Posts Tagged ‘self-branding’


It is no secret that social media is all the rage these days. Pretty much every company now has at least a Facebook page, if not a Twitter account as well. Many employee’s are taking to LinkedIn to network and companies are using it to recruit. Some companies even have a presence on other social networks such as YouTube, Pinterest, FourSquare and Google+.

That being said, it is amazing how many college senior’s and recent graduates in the communications field take such a half-hearted approach to their social media presence. (more…)

My portfolio's "About Me" section

I have heard millions of “rules” for interviewing and most have some merit to them. Unfortunately, many of those “rules” can also keep you from getting a second interview or serious hiring consideration.

I have been pretty fortunate to have really never had a bad interview for a job that I wanted. I have gotten into interviews and realized I didn’t want the job, but that is a story for another day.
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At some point while you were in college you had a thought similar to this:

“Business cards? I am a student. Why would I have business cards?”

I remember thinking the same thing not too long ago.

I would go to networking events and receive business cards from the people who I met, but then that awkward moment came when I thought “Well crap. I don’t have anything to give back to them. Now they think that I am just another unprepared college student that they just wasted a perfectly good business card on.” (more…)