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I had a conversation recently with a young professional who’s trying to pivot industries and land a new role at the same time. She’s...

I was planning to write this week’s newsletter on who to comment on — and how to turn that into warm outreach on LinkedIn. But after four...

I spend the first hour of my day commenting on LinkedIn posts. Not posting. Not pitching. Just commenting. Because if no one knows your...

I almost let a stranger rewrite my voice.   She invited me on her podcast because of my online presence. No pre-call. No vibe check....

Reminder to self:   Soft skills are only valuable if you can prove them.   And you can use this to your advantage to stand out in...

I took a job I could teach. I knew how to run the team, train the new hires, and fix the broken systems. But I was the new hire. And no...

You feel like a fraud? Like you’re one email away from being “found out”? Like everyone else knows what they’re doing, and you’re just...

Since the dawn of the printing press, job seekers have been told that their resume is everything.   If they just tweak the wording,...

I have been interested in how people actually land jobs for a long time. And over the past 8 years, I’ve come across a lot of strong...

Last week, I asked you what you'd like me to write about. I chose this topic because I get questions about it all the time. And I’m...

Ever sent a DM and heard…nothing? You’re not alone. Most cold DMs get ignored. But not because people don’t want to help. It’s because...

I got this message earlier this week: "I'm agonizing over my LinkedIn headline. There are 1,000 opinions out there. I’ve changed it 1,000...

I used to think getting hired was about proving I could do the job. Turns out, that’s not it. Hiring managers already assume they’ll have...

In The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life , sociologist Erving Goffman argued that human interaction is a performance. We step into...