Social Network sources

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Wes Johnson

Your social networks are made up of people you’ve known in your past and present.  The question is where do you find these people?  Some of them are not as obvious as you would think. Continue reading →

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Informational Interviewing

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Wes Johnson

Informational interviewing is an informal way of building your networks and expanding your understanding of an organization or gaining new information in the industry.  The cool thing about this kind of interviewing method is that you’re not asking to be hired.   Continue reading →

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Personal SWOT Analysis improves job market position

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Wes Johnson

When a business wants to understand where they are in the market compared to their competitors they would perform a SWOT analysis.  SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.  When an individual wants to figure out where they are in the job market compared to their competitors they would perform a personal SWOT analysis on their chosen career. Continue reading →

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The internet is not always there when you need it, don’t rely on it

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Wes Johnson

We live busy lives.  Some of us have busier lives than others.  We often make appointments days, weeks, or even months in advance.  When recording an appointment, we write down the person’s name, reason for meeting, location of the meeting, in addition to the date and time.  If you’re like me, you have the name, time, and reason written down on a calendar. Many of us expect to retrieve the driving directions on the day of travel.  This practice of scheduling and Just In Time trip planning sounds perfectly reasonable to most people.  That is until you discover the interenet is NOT available when you need it most. I had this experience today.

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What Matters Now – a collaborative eBook by Seth Godin

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Wes Johnson

WARNING:  If you don’t like challenges or change then don’t read this eBook.  Reading this book will stir up your emotions and cause you to take action.  You can’t help but be changed by it’s powerful contents.  Seth challenged the readers of his blog to share the eBook along with their commentary on their own blogs.  I’ve taken the challenge and plan to share it with my readers.  I definitely think it’s worth reading. Please download what-matters-now or to find out more, visit Seth Godin’s website or  Squidoo Lens What Matters Now.

Please comment here about what you think of “What Matters Now.”

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