes with frequency” How true! Generally,...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 6, 2008 | networking
I came across a great post on Liz Lynch’s The Stealth Networker Blog about some of the issues active job seekers sometimes face when networking. Liz reminds us that the time to start networking is way before you are in a job search. People who only start...
