Eat Your Career

JUNE 4, 2013

Essentially the term refers to the use of online tools to gain visibility, position yourself as a leader in your field or subject matter, and, ultimately, to get a leg up in the job market. Start a Blog. Blogs got a bad reputation a while ago. Blogging offers a number of benefits. Blogging attracts people to you.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 22, 2014

To help you, I’m starting a blog series wherein I’ll address some of the most commonly asked questions on how to utilize the various features LinkedIn offers. A recommendation is a written statement from someone in your network endorsing you and your abilities—like a reference letter but shorter.

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Eat Your Career

MAY 4, 2015

It’s not just because I’ve been writing this blog for over 5 years (any Joe-schmoe off the street can do this, you know!). I have an entire library of past work I can reference. Or start a blog like this one (as I said, anyone can!). And these days, I really feel it’s paying off with a level of expertise few others possess.

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Eat Your Career

MAY 4, 2015

It’s not just because I’ve been writing this blog for over 5 years (any Joe-schmoe off the street can do this, you know!). I have an entire library of past work I can reference. Or start a blog like this one (as I said, anyone can!). And these days, I really feel it’s paying off with a level of expertise few others possess.

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Diminishing returns: This is a term often used in economics to refer to the point at which the level of profits (or benefits) gained is less than the amount of money or energy invested. Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published. Okay, stick with me.

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 20, 2016

After all, think about that law firm where the young admins and the older admins were butting heads over conflicting standards of etiquette [reference to a story told earlier in the e-book]. Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 15, 2012

And then there’s the former Google employee, now working for Microsoft, who took to the Microsoft blog to rant against Google’s deteriorating corporate culture. Their reference is destroyed; their reputation tarnished. The sad truth is that these kinds of things (usually) have very little impact on the business.

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