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Blogging is definitely an art form of creativity and not everyone knows how to write for all audiences. If you are going to take the time and energy to create a subject related blog, then make sure you don't fall into making any of these mistakes.

Mistake #1: Writing Posts With No Point

As I personally interview people I have to say that I do look toward LinkedIn to see candidate backgrounds and why colleagues recommended them. For one, it gives me an idea of how intrenched in the industry they are and if they stay connected. Second, some reason it gives me a sense that I know a bit more about them from a business perspective.

With that said, I found a great list of 8 things that people really don't do but SHOULD on LinkedIn and I tend to…

Whether you are considering enrolling in an accounting program online or about to graduate it’s never too early to start thinking about creating your personal brand. Creating a personal website or developing an elevator speech may seem like strategies for those in creative industries, but the ability to showcase…

WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING TO GET ON THE RADAR OF MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU?

Truth be told, the last thing the world needs is ANOTHER job site. Another place where some over-caffinated, superficial HR manager posts jobs that get people like me to submit resumes into their "black hole". There are several websites/recruiters who want me to know that my resume won't…

An excerpt from reCareered's 5/8/12 newsletter that explains why you need to be careful of resume lies, even when you're telling the truth ...



That's right ... Resume lies affect your job…

An excerpt from reCareered's 5/7/12 newsletter that explains why employers are so picky today ...



Family leave affects more than just working moms.



Family leave can affect anyone with a…

 I have noticed that there are really a whole host of reasons why people do not stay on a website. I went on several sites over the past few weeks and noticed I was clicking off as fast as I was on. Now, not everything is because my search string did not pull up what I wanted, but there are other reasons why I didn't stay on and browse.

As I was thinking about this one day, I did a bit of research on my own and found a wonderful list and it seems to hit the nail on the…

An excerpt from reCareered's 5/3/12 newsletter that discusses informational interviews ...



When most candidates establish a contact at one of their target companies, their first goal…

An excerpt from reCareered's 5/2/12 newsletter that explains why employers are so picky today ...



If it seems like employers have gotten pickier than ever before ... it's because they…

Last month's Facebook Marketing Conference (fMC) brought a slew of big changes to the platform. Facebook has yet to fully deploy all of the new features, and we will not be able to gauge the true impact for quite some time. The outcomes depend not on what Facebook does next but how users, brands and regulators react.

Here is what Facebook hopes will occur: Users continue to adopt Facebook into their lives, giving advertisers more reasons to purchase new forms of social…

An excerpt from reCareered's 5/1/12 newsletter that discusses the first things I'd do if I had to search for a job ...



I was speaking to Dan, a possible business associate the…

It's all about influence that will inspire your readers.  There have been several services available to provide some type of method to measure your influence but what do they truly show you? Is the information useful? We all have to use what works for us but the bottom line is that it gives you more data to work with.

How to get rewarded for your influence and online persona may seem like a complex question. Wouldn’t it be novel if you could benefit from…

An excerpt from reCareered's 4/30/12 newsletter that discusses why lying on your resume doesn't work ...



Resumes do lie.



According to Steven Levitt, University of Chicago…

Facebook as we know it is nothing short of hugely popular. Crossing language and cultural barriers allowing all of us to connect, share our lives and meet new people. With that said, I was reading a pretty insightful article on the Harvard Business Review site that was discussing why Facebook did not attend the Online Publishers Summit. It was a high powered gathering of the top C-Levels in the industry. Why wasn't Facebook there?…

Pinterest is very hot right now for allowing all of us to share images and reshare what we see. The legality of it all has been another topic that rose out of this popularity of sharing photo/pictures from anywhere on the web. Now because its approach to sharing images is so radically different (and legally dubious) that it has many artists and photographers wondering what to do.



However, there is another angle that hasn’t been…

An excerpt from reCareered's 4/24/12 newsletter that discusses using target company employer language on your resume ...



It doesn't matter if your resume is written in English, Spanish,…

Web conferencing has been a cost effective way to have virtual meetings and share information especially among smaller companies. These small businesses and entrepreneurs are turning to Web conferencing services to communicate with fellow staff members, customers, supporters and prospects near and far.

What is a web conference? A Web conference is a virtual meeting you conduct online, allowing you to share documents and applications from your…

An excerpt from reCareered's 4/23/12 newsletter that answers questions about the effectiveness of your job search strategy ...



You're thinking "How could my resume be viewed as junk…

While social media may today feel mature and fully integrated into our world, we have only seen the start of the changes social technologies and behaviors will bring to our personal and business lives. Profound evolution is coming that will alter how we operate our businesses, buy products, manage money, attain status and establish and protect our identity.…