5 Personal Branding Trends of 2011

5 Personal Branding Trends of 20115 Personal Branding Trends of 20112011 brings new tools and Web sites to end your personal brand schizophrenia and take mora control of the message youre sending.Expect to encounter these five personal branding trends in 2011 and be prepared to take advantage of the opportunities they offer and combat the obstacles they might present.1. Anywhere HiringAs companies increase hiring after the global recession eases, they will be more open than ever to bringing on ideal candidates regardless of where they are located. Driven by leaner budgets, years of working successfully with off-site employees and ever-improving technology, well see a marked increase in the number of people entering and re-entering the workforce who are not colocated with their gruppe. This trend will make offices slimmer and commutes shorter, but it will cause us to rely on technology even more to build our brands to both get the jobs and to remain relevant and compelling while in th em. When I deliver a keynote address and entertain questions, Im often asked, How do I build visibility with my team when I work at home and rarely see my colleagues? Video is the answer.Video will be a particularly critical tool for interviewing remote candidates and a vital medium for communicating your message and building your identity with colleagues. If you are applying for jobs in 2011, make sure you feel comfortable using video.2. Web PurityCombine the growth of online social networks, the ease of creating your own blog and omnipresent Internet connectivity, with the pressure to be online looking for jobs, connecting with friends and available to colleagues, and you can see that the Web has become a really crowded and noisy place.Only a couple of years ago, when you Googled me, William Arruda, all the results were about me. I have a fairly unique name (thanks, Dad). But now, a Google search reveals that theres a teacher, a cop, a fireman and a bodybuilder who share my name. You have likely seen the same when you Google yourself. This creates confusion for those who want to learn about you - making it hard for them to know if you are the John Smith who ran the Boston marathon or the one who was accused of insider trading. You want hiring managers to associate you with the right Google results.Services will become available to help you stand out from others with your name. In 2010, Vizibility launched - offering the opportunity to build a Search Me button that you put at the top of your resume. Look for more products and services that will help you - especially those of you with a common name - showcase accurate and relevant content.3. 3-D Personal BrandAs blended search becomes the norm and Web researchers demand more multimedia content, the fact that you have images, video and real-time content will become more and more important to those who are researching you. Hiring managers who look you up on the Web can get a true 3-D view of who you are and what you have to offer through the power of multimedia - 3-D personal branding. That means Flickr, YouTube and Twitter will become even more important. And new tools that integrate all forms of media will become available.For personal branding, multimedia is critical. It provides the opportunity to build emotional connections with people who are making decisions about you. A picture is worth a thousand words and video delivers a complete communication. Those who make the most of this will stand out from their peers and get the job.4. Personal PortalsMany of you have spent time in the past several years creating a LinkedIn profile, building a blog, creating a Twitter bio, friending on Facebook, etc. This has fractured your brand to various sites all over the web. Theres the Facebook you, the YouTube you and the Twitter you, etc. Each person who connects with you via one of these sites sees only one facet of the gem that is your brand. This has made it challenging to provide the comp lete story about who you are and what you do.Personal portals, such as about.me and flavors.me, comprise a new category of online tools that allow you to link all the different facets of your brand in one place. They let you create one customizable Web page that connects all your profiles from various social networks. This allows you to develop a custom konzept using your personal brand identity system (color, fonts, images, etc.) to serve as your personal home page.Your personal portal can be the one place you reference on your resume to get hiring managers to learn about you. The plethora of personal portals portends the end of personal brand schizophrenia.5. RevYOUsVisibility is important in personal branding credibility is even more important. One of the best ways to build credibility is to have others speak for you. The Like feature has been a part of sites such as YouTube and blogging software for a long time. LinkedIn has provided the opportunity to get recommendations from n etwork members for years. Some users of the online 360Reach personal branding assessment (Disclosure 360Reach was developed by my company) have told me that they bring their 360Reach report to job interviews to show hiring managers the feedback they have received from managers and colleagues. Soon, there will be a number of services that focus primarily on reviewing professionals. Think of these services as TripAdvisor for people.Angies List allows you to evaluate and recommend service providers, Lawyers.com provides peer review information and Honestly.com allows you to anonymously evaluate your Facebook friends and LinkedIn network members.Recommendations and testimonials have always been a part of the job search process. Now, there will be a new class of tools that will make reviewing and evaluating reviews easy.

