Career Advice, Guidence, Tips, and Solutions
The On-Line You
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Introduction
Designed for the Career Minded you, these articles feature CareerNet’s instructions, advice and solutions to perfecting your on-line presence and personal brand.
In today’s career world, your on-line self should represent who and what you want the professional world to see about you.
Background
Your digital self was created by you and by all the social media and public documents that name you.
Here, in the United States, The “Freedom of Information Act” defines its mission this way.
“The basic function of the Freedom of Information Act is to ensure informed citizens, vital to the functioning of a democratic society.”
We agree this is vital. However, it defines us all by what is written and posted by YOU and by OTHERS about YOU.
This selection of articles offers solutions to many of the posts about you that may become hurdles as you advance your career. Knowing what is out there about you is the first step in fixing your digital self. Start with a google search of your name and address.
Online Clean-Up, An Introduction
You matter. Online Clean-up is Important. You and your social media profiles matter to someone out there. “They” are keeping an eye on you. No, this is not a tag line from a new thriller movie on Netflix (it may be actually, but not intentionally). This is the...
Online Clean-up, Part 2, Facebook Clean-Up
Facebook Clean-Up Here, a career minded users guide to Facebook Clean-Up, and how make a few changes and updates ahead of applying for jobs. We expect to add to this post as time moves on. Facebook does change its UX frequently. If you would like to be alerted to...
Online Clean-Up, Part 3, Instagram Clean-Up
If you have ever wanted to k Instagram You is not really Private Part 3 of The Online Clean-Up Series It's no longer a secret. Your Instagram Account(s) are Out There. Instagram clean-up is important before your job search and when employed. Anyone who you have:...
Career Advice, Upgrades and Skills
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Introduction
Our Mission is to Upgrade Your Career!
Confidence isn’t natural. It’s learned and earned over time and experience. Too often we find basic professional skills training is ignored by employers and educators. BUT somehow, they are expected by the companies that hire you.
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In any career, we all need Professional Skills. They are rarely taught.
At CareerNet Nation we seek to fix that problem, one skill at a time. We make them available for anyone because our mission is to upgrade your career. Simply register with us to gain access to our continually updated professional skills content filled with confidence building skills whether you are applying for a job, just starting one, or looking for a personal career upgrade.
Skills, Skills, Skills
Skills for your career. The current definitive list for CareerNet Nation.
Interview Upgrade, Part 1
Intro We all need an interview upgrade. In this article we reached out to long time professionals in our recruiting company, CareerNet, to company clients, and to experts we know outside of our company. Interview. Just the word can send ripples of anxiety through the...
Upgrade Your Interview Skills, Part 2
Interview Upgrade - Part 2 or, The Top 7 issues our company clients speak to us about. Important: If you haven’t read Upgrade you Interviews, Part 1 - we’re not nagging you – but you should. Here is the link. We’ll put it into the bottom of this post as well....
Lessons Learned
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Introduction
“I wish someone had told me that.” How many times have you heard this or said these words to yourself?
In this series, CareerNet Nation and our guest authors offer practical discussion and solutions to issues and subjects important to our careers. Things that we and successful professionals learned along the way.
Background
Think of us a mentor that wants to share with you the things we learned along the way.
We can’t think of a single professional or candidate applying for a job who thinks back on a job or professional event and doesn’t ask, “Why didn’t they tell me that?”
Among our many goals, we want to fix this one too. By offering guidance and advice from our collective past. That’s the genesis for Lessons Learned.
Remember, you can always chat with us or send an email for immediate advice!
Personal Growth and your Career – Part 1 – Pause
Personal Growth Is Important for your Career When you are seeking to change your career or find that career, you are changing your life. This may seem like a common life change to you and to anyone who has grown up in a capitalist society. But it’s anything but...
Giving Feedback to your Boss
Giving Feedback to Your BossOffering Feedback to your boss is like walking through a field of landmines. But it doesn’t have to be. In another great read from Monday’s WSJ, Rachel Feintzeig offers some sound advice to a tricky request from their boss, “I’d love your...
Perfect Careers Do Not Exist
Perfect Careers, Perfect Career Paths Do perfect careers exist anymore? How about perfect career paths? The business world is moving fast and with all the available efficiencies, like out sourcing and technology, professional work-forces are becoming smaller....
Personal Branding – For Careers
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Introduction
Personal branding is not only for influencers or entrepreneurs. In truth, personal branding is for everyone seeking to start or grow their career. In this series we offer practical advice on creating, maintaining, and evolving your “Career Personal Brand.”
Background
Think of us a mentor that wants to share with you the things we learned along the way.
We can’t think of a single professional or candidate applying for a job who thinks back on a job or professional event and doesn’t ask, “Why didn’t they tell me that?”
Among our many goals, we want to fix this one too. By offering guidance and advice from our collective past. That’s the genesis for Lessons Learned.
Remember, you can always chat with us or send an email for immediate advice!
Grit and Your Career. Part 1
A video series discussing Grit and the value of grit in your career. Part 1.
Personal Brand for Your Career, Part 1
Your Personal Brand is what the World sees when they search for you on the internet. Learn how to own it.
Your Career Brand – Part 2
You Career Brand - Part 2 In Part 1 of Personal Branding for Career Minded People we discussed first steps in preparing for a personal branding effort, why it's important, why it is useful, and a few good examples to learn from. In Part 2, we cover a few areas of...
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