Do you have a LinkedIn Background image? My favorite social media tool recently changed the way the LinkedIn background image appears on your public profile. I mean recently. I taught a class on May 7 and it looks different today!! It is a good idea to include an image on your background. If you sell…
This job search tool is a game changer! Google Jobs is a job search tool that is definitely a game changer. You don’t have to go to Career Builder, Monster or even Indeed to find jobs listed near you. There are even filters like: Job Title Location – the distance you want to search Date…
Speaking to the Associated Colleges of Illinois on LinkedIn On November 3, 2017 I spoke to the Associated Colleges of Illinois about using LinkedIn and other social media to reach out to potential students. I went to LinkedIn and compiled into one document the items that are associated with creating and using a University page…
Are you employing email marketing in your tools? I was very diligent about sending out my email marketing, twice a month. Then, I got a gig with a customer that is a majority of my billable hours. I fell off sending out my email newsletters for about a year and a half. It came time…
Essential Skills, workplace skills, soft skills, people skills are all names for the skills we continue to use no matter the technology. This morning at a Small Business Advocacy Council meeting of the Fox Valley Chapter, I was leading a discussion about what has changed in your career pathway and what has remained the same.…