by Barbara Safani | Sep 28, 2009 | salary negotiation
I recently saw Sam Horn, author of “Create the Perfect Pitch, Title, and Tagline for Anything” at the NRWA conference. Sam talked about the power of words when presenting ideas and discussed what she called “words to lose” and “words to...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 15, 2009 | career management, on-line identity, personal branding
Maybe you watched the VMA awards live on Sunday night to witness Kanye West publicly diss Taylor Swift on national television after she won the best female artist award and maybe you didn’t. But by now, you already know about it thanks to the beauty of online...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 14, 2009 | career management
When I was a kid, I loved diving. I spent every summer at a neighborhood pool club and practiced diving for hours. My favorite and best dive was the jack-knife. In order to execute properly on a jack-knife, you need a lot of height off the board so you have time while...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 11, 2009 | career management
I published this post three years ago and it still has relevance today. If you are a job seeker, take a moment today to reflect on what you do have rather than focus on what you don’t… During my tenure as a career coach, some of my most memorable and...
by Barbara Safani | Sep 10, 2009 | career management, salary negotiation
My teenage son has been allergic to milk products his entire life. His reaction is pretty intense…immediate vomiting, drop in blood pressure, turning white as a ghost…all from a thimble-full of milk or a bite of cheese. He is part of an allergy research...
