Personal Branding Winner of the Month Mark Beckford of Disruptive Leadership

Personal Branding Winner of the Month â€" Mark Beckford of Disruptive Leadership I came across Mark Beckford a few months ago, as he is a client of one of my partners, Deb Dib.   Mark immediately struck me as very nice, very ambitious, very successful, and very unemployed.   I watched as he started his blog, Disruptive Leadership, and remember his first post wasnt even the awkward Im here, blogging, now what do I say post.   He jumped right into it, with an analytical, opinionated view on current events that he had professional passion about. Very nice start, I just wondered if he would be able to keep up the momentum. Well, he has kept up the momentum, and he stays true to his name Disruptive Leadership.   Very impressive.   Just about everything he has on his blog is impressive I love the name, colors, look-and-feel, etc.   He is fearless in what he blogs about, has a great style, knows when to write a lot and when to write a little he has an excellent blog. And thats all Im going to say about why his blog rocks. If you want more substance into what makes a great professional personal branding blog, you can sift through the last 2 years of award winners.   For now, lets shift gears a little and move from technique to RESULTS.   Because RESULTS is what this is all about.   Mark gets the customary 6 months of JibberJobber premium (transferrable), the highly sought-after link to his blog in my blogroll, a cyber-high-five, and a Blog Marketing 201 501 webinar not too shabby for Mr. Disruptive. Now lets get down to RESULTS.   Im going to let Mark share, in his own words, the results he got.   This is kind of long, but its a great read.   This is exactly the type of story I look for to quantify the value of having a strong personal branding strategy.   Mark, take it away! After 11 years with Intel and a 3-year assignment in Shanghai starting up a new business group and turning around a few businesses, I found myself unsatisfied.   Being in China with Intel was a great experience, but a combination of things, including a dearth of entrepreneurial opportunities, led me to take a year off.     So I pulled the plug on Intel and China and returned to my home in California to spend time with my family (not much opportunity to do that as an expat or Intel executive), dabble in some hobbies (drawing, blogging, and cycling), and do some self-exploration. I have read more books on various topics in the last 9 months than I have in 20 years.   Some of the standouts tended toward common themes: Networking: Never Eat Alone; The Go-Giver; How to Win Friends and Influence People Social Networking: Groundswell Career Development: Im on LinkedIn, Now What? Career Distinction; Ask the Headhunter; Now Discover your Strengths; Uniting the Virtual Workplace Global Perspectives: The World is Flat; Post-American World; One Billion Customers (how to do business in China) Social Capitalism: The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Creating a World without Poverty As I started thinking about getting back into the job hunt, I realized that for the first time I didnt know exactly what I wanted to do.   I   have always been very goal oriented, knowing what I wanted to do or be in 5 years, yet here I was, unsure of what I should do next. Join a startup?   Go back to a big company?   Do consulting?   Go international again? And what type of function (biz dev, general management, etc.)?   It was an uncomfortable place to be. I joined a six-week teleseminar in March on career management for execs which I found on Blue Steps, led by Louise Kursmark.   Deb Dib presented at the first session and gave an update on personal brandingâ€"my first intro to it.   Louise recommended Jason Albas book on LinkedIn, and suggested I use VisualCV because my career had strong visual elements. I agreed with Debs approach ideas about branding, but I was daunted at the thought of doing it by myself. I knew that at work I was at my most creative when I was bouncing ideas off people.   In 2006, I had hired a resume writer, Gloria Gordon, to update my resume for the first time in 10 years (never updated it after business school… just got promoted within Intel and never really needed it.)     Gloria did a great job both on the resume and the cover letterâ€"from scratchâ€"for about $600.   They got me interviews and a job offer, but it wasnt about branding. I looked at several brand experts and went with Deb Dib (the most expensive, but I believe that you get what you pay for). In April, I then began the branding process which started with self discovery and included doing things that were very uncomfortable but rewarding. For example, I didnt like sending Reachs 360 out to my friends/colleagues. Bottom line: it helped me realize I had an entrepreneurial passion for growing for-profit tech businesses in emerging markets, creating a wildly successful business while doing good by helping people in need.   The interesting thing is that once I discovered this, I found that there is a huge movement out there to bring business principles to do social good, mixing the dynamics of creating sustainability and growth through capitalistic principles while promoting a social mission.   It is called a double bottom line business (i.e. using both profitable and social measurements for success). So originally, the idea was to take a year ofâ€"the first half of the year to hang out with my family, and the second half to do the job search.   I originally figured it would take a few months to find a job.   I had already gotten offers before I left Intel, and headhunters were calling me here and there.   But by June, the phone was no longer ringing, and I realized that this was going to take awhile.   Then things got ugly as the economy ground to a halt and all the companies went on hiring freezes (great for JibberJobber).     