A few months ago, personal-branding guru Dan Schawbel sent me a review copy of his book, Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, which came out this spring. Unfortunately, I haven’t had a chance to review it yet for A Storied Career’s parent site, Quintessential Careers, but … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytelling and Career
When All Is Said and Done on [Personal] Branding: Try Storytelling
Jim Knutsen claims “there is literally nothing left to say on branding. With all those words, you’d think the discipline would be clearly defined and understood. And yet there is still massive confusion. I’ve had a hundred conversations that center around client questions like, “What’s the difference between positioning and … Continue reading
Storytelling for Self-Knowledge that Leads to Career Advancement
“MFK” describes herself as a “thirtysomething gal with a good old-fashioned writing degree and a bloated, shiny, sexy MBA.” She works for a Fortune 50 Company and blogs at Open-Source Career Back in the spring, she wrote a guest blog entry for Blog@Work, a blog that unfortunately seems to be … Continue reading
Applying Online Storytelling Techniques to the Job Search
Time once again for one of my favorite pastimes, looking at ways to apply material about storytelling to the job search. Today’s target is a posting about Donnie Claudino, TechSoup Canada’s marketing manager, who spoke at a conference about teaching charities about using online technology to improve their fundraising and … Continue reading
A Clearer Picture of ‘What’s at Stake?’ in Job-Search Stories
It’s probably pretty typical for authors to immediately second-guess what they’ve written in their books and be champing at the bit to revise as soon as the book is published. I wish I’d been more original with Tell Me About Yourself: Storytelling to Get a Job and Propel Your Career. … Continue reading
Add Another Item to List of Possible Storytelling-Resume Ingredients
Here I am, once again beating my drum about the “storytelling resume” that I am convinced must someday emerge — and that I believe many signs point to. I’ve written here about a number of concepts, mostly suggested by recruiters, that signal a desire for the resume to evolve into … Continue reading
Margolis: Brand Story Must Be Authentic
Earning some well-deserved Twitter buzz yesterday was an excellent, thought-provoking article by Michael Margolis, “Finding Meaning and Authenticity in the Storytelling Brand.” As I started reading it, I began to think about applying its principles to personal branding. But then, as I realized the publication in which the article was … Continue reading
Employers: Don’t Make Candidates Drill Too Far Down for Your Stories
W. L. Gore, famously cited in organizational-behavior literature as a prime example of a “learning organization,” recently earned praise for “finally telling its story” to prospective employees. On ERE.net, Todd Raphael wrote of the company’s career hub, “Gore will be telling scientists, engineers, and other prospective employees its story by … Continue reading
Job-seekers: Here Are Ways to Find Your Stories
Don’t know how I managed to miss this post from Shawn Callahan of Anecdote from January of this year since storytelling in the job search is my “thing.” Shawn suggests several excellent ways to find stories you can use in your job search, especially in interviews: Draw a timeline of … Continue reading
A Brave Personal Story of Abortion and Abortion’s Connection to Career
This week, well-known career blogger Penelope Trunk bravely told the story of her two abortions on her blog Brazen Careerist. Even more interestingly, she connected abortion to career. The entry’s title is “What’s the connection between abortion and careers?” In today’s emotionally charged climate, it takes a lot of guts … Continue reading