Dice.com and Cat Miller says USE JIBBERJOBBER #kewl

Dice.com and Cat Miller says USE JIBBERJOBBER #kewl Check out this short 4 minute video from Dice.coms Cat Miller shares ideas on How To Build Your Business Network. At minute 2:35 she says so we need a personal equivalent to a customer relationship management program.  My favorite is JibberJobber. Heres an image (video below): Yippee!  We agree! Check out the video, and take notes Cat includes a lot of gems in the four minutes.  You might know a lot of it, but are you doing it?  Take notes, then see what opportunities you have for improvement. Heres the video from YouTube you can go to Cats post to comment or tweet Dice.com and Cat Miller says USE JIBBERJOBBER #kewl Check out this short 4 minute video from Dice.coms Cat Miller shares ideas on How To Build Your Business Network. At minute 2:35 she says so we need a personal equivalent to a customer relationship management program.  My favorite is JibberJobber. Heres an image (video below): Yippee!  We agree! Check out the video, and take notes Cat includes a lot of gems in the four minutes.  You might know a lot of it, but are you doing it?  Take notes, then see what opportunities you have for improvement. Heres the video from YouTube you can go to Cats post to comment or tweet

Theres a high price to hiding from the need to transition

Theres a high price to hiding from the need to transition This is our spring family portrait. The calf wandered into the photo. Winter is peaceful on the farm because theres nothing to do but keep the animals alive. Its hard work, but its only a few hours a day. Summer is busy because all the fields are ready at different timesfarmers cut hay many times in a season, farmers rotate the animals to graze different fields, and there are baby animals that have to grow and become independent by winter. But the rhythms of summer are predictable because everything is part of a system. I say this as if I do any of it. I dont, actually.  But I help in emergencies. The only time when things are in flux is right before planting the corn and right after harvesting the corn. We are in the before time. There is excitement everywhere. The farmers watch for the signs to plant cornthe date isnt how they decide. They look at what nature is doing and plant when the first violets open. Or when the oak leaves are as big as a squirrels ear. The animals are excited that there is new grass to graze. And the kids are excited that its warm enough to explore aloneno risk of getting stuck in a snowdrift and freezing. Farm families have lots of shoes. You need special shoes for snow, for slush, for mud, for running in the grass, and for planting in the grass. And then you need shoes for when youre not on the farm. Most of the year, out-of-season shoes are in the barn. You can tell a farmhouse in spring because its got shoes for every season all together. Ive been saving this next picture for you. Its the day I told my boys, Kids in the city are done with winter boots. Wear shoes. Wear your city shoes so we can all look normal. No answer. I scream upstairs, Did you guys hear me about the shoes? Lets go! Get in the car! They yell back, Okay! Okay! We heard you! No farm shoes in the city! We know! We know! We get to Madison for music lessons and heres what they were wearing: In the spring, to be a farmer is to build fences. We have about fifteen types of fences and each one serves a different purpose. A single electric wire keeps cattle from grazing the wrong field. But a goat is smart enough to go over or under the wire. Some fences are permanent, like the cattle lot for winter. Some fences are temporary, like my sons genetic experiment where he bred the smallest pig and the largest pig. In the spring farmers check all the fences to see if they made it though the winter. And they make new fences to prepare for all the baby animals coming. Farmers are never sure which fencing will work. If you put up the most expensive fence every time then you can be sure the fence will work, but you wont make any money. So farmers experiment with the fastest, cheapest fence that will do the job, and a smart farmer is always a little bit out of his fencing comfort zone in the spring. Chickens experiment as well. In the spring they start laying eggs in weird places that look better than their regular places for laying eggs. So spring is a time when the kids have to experiment with their egg collecting routine to get to all the new places. My spring is full of phone calls, of course. To give you an idea of how many coaching calls Ive been doing, I just heard my sons fighting. The younger one said, Youre a buttface! And the older one said, Yeah, well youre never gonna have a fulfilling job! One of the phone calls is from a TV producer. I usually dont tell you guys about the TV people who contact me because tons of them do, but nothing ever happens. Even when a reality TV crew filmed at our house, still nothing happened. But this time there is a big-name writer on the project, and there is a big-name actress who is slated to play me. Im not going to give names because Im sort of hoping that this post slips under the radar of the TV people, because I want to tell you a secret. They told me the TV show idea works because Im like Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer:  I have the big career that women want. And I thought, What? Holy crap. Thats what they see in me? My reaction was to not post here for a month. I think I felt hopelessness, really. Like, there is no way I can keep being this for people. There is no way I can keep up the image that Im a woman with a big career. And what if TV people dont care about me when they discover Im just a mom living on a farm? But the truth is that Im not just a mom living on a farm. If nothing else, Im not rolling fences, Im doing coaching calls. And Im not gathering eggs, Im gathering investors. But I need to do transitions, just like everyone else on the farm. I have the same lack of assurance that Im wearing the right thing for where I am, and I have the same worries that Im taking risks that wont work. It would be unlike me to write about the promise of spring without mentioning that spring is suicide season. There are a lot of theories about why spring has the most suicides, but the majority of the theories take into account the relationship between spring and  loneliness. My theory is that spring is a time of transition. Everything is in transition: nature, people, routines. Its  more pronounced in agricultural communities, but its in our DNA no matter where we live. If you hide from transition, then its lonely. And thats what Ive felt this past month, when I was not blogging. Spring is a time to find out where you are and who you are and move toward where you are going. Avoiding that requires hiding which leads to depression. So Im done hiding. Im doing spring. Even though the only way I could admit that Im not the powerhouse the TV people think I am is to put it in the middle of a too-long-to-read post.

