Guest Post by Anna Pitts, a Marketing Assistant and Online Researcher at the Graduate Recruitment Bureau. Social media is a pivotal part of your job hunt, that’s a given. You need to make sure that you have a strong presence and identity on the internet that is accessible and appealing to employers and recruiters. Once [...]
Why LinkedIn Endorsements Can Make or Break Your Career
by Deborah Shane on May 8th
Reposted with permission from Gen Y and Workplace Expert Dan Schawbel. LinkedIn endorsements have really taken off in the past few months. LinkedIn recently announced that there have been over 1 billion endorsements made so far. These endorsements are extremely valuable because the more you have, they higher your profile will rank for each skill. [...]
We Did It. Small Business Book Award Winner 2013
by Deborah Shane on April 1st
We did it! We won Top 5 in our Classics Category in the Small Business Book Awards 2013, presented by SmallBizTrends.com. The reason this is so important is because the winning is tied into our social community votes. I won because you voted and for that I am very grateful and honored so THANK YOU! [...]
Keys For Creating Your Career Success Story
by Deborah Shane on March 20th
This post originally ran on the Personal Branding Blog. The story of our careers, work and jobs continues to be written and told by all of us living it. 2008-2010 were tumultuous, paradigm shift years that most of us had never known, seen or experienced in our lifetime. We were all forced to deal with change on [...]
Career Transition-Make the Shift Nominated For 2013 Small Business Book Awards
by Deborah Shane on March 6th
Cleveland, OH, [date] – Author Deborah Shane has been nominated for the 2013 Small Business Book Awards in the category of Classics. Her book Career Transition-Make The Shift published in March 2011 is currently a #1 paperback and #2 kindle in career transition on Amazon.com The Small Business Book Awards celebrate the best business books that appeal to entrepreneurs, [...]
Make Sense Out of Change and Join The Dance
by Deborah Shane on February 26th
I’m going to go off on a little riff today. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. ~Alan Watts I found this quote by British philosopher Alan Watts, which grabbed me and really perked me up because of how simple, and sound [...]




















