by Beth Leslie | Jul 4, 2017 | Social Media Job Seeking |
Once upon a time, most career advice related to social media boiled down to “don’t have it”. Even with your privacy settings on max, job-hunters with a Facebook account were warned that they were exposing themselves to the risk of prudish employers stumbling across... 
by Beth Leslie | Jun 15, 2017 | Confidence |
Confidence is a quality most of us would like to possess. But pinning down the exact je ne sais quoi that makes up confidence is surprisingly tricky. Often, we picture a confident person as the sort of outgoing, larger-than-life personality who, surrounded by... 
by Beth Leslie | May 4, 2017 | Social Media Job Seeking |
It was Mark Twain who famously referred to “lies, damn lies, and statistics”. His point – that statistics can be manipulated – is valid. But statistics are also one of the best methods we have for organizing data and making predictions about the future. For everyone... 
by Beth Leslie | Apr 11, 2017 | Social Media Job Seeking |
Imagine your professional self as a company. Sounds kind of weird, right? After all, businesses are something you work for, not something you actually are. In fact, the line between individual and company is already blurry: think of the thousands of freelancers,... 
by Beth Leslie | Mar 13, 2017 | Social Media Job Seeking |
In some ways, social media is a blessing for job hunters. In other ways, it’s a curse. Lurid tales abound of luckless employees fired over inappropriate LinkedIn exploits or Snapchat shenanigans. But you seem like the sort of smart, savvy job hunter who already knew...
