My friend Pam Slim over at Escape from Cubicle Nation has a great post on how to tread the fine line between expressing admiration for someone and fan worship.  Straight from the ECN blog are 4 “fan traps” to avoid.  I’ve been known to do some of these things in my interactions with bestselling authors, and people who haven’t yet ...

Nearly all of my friends and colleagues in the career advice sphere regularly promote their media appearances and new projects on their blogs. I don’t do this.  I’ve never done this.  I get as many decent opportunities as the next guy, but I’ve always considered blog content to be fairly sacred – reserved for career and business topics ...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.  Networking is how things get done in this world, and if you want to get ahead, you have to know how to cultivate relationships with people who are in a position to help you.  Meeting such individuals is often a brazen act – you walk up to someone at a conference and introduce yourself, you send ...

Jim Durbin provides this week's CollegeRecruiter.com BlogSwap article on networking.  Thanks, Jim! Every good networker knows that the principle of having a solid network of friends and contacts is to give more than you get. The idea is a simple one - if you are constantly looking for ways to help other people, you develop a reputation as ...