The home equity loan I had planned to tap into in case my nest egg for the year got dented decreased due to the decrease in the value of our house.   My wife and I started letting go of all the help (gardner, housecleaner, pool man).   I watched my 401K get whacked 20 percent in one week.   Anyway, the financial crisis train was on its way and it was the worst time in 20 years to be looking for a job, especially an executive level job. The one light for me in all of this was that I now knew exactly what I wanted to be now … CEO of a startup selling computing devices to underserved populations in emerging markets.   The intermediate step given my finances was to work for a startup (preferably) doing this, or a big tech company like Adobe, Google, Facebook that was already doing it (more likely scenario). But as you know, looking for a job completely SUCKS.   It is demoralizing and boring to boot. I had become fascinated with web 2.0 and online social networking.     I joined a bazillion social networking sites, but found zero value in 90 percent of them.   The exceptions have been LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.     I finally decided to do a blog, with Debs urging, and it has been the most enjoyable thing Ive done this year.   It has allowed me to express myself and create something that people are actually interested in.     It took a long time to come up with the name, Disruptive Leadership, that fit my brand.   I fell into it as I started googling names like Disruptive Marketing, etc.     So 22 posts later, its growing and Im meeting new and interesting people.     It has gotten me noticed by well-established sites in my space such as http://www.nextbillion.net where Ive been brought on as one of a handful of staff writers.   One measure of how it has impacted my online brand is that if you google my name in quotes Mark Beckford my blog is the second result after my Linked In page. I have been invited to moderate two panels on the role of computers for development.   One was at a conference two weeks ago called Social Capital Markets 2008 which brought together investors, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs for which I wrote an article titled Pathological Collaboration about how necessity is forcing two previous enemies together: capitalists and nonprofits.   The second panel will be at the Net Impact conference (a global network of leaders trying to change the world through business) in Philadelphia next month on the role low cost computing in development in emerging markets. I am now working on creating a professional network to complement my blog that will bring together like-minded professionals and executives in the technology business who are growing their businesses in emerging markets and looking to use their products to promote development.     Something like Technology for Development or something sexier.   Nothing out there combines technology, for-profit business principles and emerging markets.   Im taking a slow approach on this as I think social networks are a tougher nut to crack than blogging.   For example, how do you create an active and vibrant community?   Whats the value proposition?   The technology is easy (Ning.com). And finally, I just received a job offer with a startup called NComputing that sells low-cost computers to schools and other sectors in emerging markets.   I believe they offer a true disruptive innovation to the PC world and I am tremendously excited to make their vision a success. So, in summary, I would say my success in creating my brand, online and otherwise, was due to my: Risk-taking â€" willing to quit my job which was draining me even though I was working in one of the most dynamic countries in the world. Introspection â€" willing to peel back the onion to see what makes me tick. Willingness to seek help â€" hiring an executive CEO coach to help me do that introspection (and taking the risk that the BIG investment would be pay later). Passion for networking â€" reaching out to people in my area of interest which has lead to great things. Being bold, brash and edgy â€" abandoning the first name I suggested to Deb Dib for my blog (Digital Opportunity) and accepting her criticism of it (boooorrrrrinnnng!!!)   which led me to come up with Disruptive Leadership and pushed me to be edgy in my writings that convey more powerful things that create interest. Giving more to your network then you receive â€" Volunteering for a ton of things and looking for ways to give back to my network vs. only take, which isnt easy when you are looking for   a job, but Ive seen how this pays off. The result is I am better grounded in who I am, have built a solid online presence, have found the perfect job, and hopefully become a thought leader in this space. Excellent! Inspiring! Great job Mark!   And congrats on being the Oct 2008 Winner of the Month! Personal Branding Winner of the Month â€" Mark Beckford of Disruptive Leadership I came across Mark Beckford a few months ago, as he is a client of one of my partners, Deb Dib.   Mark immediately struck me as very nice, very ambitious, very successful, and very unemployed.   I watched as he started his blog, Disruptive Leadership, and remember his first post wasnt even the awkward Im here, blogging, now what do I say post.   He jumped right into it, with an analytical, opinionated view on current events that he had professional passion about. Very nice start, I just wondered if he would be able to keep up the momentum. Well, he has kept up the momentum, and he stays true to his name Disruptive Leadership.   Very impressive.   Just about everything he has on his blog is impressive I love the name, colors, look-and-feel, etc.   He is fearless in what he blogs about, has a great style, knows when to write a lot and when to write a little he has an excellent blog. And thats all Im going to say about why his blog rocks. If you want more substance into what makes a great professional personal branding blog, you can sift through the last 2 years of award winners.   