How EY Does Employer Branding in Ireland

How EY Does Employer Branding in Ireland Today we’re heading to the emerald isle and speaking to one of the Big 4 accounting firms. How do you balance being a global enviable employer with local talent challenges? All shall be revealed in today’s episode with Caroline McAniff, Head of Recruitment and Employer Branding at EY Ireland. Have a listen to the episode below, keep reading for a summary and be sure to subscribe to the  Employer Branding Podcast. Listen on  Apple Podcasts,  Stitcher Radio,  Google Play  or  SoundCloud. In this episode youll learn: What sort of services and products EY offer. What the overall employer brand strategy is all about at EY and what their EVP is. How EY activate their employer brand in Ireland and what initiatives  have stood out. How EY Ireland measure the ROI of their employer brand successes. What Carolines top tips for employer branding would be and why its all about taking risks! What employers brands, beyond EY, inspire Caroline in Ireland. Connect with Caroline on LinkedIn.

Personal Branding Weekly - Step Up Your Brand - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Personal Branding Weekly - Step Up Your Brand - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. â€"Martin Luther King, Jr. Have you taken that first step in discovering, understanding, communication and managing your personal brand? Sometimes that first step is the hardest. Mostly because of the fear associated with taking action into an area that is unknown. If you remember, Martin Luther King had a dream. A dream that he focused on, shared with others, described in glorious and loving detail. Some of us can even recite his historic speech where he details the aspects of ‘his dream’. But, more important than his dream, my question for you today is what is yours? Can you recite your dream in great and specific detail? Have you shared with others the glorious specifics of your vision? Or have you all too easily bought into and focused on someone else’s dream and forgot about your own? Today, I challenge you to take a step and answer the following questions: What does success look like to you? What does it sound like? What does it feel like and taste like? How is your success making a difference to others? The second part of that challenge is to write about this for ten minutes.   Even if you just write, “I must keep writing” â€" then do so but keep writing. Thoughts will flow in and out as you do this. Jot them down. Write down your dreams and your definition of success. Keep from judging it â€" just write it down. We read books or articles about managing our personal brand yet we do nothing and never more forward. Sadly, we often spend more time creating our grocery list than we do in writing down the specifics of the vision of our life. And, which is more important? This past week â€" we provided helpful insights such as: The Holy Grail of Workplace Motivation by Skip Weisman Do Less and Get More Business Results in 2014 by Crystal Washington We Must Like You to Hire You by Nance Rosen 4 Ways to Jumpstart Your Brand in 2014 by Heather Huhman POWER of Branding: An Interview with J.D. by Bill Connolly How to Resign without Burning the Bridges by Ceren Cubukcu The New 3Rs for Business: Representation, Recommendations, Review by Elinor Stutz Side-Hustling: Angelo Sotira, CEO of deviantART