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 [...]
11 Qualities That Build Personal Magnetism
by Deborah Shane on May 1st
This post originally ran on the Personal Branding Blog. Lack of charisma can be fatal. Jenny Holzer I couldn’t agree more. With all the talking about, writing about and discussion about personal branding, this personal magnetism or charisma is already inside of you and part of the DNA personality you were born with. In Developmental Psychologist Jan Mercer’s [...]
Network With The Right People And They Will Lead You
by Deborah Shane on April 10th
This originally ran on the Personal Branding Blog. I have been talking and writing about my recent relocation to the Tampa Bay/Dunedin Florida area to be closer to my family. I seem to be on the move more over the past 6 years but that is just where my life cycle is now. The good news [...]
5 Words Make a BIG Difference
by Deborah Shane on November 26th
I love words and language. I have been writing and reading since I’m 10 years old-poetry, lyrics, essays, reports, articles, presentations, and now my book , E-book and Blog. Words have always had great power to change things for the good and their meaning can impact others greatly. Words describe our personality, spirit, soul and [...]
Branding your Competencies, Characteristics and Intangibles
by Deborah Shane on November 19th
Previously posted with permission from the Personal Branding Blog. The job post of today reads something like this: 20 year company seeking sales professional with 5 years of a proven sales success in increasing new business, expanding sales territory, categories of new business, increase existing account spending, displays a high level of loyalty, plays and [...]
Are You A Catalyst?
by Deborah Shane on October 29th
It’s always best to be someone who makes good things happen. This creates energy, activity, good will and ultimately results and success. So, are you a catalyst? A catalyst is a ”person whose talk, enthusiasm, or energy causes others to be more friendly, enthusiastic, or energetic or that precipitates an event or change”? Someone that can do that [...]




