For now, lets shift gears a little and move from technique to RESULTS.   Because RESULTS is what this is all about.   Mark gets the customary 6 months of JibberJobber premium (transferrable), the highly sought-after link to his blog in my blogroll, a cyber-high-five, and a Blog Marketing 201 501 webinar not too shabby for Mr. Disruptive. Now lets get down to RESULTS.   Im going to let Mark share, in his own words, the results he got.   This is kind of long, but its a great read.   This is exactly the type of story I look for to quantify the value of having a strong personal branding strategy.   Mark, take it away! After 11 years with Intel and a 3-year assignment in Shanghai starting up a new business group and turning around a few businesses, I found myself unsatisfied.   Being in China with Intel was a great experience, but a combination of things, including a dearth of entrepreneurial opportunities, led me to take a year off.     So I pulled the plug on Intel and China and returned to my home in California to spend time with my family (not much opportunity to do that as an expat or Intel executive), dabble in some hobbies (drawing, blogging, and cycling), and do some self-exploration. I have read more books on various topics in the last 9 months than I have in 20 years.   Some of the standouts tended toward common themes: Networking: Never Eat Alone; The Go-Giver; How to Win Friends and Influence People Social Networking: Groundswell Career Development: Im on LinkedIn, Now What? Career Distinction; Ask the Headhunter; Now Discover your Strengths; Uniting the Virtual Workplace Global Perspectives: The World is Flat; Post-American World; One Billion Customers (how to do business in China) Social Capitalism: The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Creating a World without Poverty As I started thinking about getting back into the job hunt, I realized that for the first time I didnt know exactly what I wanted to do.   I   have always been very goal oriented, knowing what I wanted to do or be in 5 years, yet here I was, unsure of what I should do next. Join a startup?   Go back to a big company?   Do consulting?   Go international again? And what type of function (biz dev, general management, etc.)?   It was an uncomfortable place to be. I joined a six-week teleseminar in March on career management for execs which I found on Blue Steps, led by Louise Kursmark.   Deb Dib presented at the first session and gave an update on personal brandingâ€"my first intro to it.   Louise recommended Jason Albas book on LinkedIn, and suggested I use VisualCV because my career had strong visual elements. I agreed with Debs approach ideas about branding, but I was daunted at the thought of doing it by myself. I knew that at work I was at my most creative when I was bouncing ideas off people.   In 2006, I had hired a resume writer, Gloria Gordon, to update my resume for the first time in 10 years (never updated it after business school… just got promoted within Intel and never really needed it.)     Gloria did a great job both on the resume and the cover letterâ€"from scratchâ€"for about $600.   They got me interviews and a job offer, but it wasnt about branding. I looked at several brand experts and went with Deb Dib (the most expensive, but I believe that you get what you pay for). In April, I then began the branding process which started with self discovery and included doing things that were very uncomfortable but rewarding. For example, I didnt like sending Reachs 360 out to my friends/colleagues. Bottom line: it helped me realize I had an entrepreneurial passion for growing for-profit tech businesses in emerging markets, creating a wildly successful business while doing good by helping people in need.   The interesting thing is that once I discovered this, I found that there is a huge movement out there to bring business principles to do social good, mixing the dynamics of creating sustainability and growth through capitalistic principles while promoting a social mission.   It is called a double bottom line business (i.e. using both profitable and social measurements for success). So originally, the idea was to take a year ofâ€"the first half of the year to hang out with my family, and the second half to do the job search.   I originally figured it would take a few months to find a job.   I had already gotten offers before I left Intel, and headhunters were calling me here and there.   But by June, the phone was no longer ringing, and I realized that this was going to take awhile.   Then things got ugly as the economy ground to a halt and all the companies went on hiring freezes (great for JibberJobber).     The home equity loan I had planned to tap into in case my nest egg for the year got dented decreased due to the decrease in the value of our house.   My wife and I started letting go of all the help (gardner, housecleaner, pool man).   I watched my 401K get whacked 20 percent in one week.   Anyway, the financial crisis train was on its way and it was the worst time in 20 years to be looking for a job, especially an executive level job. The one light for me in all of this was that I now knew exactly what I wanted to be now … CEO of a startup selling computing devices to underserved populations in emerging markets.   The intermediate step given my finances was to work for a startup (preferably) doing this, or a big tech company like Adobe, Google, Facebook that was already doing it (more likely scenario). But as you know, looking for a job completely SUCKS.   It is demoralizing and boring to boot. I had become fascinated with web 2.0 and online social networking.     I joined a bazillion social networking sites, but found zero value in 90 percent of them.   The exceptions have been LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.     