Each Saturday, #we publish our Chart of the Week. It presents interesting trends and data, usually related to the U.S. labor market. Entrepreneurs and solopreneurs are a special breed of #CareerGravity practitioners. There are two main reasons for this. First, their online presence is usually critical to their ability to acquire and keep customers. Second, […]
Author Archive | Jon DiPietro
How to Optimize Your Profile Picture [Personal Branding]
You never get a second chance to make a first impression, the saying goes. In our increasingly digital, socially networked world, your avatar or profile picture is frequently your first impression. How important is it? What if we told you that optimizing your profile picture could increase the number of visits to your online resume […]
Weekly Roundup: 19-Aug [Career Development Newsletter]
LinkedIn Is Kicking @$$ and Taking Names LinkedIn’s year-over-year growth is greatly outpacing that of other well-known high-tech companies, including Apple, Facebook and Amazon, the data in #CareerGravity’s latest Chart of the Week show. The health of LinkedIn’s books means that this social media destination is among the most stable to exploit for your #CareerGravity. […]
LinkedIn Is Kicking @$$ and Taking Names [Chart of the Week]
Each Saturday, #we publish our Chart of the Week. It presents interesting trends and data, usually related to the U.S. labor market. You will find more statistics at Statista This week’s chart comes courtesy of Statista and clearly shows that LinkedIn is currently at the top of the technology food chain: For today’s chart, we […]
Dominating Your Google Score [Infographic]
Here at #CareerGravity, we’ve shown you how to calculate your personal Google score. According to social recruiting software vendor Jobvite, nearly three quarters of employers either always or sometimes search online profiles of prospective job candidates. What will they find when they search your name? A large part of online personal branding is dominating the search results […]
Weekly Roundup: 12-Aug [Career Development Newsletter]
TotalPicture Radio: Give Your Career Some Weight with Career Gravity This past Tuesday, Co-founders Jon DiPietro and Brent Skinner were guests on Peter Clayton’s “TotalPicture Radio” to discuss the concept behind #CareerGravity. To read the preview and listen to the podcast, click on the link above. Worker Skill Acquisition Over Past Five Years [Chart of the Week] […]
Worker Skill Acquisition Over Past Five Years [Chart of the Week]
Each Saturday, #we publish our Chart of the Week. It presents interesting trends and data, usually related to the U.S. labor market. This blog post is a perfect example of how bloggers need to have a “content creation mindset” that is always on the lookout for content. I’ve been traveling all week and grabbed a […]
Career Gravity by PowerPoint
For better or worse, PowerPoint has become the de facto business communication tool. Unfortunately, there are far too few who use it well. Take it from someone who has seen his fair share of bad PowerPoint over the years. But don’t cry for me. Instead, look on the bright side: So very many people using […]
Avatars: To Protect and Serve Your Online Personal Brand
You’ve all heard the cliche before: “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” When it comes to your online personal brand, your avatar or profile picture is your first impression. So what does your avatar say about you? No Avatar If you don’t have any profile picture, people will wonder whether […]
Weekly Roundup: 5-Aug [Career Development Newsletter]
Chart of the Week: Employment Impact of Recent U.S. Olympic Games For this week’s chart, #CareerGravity Co-founder Jon DiPietro explored data on employment spikes associated with the most recent Olympic games to occur in the United States: the 1992 games, which took place in Atlanta, and the 2002 games, which were in Salt Lake City. […]