12 Companies Hiring Now Thatll Pay You To Travel the World

12 Companies Hiring Now Thatll Pay You To Travel the World12 Companies Hiring Now Thatll Pay You To Travel the World Do you suffer from wanderlust? Is your travel bucket list five feet long? Do you dream of noshing on baguettes in Paris, or taking in the hustle and bustle of Tokyo? Then weve got good news for you - you dont have to give up your U.S.-based career to make this happen. There are plenty of companies hiring all over the world that are actively searching for tons of candidates to help them fill their open positions.Whether you choose a permanent outpost abroad or just make a few annual business trips, working at one of these 12 companies will help you make your globetrotting dreams come true. Apply now before these openings get snapped up by another wannabe jet-setterWhat They Do Develops e-discovery software Relativity for managing large volumes of electronic evidence during litigation or investigations.Where Hiring Chicago, IL Krakw, Poland London, En glandWhat Employees Say Great culture and pretty durchschaubar as a company. Very respected in the field of e-discovery as the product is market leading. The people I work with are great, the benefits are pretty standard for tech companies. The hardware provided is top notch. I work with smart people and things are always changing, its very fast paced. Free monthly lunches and huge company-wide happy hours every quarter makes it fun to socialize with coworkers. - Current EmployeeWhat They Do HubSpot is an inbound marketing and sales platform that helps companies attract visitors, convert leads, and close customers.Where Hiring Berlin, Germany Boston, MA Dublin, Ireland Portsmouth, NH Sydney, Australia Tokyo, JapanWhat Employees Say Great people to work with. Fantastic geschftszimmers and amenities. Autonomy to work on projects I think will positively impact the company. Amazing parties and yearly conference. Top of the line tech. Truly believes in unlimited vacation (if one get s their work done). In the 2016 year, I took 20 days vacation with less than 2 years service. Given time to explore different solutions, trusted to find the best. Everyone is pleasant, which is a first for me after 10 years in Boston tech industry. C-level executives available to talk. - Current Senior Software EngineerWhat They Do WeWork transforms buildings into beautiful, collaborative workspaces.Where Hiring Austin, TX Buenos Aires, Argentina London, England Mexico City, Mexico New York, NY San Francisco, CA Shanghai, China Tel Aviv, Israel and many moraWhat Employees Say The Digital Dept is very well organized and has plenty of smart people to learn from. Leadership in this department is robust and heavily anchored in strong tech and startup backgrounds that I am continually impressed with. I am a huge fan of the culture in this team and felt like I was able to be included and make a ton of new friends with the same career passions as me right away. The teams are very open about employees learning new skills they are interested in, or switching around projects and products to keep the people here interested and happy with their work. - Current Senior DesignerWhat They Do ACI Worldwide delivers electronic banking and payment solutions for more than 5000 financial institutions, merchants, billers and processors around the world.Where Hiring Auburn, AL Bogot, Colombia Elkhorn, NE Limerick, Ireland Midrand, South Africa Munich, Germany Naples, FL India Timisoara, Romania Watford, England and moreWhat Employees Say Great opportunities to develop your career if you are proactive about it. Good team spirit. People are generally very helpful. Very experienced executive team understands the electronic payments business well. - Former EmployeeWhat They Do Transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an outside-in view.What Employees Say Encourages skunkworks projects, empowers employees with autonomy to change things. Minimal office po litics people are more interested in getting work done. Very healthy culture and values. Fantastic and cosy physical work environment (Located at the Sandcrawler). Enthusiastic in trying out new technology and processes. Constantly stays current and up-to-date with the industry. Citizen-centric from the get-go, bottom line is impacting and improving the lives of citizens. Competitive remuneration in the public sector. - Current Associate ConsultantWhat They Do Enables consumers and businesses to instantly book on-demand transportation, delivery and logistics.Where