I finally decided to do a blog, with Debs urging, and it has been the most enjoyable thing Ive done this year.   It has allowed me to express myself and create something that people are actually interested in.     It took a long time to come up with the name, Disruptive Leadership, that fit my brand.   I fell into it as I started googling names like Disruptive Marketing, etc.     So 22 posts later, its growing and Im meeting new and interesting people.     It has gotten me noticed by well-established sites in my space such as http://www.nextbillion.net where Ive been brought on as one of a handful of staff writers.   One measure of how it has impacted my online brand is that if you google my name in quotes Mark Beckford my blog is the second result after my Linked In page. I have been invited to moderate two panels on the role of computers for development.   One was at a conference two weeks ago called Social Capital Markets 2008 which brought together investors, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs for which I wrote an article titled Pathological Collaboration about how necessity is forcing two previous enemies together: capitalists and nonprofits.   The second panel will be at the Net Impact conference (a global network of leaders trying to change the world through business) in Philadelphia next month on the role low cost computing in development in emerging markets. I am now working on creating a professional network to complement my blog that will bring together like-minded professionals and executives in the technology business who are growing their businesses in emerging markets and looking to use their products to promote development.     Something like Technology for Development or something sexier.   Nothing out there combines technology, for-profit business principles and emerging markets.   Im taking a slow approach on this as I think social networks are a tougher nut to crack than blogging.   For example, how do you create an active and vibrant community?   Whats the value proposition?   The technology is easy (Ning.com). And finally, I just received a job offer with a startup called NComputing that sells low-cost computers to schools and other sectors in emerging markets.   I believe they offer a true disruptive innovation to the PC world and I am tremendously excited to make their vision a success. So, in summary, I would say my success in creating my brand, online and otherwise, was due to my: Risk-taking â€" willing to quit my job which was draining me even though I was working in one of the most dynamic countries in the world. Introspection â€" willing to peel back the onion to see what makes me tick. Willingness to seek help â€" hiring an executive CEO coach to help me do that introspection (and taking the risk that the BIG investment would be pay later). Passion for networking â€" reaching out to people in my area of interest which has lead to great things. Being bold, brash and edgy â€" abandoning the first name I suggested to Deb Dib for my blog (Digital Opportunity) and accepting her criticism of it (boooorrrrrinnnng!!!)   which led me to come up with Disruptive Leadership and pushed me to be edgy in my writings that convey more powerful things that create interest. Giving more to your network then you receive â€" Volunteering for a ton of things and looking for ways to give back to my network vs. only take, which isnt easy when you are looking for   a job, but Ive seen how this pays off. The result is I am better grounded in who I am, have built a solid online presence, have found the perfect job, and hopefully become a thought leader in this space. Excellent! Inspiring! Great job Mark!   And congrats on being the Oct 2008 Winner of the Month! Personal Branding Winner of the Month â€" Mark Beckford of Disruptive Leadership I came across Mark Beckford a few months ago, as he is a client of one of my partners, Deb Dib.   Mark immediately struck me as very nice, very ambitious, very successful, and very unemployed.   I watched as he started his blog, Disruptive Leadership, and remember his first post wasnt even the awkward Im here, blogging, now what do I say post.   He jumped right into it, with an analytical, opinionated view on current events that he had professional passion about. Very nice start, I just wondered if he would be able to keep up the momentum. Well, he has kept up the momentum, and he stays true to his name Disruptive Leadership.   Very impressive.   Just about everything he has on his blog is impressive I love the name, colors, look-and-feel, etc.   He is fearless in what he blogs about, has a great style, knows when to write a lot and when to write a little he has an excellent blog. And thats all Im going to say about why his blog rocks. If you want more substance into what makes a great professional personal branding blog, you can sift through the last 2 years of award winners.   For now, lets shift gears a little and move from technique to RESULTS.   Because RESULTS is what this is all about.   Mark gets the customary 6 months of JibberJobber premium (transferrable), the highly sought-after link to his blog in my blogroll, a cyber-high-five, and a Blog Marketing 201 501 webinar not too shabby for Mr. Disruptive. Now lets get down to RESULTS.   Im going to let Mark share, in his own words, the results he got.   This is kind of long, but its a great read.   This is exactly the type of story I look for to quantify the value of having a strong personal branding strategy.   Mark, take it away! After 11 years with Intel and a 3-year assignment in Shanghai starting up a new business group and turning around a few businesses, I found myself unsatisfied.   Being in China with Intel was a great experience, but a combination of things, including a dearth of entrepreneurial opportunities, led me to take a year off.     