Day 3 of our real-life, real-time job search with Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn continues with a focus on how to create and market your personal brand. Over the course of our first couple of days, we instructed Tim how to create his social media identities, how to create a blog focusing on his...

Our real-life, real-time job search experiment continues with Episode 2: Your Blog. Yesterday we suggested to our job seeking executive, Tim Krenn, that he create his social media identities on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, that he  take a headshot that could be used across all the social media platforms...

This week starts a new real-life real-time experiment detailing the job search efforts of Tim Krenn, a Cleveland sales executive who like millions of Americans recently found himself out of work and in need of a new job. Tim approached me a couple of weeks ago asking for advice on how to refine his...

Sarah Palin was photographed this week glancing at the palm of her hand while engaged in a tv interview. A closeup of her hand revealed that she had written three phrases on the palm of her hand: Energy Tax cuts Lift American spirits While some in the media mocked her reliance on crib notes to help...

The Wall Street Journal published an article yesterday that described how many major search firms actually keep a blacklist of candidates that they would never consider for any job opening. Typically, these firms add candidates to their blacklist who have exaggerated their qualifications, pitted recruiting...

Put this in the category of office cliche.  The office party where someone has a little too much and every form of career disaster ensues.  The viral video below is more than likely a fake.  Watch closely for the “Need A Job?” ad at the tail end.  But, in any case, it does point out the...

David Pogue, the technology editor for The New York Times, focuses on cell phones and offers up some very cool tips and tricks to increase productivity…and have a little fun with them. Many of these tips come from frustrations we all have: Why do we have to listen to instructions to leave a message?...

An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, former conductor Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders. After a decade-long conducting...

By the time you get to the 5th toughest interview question, you should have already addressed your professional qualifications and your desire to work for the company.  Now the interviewer will try to get a feel for your personal goals and aspirations with the question: Where do you see yourself in...