Branding and the Me Economy

Good read from the NY Times.

One rule for writing CVs:

Leave No Myseries, writes Teresa Magnum on Inside Higher Education.

More of her tips.

Find a Mentor

Inside Higher Education offers tips, useful for job holders and job seekers at all levels, including:

Seek out mentors who have careers of interest to you: If you are interested
in becoming a faculty member or an administrator, find mentors in those
positions and ask questions on how to maximize your graduate school
experience.

http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/mentor/bonaparte

Tend your LinkedIn account

Tips from Chris Brogan:

Accept any invitations that make sense for you to accept.

Enter any recent business cards to invite them to LinkedIn (if you’re growing your network).

Drop into Q&A and see if you can volunteer 2-3 answers.

Provide 1 recommendation every few days for people you can honestly and fully recommend.

Add any relevant slide decks to the Slideshare app there, or books to the
Amazon bookshelf.

http://www.chrisbrogan.com/19-presence-management-chores-you-could-do-every-day/

Your online rep

Did you know that, in one recent study, 77 percent of recruiters said they check applicants' backgrounds online?

Some tips on managing your online image from Boston Interactive.
http://www.bostoninteractive.com/newsletter/feature/You-2.0-032009.asp

What Michael Jackson can teach about personal branding

Reaction from the generous folks at Career Hub. (Have you used their free e-books?)

How can you "break out" from the pack?

http://www.careerhubblog.com/main/2009/06/what-michael-jackson-the-brand-icon-can-teach-you-about-personal-branding.html

Higher Ed Job Hunt Tips

Make the most of your summer with this advice from Clare Potter for Inside Higher Education.

An excerpt:

Finally: finish something. Whether it is submitting an article, finishing
revisions on an article that has come back with reader's reports, writing a book
proposal and sending your manuscript out, whatever. You need to show that you
are moving forward in your career...