So I pulled the plug on Intel and China and returned to my home in California to spend time with my family (not much opportunity to do that as an expat or Intel executive), dabble in some hobbies (drawing, blogging, and cycling), and do some self-exploration. I have read more books on various topics in the last 9 months than I have in 20 years.   Some of the standouts tended toward common themes: Networking: Never Eat Alone; The Go-Giver; How to Win Friends and Influence People Social Networking: Groundswell Career Development: Im on LinkedIn, Now What? Career Distinction; Ask the Headhunter; Now Discover your Strengths; Uniting the Virtual Workplace Global Perspectives: The World is Flat; Post-American World; One Billion Customers (how to do business in China) Social Capitalism: The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Creating a World without Poverty As I started thinking about getting back into the job hunt, I realized that for the first time I didnt know exactly what I wanted to do.   I   have always been very goal oriented, knowing what I wanted to do or be in 5 years, yet here I was, unsure of what I should do next. Join a startup?   Go back to a big company?   Do consulting?   Go international again? And what type of function (biz dev, general management, etc.)?   It was an uncomfortable place to be. I joined a six-week teleseminar in March on career management for execs which I found on Blue Steps, led by Louise Kursmark.   Deb Dib presented at the first session and gave an update on personal brandingâ€"my first intro to it.   Louise recommended Jason Albas book on LinkedIn, and suggested I use VisualCV because my career had strong visual elements. I agreed with Debs approach ideas about branding, but I was daunted at the thought of doing it by myself. I knew that at work I was at my most creative when I was bouncing ideas off people.   In 2006, I had hired a resume writer, Gloria Gordon, to update my resume for the first time in 10 years (never updated it after business school… just got promoted within Intel and never really needed it.)     Gloria did a great job both on the resume and the cover letterâ€"from scratchâ€"for about $600.   They got me interviews and a job offer, but it wasnt about branding. I looked at several brand experts and went with Deb Dib (the most expensive, but I believe that you get what you pay for). In April, I then began the branding process which started with self discovery and included doing things that were very uncomfortable but rewarding. For example, I didnt like sending Reachs 360 out to my friends/colleagues. Bottom line: it helped me realize I had an entrepreneurial passion for growing for-profit tech businesses in emerging markets, creating a wildly successful business while doing good by helping people in need.   The interesting thing is that once I discovered this, I found that there is a huge movement out there to bring business principles to do social good, mixing the dynamics of creating sustainability and growth through capitalistic principles while promoting a social mission.   It is called a double bottom line business (i.e. using both profitable and social measurements for success). So originally, the idea was to take a year ofâ€"the first half of the year to hang out with my family, and the second half to do the job search.   I originally figured it would take a few months to find a job.   I had already gotten offers before I left Intel, and headhunters were calling me here and there.   But by June, the phone was no longer ringing, and I realized that this was going to take awhile.   Then things got ugly as the economy ground to a halt and all the companies went on hiring freezes (great for JibberJobber).     The home equity loan I had planned to tap into in case my nest egg for the year got dented decreased due to the decrease in the value of our house.   My wife and I started letting go of all the help (gardner, housecleaner, pool man).   I watched my 401K get whacked 20 percent in one week.   Anyway, the financial crisis train was on its way and it was the worst time in 20 years to be looking for a job, especially an executive level job. The one light for me in all of this was that I now knew exactly what I wanted to be now … CEO of a startup selling computing devices to underserved populations in emerging markets.   The intermediate step given my finances was to work for a startup (preferably) doing this, or a big tech company like Adobe, Google, Facebook that was already doing it (more likely scenario). But as you know, looking for a job completely SUCKS.   It is demoralizing and boring to boot. I had become fascinated with web 2.0 and online social networking.     I joined a bazillion social networking sites, but found zero value in 90 percent of them.   The exceptions have been LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.     I finally decided to do a blog, with Debs urging, and it has been the most enjoyable thing Ive done this year.   It has allowed me to express myself and create something that people are actually interested in.     It took a long time to come up with the name, Disruptive Leadership, that fit my brand.   I fell into it as I started googling names like Disruptive Marketing, etc.     So 22 posts later, its growing and Im meeting new and interesting people.     It has gotten me noticed by well-established sites in my space such as http://www.nextbillion.net where Ive been brought on as one of a handful of staff writers.   One measure of how it has impacted my online brand is that if you google my name in quotes Mark Beckford my blog is the second result after my Linked In page. I have been invited to moderate two panels on the role of computers for development.   One was at a conference two weeks ago called Social Capital Markets 2008 which brought together investors, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs for which I wrote an article titled Pathological Collaboration about how necessity is forcing two previous enemies together: capitalists and nonprofits.   