Benefits of Networking

“Networking is marketing. Marketing yourself, marketing your uniqueness, marketing what you stand for.” – Christine Comaford-Lynch Turning acquaintances into bonds: Recently, a friend of mine started a new business after finding his business partner on LinkedIn. An acquaintance got a job after he had networked with a senior professional, again on LinkedIn. I hear more and

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Share an update for a career upgrade

  “It’s part of the human condition to want to share things – thoughts, ideas, opinions.” – Paulo Coelho. David Beckham, Ashton Kutcher, Kim Kardashian and countless other celebrities shares things about themselves on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites. I do it and I’m sure you do it too. But I’m also sure

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How can I go about putting keywords throughout my profile to help me become more visible to recruiters and hiring managers?

  Thank you for your question. It is laudable that you already know the importance of keywords in your LinkedIn profile. As to how to go about placing keywords in your profile, I would say, first find the keywords. Look at job requirements that need people with your kind of qualification and experience; look at

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The Transition from a Man to a King

Let’s talk about Abraham Lincoln for a moment. He was one of the greatest Presidents of USA. However, there is one thing that distinguishes him from other great people – humility. He went through the grind, failed many times and after all that he became, quite literally the boss of US. While the British may

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How Not To Get Underpaid

A while ago, there was a huge hullabaloo over Jennifer Lawrence being underpaid than her “American Hustle’ co-stars – Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner. This showed that no matter how successful you get you can still get the short end of the stick. That is why when you find yourself in

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