by Barbara Safani | Jan 21, 2008 | career management
Career Builder ran a piece today about deciding when it’s time to leave your current job. While the right time is different for everyone, here are the signs I recommend you look for when considering a job change or career move. Job change… You are no...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 20, 2008 | on-line identity
A colleague of mine recently emailed me this post from CIO.com about Facebook and how this popular social networking tool can distract people and sap productivity. While the blogger makes some valid points about the questionable usefulness of certain Facebook...
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,...