The second panel will be at the Net Impact conference (a global network of leaders trying to change the world through business) in Philadelphia next month on the role low cost computing in development in emerging markets. I am now working on creating a professional network to complement my blog that will bring together like-minded professionals and executives in the technology business who are growing their businesses in emerging markets and looking to use their products to promote development.     Something like Technology for Development or something sexier.   Nothing out there combines technology, for-profit business principles and emerging markets.   Im taking a slow approach on this as I think social networks are a tougher nut to crack than blogging.   For example, how do you create an active and vibrant community?   Whats the value proposition?   The technology is easy (Ning.com). And finally, I just received a job offer with a startup called NComputing that sells low-cost computers to schools and other sectors in emerging markets.   I believe they offer a true disruptive innovation to the PC world and I am tremendously excited to make their vision a success. So, in summary, I would say my success in creating my brand, online and otherwise, was due to my: Risk-taking â€" willing to quit my job which was draining me even though I was working in one of the most dynamic countries in the world. Introspection â€" willing to peel back the onion to see what makes me tick. Willingness to seek help â€" hiring an executive CEO coach to help me do that introspection (and taking the risk that the BIG investment would be pay later). Passion for networking â€" reaching out to people in my area of interest which has lead to great things. Being bold, brash and edgy â€" abandoning the first name I suggested to Deb Dib for my blog (Digital Opportunity) and accepting her criticism of it (boooorrrrrinnnng!!!)   which led me to come up with Disruptive Leadership and pushed me to be edgy in my writings that convey more powerful things that create interest. Giving more to your network then you receive â€" Volunteering for a ton of things and looking for ways to give back to my network vs. only take, which isnt easy when you are looking for   a job, but Ive seen how this pays off. The result is I am better grounded in who I am, have built a solid online presence, have found the perfect job, and hopefully become a thought leader in this space. Excellent! Inspiring! Great job Mark!   And congrats on being the Oct 2008 Winner of the Month!

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The art of silence in an interview 3 things to not say

The art of silence in an interview 3 things to not say Preparation for an interview should include preparing to be silent. An interview is a sales call, not a chat session. So you shouldnt answer every question you get. Sometimes, you need to give a non-answer. This might feel a little weird to you, especially if youre a genuinely honest person. But remember that in most cases, not answering is not dishonest, its just smart. Here are three areas of questioning that you should skirt. 1. Dont talk about the hunt. Everyone wants to hire a superstar. And superstars do not have to go through a big job hunt the jobs come to them. So you devalue yourself by discussing your exhaustive hunt, and how long its taken, how sick of it you are, etc. Hunting for a job is not a position of power. It is situation of neediness. A way around this topic is to focus on how many interesting things you are doing while you are unemployed. Or, if you still have a job, talk about how much you love your current job and that you only interviewed for this position because it is such an incredibly perfect match for you and the company. Goal: Keep the focus on how happy and involved you are. Those are the kind of people companies want to hire. 2. Dont give a number when negotiating salary. You will never gain anything by giving the first number in salary negotiations. If the person asks you how much you make, how much you want to make, what ballpark you expect, etc., your best response is a non-response. If you give a number that is lower than they expected, then thats what youll get. If you give a number thats higher than they expected, theyll tell you. In order to successfully avoid saying a number, you need to be ready with other things to say. A good start is saying youd like to know the range the position pays. If they keep pressing you, say you think your salary history is not relevant because this is a different job. In the end, you might have to say flat out that youre not going to give a number. Someone who has pressed you very hard for a number will respect this answer after all, no one presses this hard unless he understands that knowing a number gives them a huge advantage. 3. Dont say you want reasonable hours. Ninety percent of the world will tell you they respect that request. Twenty percent of the world will, in fact, be able to accommodate that. So instead of talking about reasonable hours, observe the office to see the hours people keep. People who have no respect for reasonable hours will make that clear in an interview. Either by announcing it, or by doing something like scheduling the interview for the middle of the day on Saturday. If you have to make a point of reasonable hours in the interview then youre probably in trouble. If the office culture is long hours, then even if they tell you that you can go home at 6pm, you will be marginalized among workaholics. But while youre concentrating on keeping your mouth shut, remember also that you have to talk in order to be likeable. Its important to be yourself in an interview. You need to trust that your true self is likeable, and you need to let that self show through. So dont talk about things that will make you look unemployable, but dont be so uptight about what you say that you cant be yourself. Being your likeable self is what will get you the job.