by BIll Connolly How Many Influencer Meetings Did You Have This Month? by Eddy Ricci How to Reinvent Your Career in 2014 by Glassdoor.com Viewing Prospective Employers: Mirror or Glass Door? by Richard Kirby Can Personal Brands Use Facebook Ads? by Maria Elena Duron Economy of You: An Interview with Kimberly Palmer by Bill Connolly Build Influence for Your Brand with Klout Lists by Susan Gilbert Whale Songs and Social Media by Jeff Shuey Expand Your Brand with a Book by Leslie Truex Investing in Your Interview Wardrobe Pays Dividends by Alex Freund Increase Productivity by Automating and Recycling for Twitter by Nick Inglis Adding Story Telling to the Interview Process by Marc Miller Here are some easily shareable (and tweetable) tidbits: It’s important to tune into oneself and know when it’s time to take a break or to simply slow down. http://ow.ly/sDZQD [tweet this] If you want people to engage with you on social media, give them something of value and reach out to them first. http://ow.ly/sE0h4 [tweet this] Individuals who are candid are among the best communicators around the office. http://ow.ly/sE0QI [tweet this] Your brand is YOU and it needs to be a reflection of you in all that you do. http://ow.ly/sE4lI [tweet this] When describing yourself, be authentic: describe yourself how you are perceived, not how you want to be perceived. http://ow.ly/sE4Py [tweet this] Being remembered is most important and means you occupy some prime real estate in the mind of someone.   http://ow.ly/sElYz [tweet this] The two key factors that motivate consistently across all generations in the workplace are autonomy and transparency. http://ow.ly/sEmFj [tweet this] Practice taking unnecessary items off your plate to allow more time to focus on accomplishing your goals. http://ow.ly/sEtvU [tweet this] A workplace secret: if they don’t like you, they won’t hire or retain you. http://ow.ly/sEtVr [tweet this] In reality, social media and the Internet are only one facet of building a personal brand. http://ow.ly/sEujC [tweet this] Resigning from a job is easy, but resigning without burning any bridges is not. http://ow.ly/sEvmP [tweet this] As you take on new clients, are you giving them 100% of what you promised plus a little bit more than what is expected? http://ow.ly/sELdQ [tweet this] Sharp professionals are very intentional with their networking and care most about the quality of people they meet. http://ow.ly/sEMqJ [tweet this] Success relies on being willing to take the advice, criticism and feedback you are getting, even if you don’t agree. http://ow.ly/sEMOi [tweet this] As a 20-something millennial, it’s reasonable to expect to work for 12+ employers in a “corporate career.” http://ow.ly/sENT0 [tweet this] Once you have a clean looking, well organized and written business page, Facebook Ads are an absolute must. http://ow.ly/sHi1H [tweet this] Create a Klout account to measure your social media. It seems to stand out from the rest in terms of being the standard. http://ow.ly/sHi4Y [tweet this] The volume of your posts on different social media platforms may vary and will impact whether you are really being heard. http://ow.ly/sHi6A [tweet this] Be open to your dreams. Try the two part challenge and let me know your feedback and insights in the comments below. Are you busy? Here’s some quick and easy tips on  Social Marketing for busy people.