When people ask me for my true inspiration for becoming an entrepreneur, it was my original blog, “Driven to Succeed“, that I started on October 4th of 2006. The blog was built on the Blogspot.com platform, which was popular from 2004 to 2007, before WordPress rose to prominent. After I graduated College in May of 2006, […]
Gen Y Rockstar Series: Mallory McMorrow
This is the first post in a series spotlighting top Gen Y’s who are rocking the corporate world. How Facebook Changed My Life I’m the product of Facebook. Now, I know what you’re thinking. We’re all products of Facebook, right? We all waste countless hours a day checking in on everyone – friends from high […]
Why LinkedIn Endorsements Can Make or Break Your Career
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. For instance, if you have one hundred professionals endorsing you for […]
Why I Accept All LinkedIn Contact Requests
I’ve had numerous speaking engagements since 2006 where I’ve touched on how job seekers, employees, entrepreneurs and students can leverage LinkedIn for career and business success. In these presentations, I always mention that you should accept all of your LinkedIn contact requests even if you don’t know the person. There’s always a lot of criticism […]
10 Career Tips for Succeeding in 2013
I can’t believe 2012 is almost over. This year has flown by! Moving into 2013, I would like to give you some important advice so that you can start the new year prepared and ready to have a successful career. Here are my top ten pieces of career advice: 1. Create a list of new […]