The fine line between boasting on a resume and lying

The fine line between boasting on a resume and lying You need to make sure your resume shows you in your best light; give shape to the truth so that it works for you. But be careful, because a well-written resume to one person is a pack of lies to another. Make sure yours falls somewhere in between, which is no small feat. We all know there is such a thing as stretching the truth too much. But there is also such a thing as being too honest. My 21-year-old brother, Erik, worked summers at Blockbuster Video where, predictably, none of the mostly-teenaged employees followed company rules. In a fit of productivity my brother rearranged the end caps to be in line with the standards sent from company headquarters. At the same time, store sales increased 10%. So (as the family resume writer) I wrote on his resume, Assumed responsibility for in-store marketing and increased sales 10%. At a family dinner, we passed around Eriks resume (yes, we do this in our family). My 34-year-old brother, Mike, said, Are you kidding me? This is such crap. No one will believe this. Erik kept that line in his resume, and he explained it well when challenged in interviews, most recently where he landed a job at an investment bank. And anyway, what is Erik going to put on his resume? Spent workdays watching movies and complaining about Blockbusters no-porn policies? It would be honest, but Erik would sound like a lunatic. Someone who is too honest sounds like a lunatic because they seem to have no understanding of how the world works. Heres an example: When my family was in US Customs after a trip to Greece, the Customs guy said, Any fruit, vegetables or live animals? And my dad said, Yes. And everyone else in the family thought, What? We have no food. And then my dad pulled seashells we found. There could be live animals, he said. The customs guy immediately went on high alert the way customs guys are trained to do when they are dealing with a crazy person. Customs searched every inch of every one of our suitcases. Some lies, though, are not in the gray area that seashells are. Some lies are just plain lies. And if you have a big lie on your resume, you need to clean it up. For example, maybe you say on your resume that you worked at IBM for two years, but really you only worked there for one and spent a year job hunting and making web pages for you moms bridge group. In this case, you need to tell the truth about IBM: one year. But you dont have to leave a yearlong gap. Be creative. Call yourself a project manager for the year you had no job. You can learn about yourself as you rework your resume maybe you didnt think of yourself as a project manager, but actually, you were. We can also learn about ourselves from the lies we tell. I know at least one of you writes on your resume that you played varsity football when really you just went to pep rallies. Not only do you need to delete that line in your resume, you need to see a shrink about your obsession with football. My dad was visiting my apartment one day, rifling through my papers, as parents will do. And he said, Whats this on your resume about a masters thesis on electronic media? You cant say this. You never finished grad school. I said, Its not a lie. I did write the masters thesis. I just never took the last class I needed to graduate. My dad was not swayed. And Im sure he shudders to think he raised a kid who would sneak shells past customs. But at least I know my own limits. When it comes to massaging the truth, no two people have the same limits. But you need to be very clear on your own limits so you can stay within them. In the mean time, make sure that your own resume is not so honest that you look like a loser and not so dishonest that youre going to be fired.

When Writing a Resume, What is a Good Objective?

