Comments for A Brand New You

Comment on Six Ways To Perfect Your Elevator Pitch by erika hanson brown

erika hanson brown — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:23:40 +0000

Julia:
I like your work!!
I’d like to talk with you realtime because I may have another venue for you, if that were to be of interest to you.

Comment on Drexel University Career Zone Launches. by marci

marci — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:04:30 +0000

Great Article Julia

Comment on Five Ways For Fantastic Follow-up! by julial727

julial727 — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:20:33 +0000

Drew
Thanks for the comment. I think that is a fantastic idea. For networking events, once I walked away from the person, I would write down where, when and any other notes on the back of their business card. But I like the idea of a personal note as well. It adds a level of class above sending an email.

Comment on Five Ways For Fantastic Follow-up! by Drew K.

Drew K. — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:28:33 +0000

Couldn’t agree more Julia! I think about 75% of those who interview don’t send thank you’s. Here’s a thought – Most of you people out there job hunting should look at this as an open door to get a leg up on the competition.

Here’s a thought… Make follow up it part of your interviewing/meeting schedule! When I was interviewing I would bring some writing material and stamps with me, then immediately went to a nearby Starbucks post-interview to write thank you letters and dropped them in a nearby mailbox. You could do the same post networking event – and get this, you may actually remember the conversations you had with most people if you sit down immediately after the event!

Comment on Do you let work into your playground? by Patti Steelman

Patti Steelman — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:33:00 +0000

You have hit the nail on the head! I, too, use Facebook and LinkedIn with the intention, to have Facebook be for personal / social networking and LinkedIn be for professional use. I am still becoming up-to-speed on Twitter.

Perhaps because I consider many colleagues to be my friends, I have let there be many crossovers. Yet, now I feel I should re-think who is where. My two worlds have collided and there is not that healthy work/life balance. I need to re-establish the boundaries.

Comment on Spring Cleaning by Dana Cappell

Dana Cappell — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:15:00 +0000

Another way to get started on your online personal brand is to Google yourself. You may be surprised at what comes up. I once found a quote from myself from my freshman year at college when I was interviewed by the local college newspaper. This was in 1996, so the internet was not as robust as it is today and it was a total surprise to me to see that quote. Luckily, it was a fairly generic quote and opinion about some of the new school leadership.

Also, social networking sites are extremely powerful networking tools as Julia points out above, but it is important to pay attention to the security settings on the site, what you post on your site and what your friends post. For example, when friends “tag” a photo of you on Facebook, anyone that you have as a friend on Facebook can view it. It may not be a photo that you would want to share with your entire “network” or be a part of your online personal brand.