Best of Social Networking: Top 5 This Week | Brand-Yourself.com Blog

Here are the Top 5 This Week – @andywergedal

Social Media, It is not who you know but how you know them! Are they real friends? Are they linkedin contacts that you met at a networking evert, or are they facebook friends who request that you join their mafia family? This weeks posts have a common theme,” How to use Social Media“.

Andy’s Tip (same as last week): If you can’t get anyone to talk to you, buy an iPad and go sit in your local starbucks. You can start making real world friends, not just online ones.

Spanx for Men: Sucking It Up to Make a Better First Impression - Careers Articles

No matter what your gender, thin is more in than ever when it comes to getting a job or a promotion. And to the relief of some and the chagrin of others, it's no longer just women who are attempting to trim the fat in their job searches. For years, females have been stuffing themselves into Spanx at Oprah's behest, in order to look slimmer and smoother.

But now, when the working world is more competitive than ever, men are streamlining their look as well. Products like Spanx for Men and the Slim Suit from Mohan Custom Tailors are becoming increasingly popular, and it's not so much about looking as dapper Don Draper as it is about looking like the best candidate for the job.

Cover Letter Tips & Career Advice from Career Expert Jessica Holbrook Hernandez : CAREEREALISM

By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert, Jessica Holbrook Hernandez

This week we’re exploring strategies and best practices for writing cover letters. So take out your cover letter, dust it off, and let’s go.

The purpose of your cover letter is not to bore the hiring manager with your entire life story, explain and justify every gap in employment, account for your career path, and so on and so forth. Your cover letter has one purpose—and one purpose only. Get the hiring manager’s attention so he reads your resume! It’s your opportunity to make a great first impression and let him know you deserve his time. Here are a few points to remember to ensure your cover letter is a success:

How to Find a Job in One Day - Careers Articles

"Just tell us how to get a job!" you've implored us at AOL Jobs, and we listened. We're getting out the heavy artillery for you by printing the "One-Day Career Makeover" from the book 'Career Comeback--Repackage Yourself to Get the Job You Want.' It's a makeover you can give yourself at home, so it costs very little, if anything -- and you can do it no matter where you live. In just one day, it can put you head and shoulders above your competition.

Overcoming the Challenges of the Phone Interview - Careers Articles

Phone interviews are a lot like the kid's game Pin the Tail on the Donkey. You're blindfolded and hoping you stay on target to win the game. Interviews are tough enough in general, but on the phone, there are some unique challenges in making the right impression. And many ways to make the wrong one.

How Management Can Help You Find A Job | Tim's Strategy

If only we had someone walking around us all the time during job search.  Someone who could chart our progress.  And keep us on the straight and narrow.

This someone would have our job search objectives written in detail.  They would know our weaknesses and our strengths.  Helping us to limit the exposure of one and drive the heck out of the other.

Have You Sabotaged Your Job Search? | EmploymentDigest.net

As a globally recognized Certified Professional Resume Writer, Executive Recruiter, and founder of Haute Resume & Career Services LLC, I review hundreds of resumes each year for unemployed job seekers who’ve often spent months unsuccessfully searching for a job. Most of these costly mistakes are easily preventable when the job seeker has educated him/herself in the art of resume writing.