When Writing a Resume, What is a Good Objective?So what is a good objective when writing a resume? How to make it stand out among the other countless job seekers.The good reason why they are written, is to make it easier for the employers to find what you have to offer. If you can write one or two sentences that grab them, you are already in a good way. Here are some examples:'As a former American Idol contestant, I am the perfect candidate for your needs.' or 'I have earned two undergraduate degrees and four graduate degrees.' This will greatly help you get hired sooner than someone who can't write a good resume.What is your objective when writing a resume? It is all about how you see yourself and your abilities. You should always write something you would want to have. This means that a boring and easy-to-read resume will not give your employer what they need.Instead, try writing a good objective and what you would want your future employer to know about you. You could give him a s ummary of your work experience or how you achieved your goals in your previous job.Write a goal setting paragraph. Don't worry if you cannot put words on paper. You could use words that you think best describe your current situation. You can also express it with the best career objective, you can come up with.The last thing you could do is to give your objective verbally. Let your interviewer know what your greatest hopes are and what it is that you really hope to achieve with your career in the future.The point is to ensure that you will get a real chance in the future. Your resume should not be a dead letter. You can make it stand out from the rest and get a chance in the future.

Save The World And Get Paid For It At The Same Time - Margaret Buj - Interview Coach

Save The World And Get Paid For It At The Same Time The threat of global warming is looming over all of us. Whether you believe it or not, the world is changing and if we don’t do anything about it then we’ll be in real trouble. Unfortunately, most of us can’t afford to dedicate our lives to saving the planet because we need to work to support ourselves. The only way to do both is to find a job that will pay you to help the environment. It might seem like a pipedream but those jobs do exist out there somewhere, you just need to know where to find them. Getting Qualified Before you start applying for any of these jobs, you need to make sure that you have the right qualifications. Having a college degree is always beneficial but you might need something more specific. Taking medical certificate programs online can really help you to get ahead. While it isn’t completely related, a lot of global health jobs tend to take people that have some kind of qualification in this area. Beyond that, you need to look into the kinds of jobs that you want and do some research into the qualifications that you need. You can take them online in your own time so you get improve your employability while you’re still working. Agricultural Scientist One of the biggest problems facing the planet right now is a food shortage. It might not seem like it when you look around, but elsewhere in the world, people are struggling. The rising population is making it more and more difficult for us to supply food for everybody in the world. Not to mention, the strain that all of that farming puts on the planet is astronomical. Agricultural scientists are at the forefront of the development of new, more eco-friendly methods that will allow us to keep feeding everybody without destroying the planet in the process. This is an incredibly important field to work in right now so if you want to make a difference, then consider it. The salary is a respectable $62,000 and a number of jobs in the industry is growing year on year. Urban Planners In the past, we weren’t so conscious of our effect on the planet so we didn’t put much thought into the environment when we were planning our towns and cities. Now that we do, the job of urban planners has become more important. It will be your responsibility to plan new buildings in such a way that they don’t damage the environment. You’ll also get to plan new green areas in order to help preserve environmental areas within a city. As cities grow, this is increasingly important. The average salary for an urban planner is around $68,000. Hydrologists Lack of water is an even bigger problem than lack of food in some parts of the world and it is the job of a hydrologist to try to solve that. By studying the way that water sources move around, hydrologists try to redirect them to populated areas that have a shortage. This work can save thousands of lives every year so you can see how vital it is. If you get a job as a hydrologist, you could earn up to $75,000 a year.

Summary Sunday Confident and Mentally Strong

Summary Sunday Confident and Mentally Strong We all need a little pick-me-up and boost to our self-confidence once in awhile. The articles with the most views, shares and retweets this week prove this point. So, there are worth re-sharing here just in case you missed them. 8 Scientifically-Backed Ways to Feel More Confident (Even If Youre Not) via Huffington Post Stand tall, listen to music, or select that power outfit, are just some of the findings from research. You can see all eight  tips to help you ooze confidence here. 18 Things Mentally Strong People Do (shared by David Nicola aka @Capt_Careerist on Twitter. This  picture captures 18 valuable reminders best(and feel free to follow me on Twitter) 18 Things Mentally Strong People Do Found at http://t.co/5YZFWszveR via @Capt_Careerist pic.twitter.com/PzaU06pYy7 â€" Hannah Morgan (@careersherpa) September 17, 2014     7 Things Successful Young Careerists Do Every Day on YouTern by Danny Rubin Never assume, never sit idle, always reading- what other things should you be doing to stay at the top of your game? Check all seven out here.   What will you do this week to treat yourself well?!