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As the old English adage goes … a picture is worth a thousand words (even though this has been “plagiarized and paraphrased” many times. According to research from Hubspot, visual images are 32% of the most important form of content by marketers and mobile viewing of video has increased by 10 million viewing minutes daily rate in the past two years. There are a lot of other astounding 2020 statistics in that Hubspot article, so check…

“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing”, according to Vince Lombardi. Do you have a winning LinkedIn profile and how do you even know? What are some metrics that tell you if you are a winner?One way is to get your SSI (Social Selling Index) Score on Linkedin, which is kind of like a report card grade.Another way is to check out your dashboard to see the number of profile views, search appearances, and article…

Did you know you could make a voice recorded message on LinkedIn up to one minute? It’s a dictated message; not voice to text and you can send it to an individual or a group, as long as they are 1st degree connections.First thing’s first – check your profile settings in LinkedIn to make sure you are receiving messages in your messaging list, as well as via email, especially if you are not checking LinkedIn…

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.”– Benjamin FranklinAs a young professional, you have more years ahead of you than behind you, and as they say … the world is your oyster. As a former K-12 teacher and proud mother of two millennial girls, Sara and Christina, I love interacting with younger generations. It’s exciting to see what my former students and friends of my daughters are now…

 “Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better” (Martin Luther King, Jr.).In case you are not aware, on January 15, 1929, Michael King Jr. was born. At age five, after Michael King Sr.’s trip to Germany, he came home and changed both his and his son’s names to Martin Luther. His inspiration came from…

Some students finish their college coursework in December instead of May. If you think they are all prepared to be jobseekers, then think again.They do not have their career documents together (resume – one for handing people and another for online applications, LinkedIn profiles, BIO, networking one pager, job tracker sheet, networking business cards, target company list, etc.)They do not have a well prepared and practiced elevator pitch and have not been groomed for interviews…

You got that end of year bonus … or not. You are wondering if you should stay or go … or not. You would like to climb the ladder where you are at or perhaps somewhere else.Nonetheless, you have heard how important it is to engage in your own career management and keep your career documents up to date. With the start of a new year as well as a new decade, it’s time to…