I don’t know who has hours to spend shopping all afternoon, but it’s not me. It’s a big reason why I don’t bargain shop. It goes against a lot of my other thrifty habits like obsessive budgeting on Mint.com, and setting up multiple savings accounts for each of my long-term goals like buying a house and big travel adventures.
4 Tips for Landing a Job in Social Media
It’s no secret that jobs in social media are becoming more prevalent in nearly every industry nationwide and even globally. A quick search on Indeed returns nearly 30,000 openings in the United States alone.
Social Media Nerds Are Your Next Boss
Last week I had the pleasure of serving on a panel for the Association of Magazine Media and learned that if you want a career in the magazine industry, you better learn social media — editors consider it a must-have skill for junior hires.
7 Secrets of Social Media Conversion
I am a big fan of Unbounce, and use it to test various messages for clients looking for sales leads. Here you’ll find an excellent graphic outlining best practices in making sure your digital ad translates into an actual sale via a well-optimized landing page.
The Secret to a Successful Career Transition: Blogging
Like many of you, I left my liberal arts education with the daunting challenge of finding a job relevant to my degree in international affairs. Among my college friends, I counted French majors, history buffs, women’s studies experts, urban designers, foreign policy gurus and even philosophers. Growing up in a rural area, I was in the wrong region to pursue my interest in international affairs, and in a field that had few entry-level openings for new college graduates.
Hey, Recruiters: 5 Tips for Using Social Media to Find Job Candidates
Whether you’re new to the block or a social media pro, these reminders will help you make the most of social media for recruiting (with co-author Ashley Hoffman).
How to Ace the Impromptu Interview
I waited tables throughout my college years and had many memorable customers. But one busy Saturday lunch hour was particularly unique: a woman dining with her family was oddly curious about my career aspirations and essentially interviewed me between her refills of Coca-Cola.
How to Manage Stress and Task-Overload
Stress is nothing new to me: I was diagnosed with stress-induced asthma in grade school. How much of a nerd do you have to be to get stressed out over getting an A on your second-grade math homework? It didn’t end there. I regularly got sick during final exams in high school, and don’t get [...]
I’m Hosting a Social Media Bootcamp with Brazen Careerist
If you are ready to take your social media efforts to the next level – you’ve come to the right place! Register now for Brazen U’s premier Executive Social Media Bootcamp, a rigorous 4-week online bootcamp that will help you develop and implement a winning social media strategy. Any job. Any industry.
Brazen Careerist Website Designs Featured on CNN
This week, CNN featured Brazen Careerist’s Network Roulette recruiting events in a segment about how Millenials are dealing with a difficult job market. You can watch the video here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/07/21/millennial.brazen.careerist/index.html?hpt=hp_bn8 The website homepage, blog and event pages — all my designs — are featured prominently.
