by Barbara Safani | Feb 4, 2014 | career management, interviews, on-line identity, personal branding
In celebration of their 10th birthday, I’m blogging about Facebook to show how much I appreciate its implications for career management and job search. Facebook often plays second fiddle to LinkedIn and many are unaware of its enormous potential for job search....
by Barbara Safani | Jan 15, 2014 | career management
The Execu-Search Group, an executive search firm based in Manhattan, recently surveyed 195 of their clients to uncover their hiring plans for 2014 and the in-demand skills they believed would play a part in their decision. Below are the survey findings on their top...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 7, 2014 | career management, career research
So the new year is here and everyone is trying to stick to their resolutions to eat better, exercise more, save money, etc. But what about your career? Have you given any thought to trimming your bloated, outdated resume or banking some of your new networking contacts...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 26, 2013 | career management, networking
If you are currently employed, you may be concerned about using LinkedIn for your job search, since your activity could tip off certain people about your search who you would prefer to keep in the dark. But with a few minor adjustments, you can leverage...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 20, 2013 | career management, on-line identity, personal branding
The recently released Joe Boxer “Show Us Your Joe” commercial has been called out as both controversial and brilliant over the past few days. The ad promotes the brand’s holiday line of men’s underwear and features men dancing in…you...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 14, 2013 | career management
Marissa Mayer of Yahoo has been taking some heat recently after implementing a stack ranking system to measure employee performance. In this system, managers must rank employee performance along a bell curve and a certain percentage of employees must be ranked as the...
