by Barbara Safani | Dec 15, 2009 | career management, interviews, networking, on-line identity, personal branding, resume
My son is getting braces. In order to prepare for the braces, he first needs to wear a special “appliance” to realign his jaw. When you look in his mouth it looks like he has four giant screws in the back, all in different places. Each time he closes his...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 16, 2009 | career management, interviews, networking, on-line identity, personal branding, resume
My daughter is addicted to the musical comedy Glee and I’ve started to become a fan myself. Last week, two students on the show competed in the school’s first “Diva-off” and the competition required that they sing the song Defying Gravity from...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 12, 2009 | on-line identity, personal branding
LinkedIn and Twitter recently announced a partnership that will enable users to simultaneously update their status on both platforms. Doing so can help amplify your message to your followers and real-time search engines. LinkedIn and Twitter have billed the new...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 11, 2009 | career management, interviews, on-line identity, personal branding, resume, salary negotiation
I don’t think about my age too much. People often tell me that I look younger than I am so I’ve spent most of my adult life trying to look older, not younger. But recently, four events occurred within the same day that forced me to think about age and the...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 5, 2009 | career management, on-line identity, personal branding
Business.com recently conducted a study on social media use by business professionals. Here are some of the findings, (based on close to 3,000 respondents) that I found particularly interesting. 69% rated webinars and podcasts as their top social media resources for...
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...
