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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 […]
Resume the 13th Part 57
The résumé isn’t just for Microsoft Word anymore. With #CareerGravity, you can do all sorts of cool, bleeding-edge things with your résumé. Social media, especially the visually-oriented destinations (e.g., Pinterest), give you a wide berth to exercise creativity and innovation in how you interpret the idea of a résumé and present it to the world. This past […]
Build Your #CareerGravity While the Rest of the World Sleeps
My schedule is tight, filled with competing commitments and responsibilities of similar importance. Perhaps you can relate. Managing it all is a challenge, and the temptation is ever-present to neglect my own digital footprint in favor of my clients’ online brands. I’ve learned that nothing can replace more time, to avoid that pitfall. When is […]
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 […]
Webinar Recap: Online Contentedness
About one month ago, we presented the latest in our series of free (for now) webinars designed to help you get started with your #CareerGravity. Then, life happened, and this recap of that webinar has been a long time in the making. I’ll spare you the annoyance of hearing that good things come to those […]