Following is a recent conversation between Jon DiPietro and Brent Skinner, co-founders of #CareerGravity: Brent: Hey, Jon, how’s it going? Jon: Great, how are you? Brent: I’m good. Hey, I got a question for ya. Jon: Lay it on me. Brent: Um, what? I’m confused. I have a question and thought you might know the […]
Are you at a loss for social media keywords to use on your profiles? If so, you’ll find that #CareerGravity extends a helping hand to you at the point of your wits’ end. We’ve blogged about job search keywords, for instance. We’re also posting this quick blog entry today to turn your attention to “The Top […]
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 […]
Google Authorship allows you to link your Google+ profile to the content you create. It’s a powerful online personal branding tool that allows you to explicitly tell the search engines that a web page is your content. This helps your branding in two ways. First, you get “credit” from Google for all of the content you […]
Your image is important. So are your images, and to generate #CareerGravity, your online image, you need images. Say It With Content and know that your written content is rarely enough. Your content needs images—high-quality images whose copyrights, ideally, come with no fee. Fortunately, for images that aren’t you, you don’t need to be a skilled […]
A couple of day ago, I posted 6 Examples of Creative Resumes and one of those was a candidate who “…crafted his resume to look like Google search results for the ‘perfect candidate.’” I thought today I’d share that resume with you and deconstruct some of the reasons why I think Simone Fortunini‘s is the best online […]
As some of our readers know, I’m an adjunct instructor of business writing at Boston University’s College of Communication. For years, I’ve loved and given my all to the gig, a blessing to have. When I started, back in January of 2003, my teaching method was close enough for jazz, but I’m much better today […]
Do you have a Facebook page of yourself yet? If not, download the free #CareerGravity Blueprint, which gives you the basics on how to get up and running there. If you’re already on Facebook, that’s great. Have you switched to the new-ish Facebook Timeline View yet? If not, that’s not so great. Resistance is futile; in […]
OK, so you’ve taken all of the steps required to establish your online personal brand. You’ve created your online personal brand and created a WordPress resume. After all of this hard work, it’s time for the great unveiling. If you’ve used WordPress to build your website and followed the best practices for search engine optimization, you’ll […]
The home base for your Internet presence is your personal website. At #CareerGravity, we highly recommend using WordPress to build your site. While WordPress is the world’s most popular blogging software, you don’t necessarily need to use it that way. You can use it to create an online WordPress resume. Once you install WordPress, you’ll […]