Hiring London, England New York, NY Tel Aviv, IsraelWhat Employees Say Company gives opportunity for those who want to learn. The informal environment and culture allows anyone to contribute to any work, regardless of their department. This is interesting if you want to learn a lot. There are lots of exciting projects. You can see the return of your work quite quickly. You really feel like contributing to the business. - Current ManagerWhat They Do Empowers more than 250,000 companies and 100 million users in 188 countries to sign, send and manage documents anytime, anywhere, on any device, with confidence.Where Hiring Dublin, Ireland London, UK Paris, France San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Tel Aviv, Israel Tokyo, Japan Warrenville, IL, Sydney, Australia and more.What Employees Say DocuSign tops the lists of best places to work for a reason. Management and the team here are made up of great people who together create a very welcoming and fun atmosphere to work in. The interview process focuses on personality as much as it focuses on skill and it shows in the people that are hired here. All of the benefits that are available are excellent. PTO is flexible. The product itself adds real value to customers and is a fun sell. - Current Market Development RepresentativeWhat They Do Marketplace of individual sellers/creators of handmade or vintage items, art, and supplies.Where Hiring Berlin, Germa ny Brooklyn, NY Dublin, Ireland Hudson, NY London, England Paris, France San Francisco, CA Toronto, Canada What Employees Say Etsy really does care about their core missions and beliefs. They are very flexible and understanding with needing to work from home, or when things come up in life. Etsy has a very social culture. They work hard to listen to employee feedback, adjust, and adapt to things happening in society. They are 100% supportive of employees outside interests and passions. - Current EmployeeWhat They Do A global technology consultancy that helps you invent whats next, and bring it to life with technology.Where Hiring Barcelona, Spain Beijing, China Belo Horizonte, Brazil Chicago, IL Cologne, Germany Denver, CO Hyderabad, India London, England San Francisco, CA Singapore and moreWhat Employees Say ThoughtWorks is all about people We are a software company and a community of passionate, purpose-led individuals. We think disruptively to deliver technology to address o ur clients toughest challenges, all while seeking to revolutionize the IT industry and create positive social change. - Current EmployeeWhat They Do Helps everyone, everywhere discover the story of what led to them.Where Hiring Dublin, Ireland Helena, MT Lehi, UT London, England San Francisco, CAWhat Employees Say It was really exciting to work for a company on the cutting edge of DNA testing in relation to Genealogy. It was a fast paced environment, with new things coming all the time. The people who work there were great and most were really easy to work with. The pay and benefits were both fantastic. - Former Communications/PR Team MemberWhat They Do Transform your security program with continuous visibility and critical context, enabling decisive action.Where Hiring Columbia, MD Dublin, Ireland New York, NY San Francisco, CA Paris, France Singapore Stockholm, Sweden Sydney, Australia Toronto, Canada Uxbridge, England and moreWhat Employees Say Tenable is the best place I have worked at in my career. The culture is amazing not too corporate, not too hey were a startup lets bounce around on yoga balls all day, everyone is super relaxed and yet professional at the same time Upper management seems very involved and active in the future of the company, and constantly communicate the plan to the rest of the company. There is always lots to do and many new challenges lie ahead, so coming to work is exciting every day - Current Software EngineerWhat They Do Offers the industrys most powerful suite of tools and services to manage and engage your entire workforce.Where Hiring Bracknell, England Chelmsford, MA Hong Kong Lake Mary, FL Melbourne, Australia Mexico City, Mexico Montreal, Canada Noida, India Port-au-Prince, Haiti Zellik, BelgiumWhat Employees Say Great people with lots of tenure, strong technology with lots of people to help you learn and serve your clients. A TRUE work/life balance philosophy. This is NOT something that they simply say, it i s something that the entire organization starting with management believe and live everyday. - Current Sales Executive

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