Using LinkedIn

A few nice tips here from James Serra on using LinkedIn to enhance your career. Worth checking out.

Want a Better Job? Find a Better Boss

It’s been shown over and over, in a few studies, that bosses can make or break a job. You will enjoy a job more if you have a good boss, and consequently, do better work.

If you are unhappy in your job, is it your boss? Maybe you want to send that article to your boss, or your boss’ boss. Poor bosses hit the bottom line.

If you’re looking for a job, keep this in mind. If someone is a jerk in the interview, chances are they’ll be a jerk when you work for them.

Brand Yourself

I talk about branding, and how it's important to build the brand that represents you the best, and shows what you want to do or be in the future. I heard a great quote from Catherine Kaputa, of selfbrand.com. She said

"If you don't brand yourself, someone else will."

That's very true. People form impressions of you, they conceive their own notions of who you are and what you are good or bad at. They pass these thoughts and feelings along to others, and those impressions may not be what you want.

You can't change all the opinions of you, but you can do the best job you can to present yourself the way you want to be known. If you do that often enough, and consistently, you should make the best impression for your career.