Digital Darwinism and the Impact on the Career Coaching Profession

Digital Darwinism Brian Solis, new media expert and best selling author, has observed what he refers to as Digital Darwinism, when society and technology evolve faster than the ability to adapt. Certainly, businesses are struggling to adapt but what about Career Professionals? Social Media has Changed Everything Web 2.0, social media, mobile technologies, and the ability to analyze massive amounts

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What Hiring Managers Are Looking For In A Resume

What Hiring Managers Are Looking For In A Resume content provided by Becky W. Resume’s can be tricky because of the amount of information that is being compressed into a single page.  This one document encapsulates a job seeker’s entire relevant work experience, their educational experience, and what they seek in a career. Their composition is as important to job seekers who are looking

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Global Online Employment Report

Global Online Employment Elance, the leading global platform for online employment, released a new Global Online Employment Report that reveals some insightful trends in global online employment.  Elance has over 2 million users in over 150 countries.  The company helps businesses hire and manage contract, project-based employees in the cloud.  As the largest global platform for online employment, the company

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Why Doing Everything Required of You Won’t Get You A Job

What is “Required” to Get a Job? The question in this headline calls to attention everything that is wrong with the mentality of many job seekers and arguably, many career coaches.  The only thing “required” for one to obtain a job is that an employer makes an offer which one accepts.  How does one find themselves in the position in

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HOW TO: Use Listening Posts for Job Search and Professional Development

What is a Listening Post? A listening post is simply an automated method of monitoring what is published on the web.  The web is full of content and to filter the noise from the news, listening posts are excellent tools that save time while monitoring relevant information.  Automating your job search with listening posts can help you stay informed quickly

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Educating Yourself Online to Secure the Job You Want
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Content provided by Becky W. You went to college and got that degree, but haven’t used some of those skills acquired for so long that you wonder if you could even claim them on your resume. However, when it comes to job applications, the more education you can claim the better. But you don’t exactly want to write down skills

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What is a Personal Brand?
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What is a Personal Brand? Personal branding is a term that has gained a lot of buzz for those who work as a career professional but what is it?  Personal branding refers to how we market ourselves strategically to influence public perception.  This is my own definition.  If you think about it, people have always marketed themselves to influence others’

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The Top 10 Skills and Certifications Employers Want
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Analytics for the Talent Marketplace These top 10 skills lists employers want always change but it is important to analyze the data periodically to see what it reveals.  Data mining information from web is growing in sophistication and importance as the internet increasingly consumes more of our time and as more people become prosumers of data and not just consumers.

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Survey Indicates Leadership Training as top 2012 Training Priority
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The Skills Gap The U.S. economy is a complex machine influenced by many variables.  Often times we hear about the skills gap that exists in reference to recent graduates being pumped out of the college and university system without the skills needed in the areas of demand in the labor market.  Areas of high demand have increasingly been related to

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Preparing Yourself For the Unconventional Interview
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Preparing Yourself For the Unconventional Interview The unemployment situation has taken a turn for the better recently, as government figures show higher levels of hiring and a declining unemployment rate. But this does not mean that the economic recession is over or that job seekers will finally find some relief. There are still many more applicants out there than there

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