Recently, in a LinkedIn group to which I belong, a member cited his “favorite LinkedIn profile of all time.” The profile belongs to Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson, who uses chess to turn around troubled kids, and it does the best job I’ve ever seen of using a LinkedIn profile as a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytelling and Career
An Assessment to Find Not Your Story, But Your Story Type
While researching questions for an upcoming Q&A, I came across the Professional Values & Story Index (PVSI) on the site of The Storybranding Group, headed by Cindy Atlee, who has committed to a Q&A. The assessment is based on a model created by Dr. Carol S. Pearson, who specializes in … Continue reading
Journaling Technique That Will Pay Off at End of 2012
I’m on a roll with storied techniques for reviewing and reflecting on accomplishments and such at year’s end. The latest is a re-discovery of an old friend, John Caddell. John created The Mistake Bank, a place for folks to tell stories about their mistakes and what they’d learned from them. … Continue reading
Story Your Future with Personal Scenario Planning
As we reflect on 2011 and set goals for 2012, using techniques such as the Milestones and Memorable Moments exercise I shared last week, here’s another interesting tool. Peter Schwartz’s Your Future in 5 Easy Steps: Wired Guide to Personal Scenario Planning actually appeared back in 2009, but I came … Continue reading
Recording Your Year-End Stories for Professional and Personal Growth
My colleague Darrell Gurney has conducted an annual process for more than eight years in which he “powerfully wrap[s] up the passing year before going on to design my coming year.” He offers his exercise to subscribers and friends at the end of each year. While the end of the … Continue reading
Stories NOT to Tell in Your Job Interview
Harry Urschel recently published a blog post that serves as a good reminder that not all aspects of your career experience are ripe for storytelling in job interviews. One of the cardinal rules of cardinal rules of job search is not to trash a former employer. As Urschel points out, … Continue reading
Now, THESE Are Storied Slideshow Resumes
From time to time, I’ve scrutinized the story quality of slideshows, especially resumes in slideshow form; the most recent was last month’s exploration of a “Présumé™” (presentation resume) that was nicely crafted but not really storied. Since then, I’ve come across a couple of more storied examples. While the above … Continue reading
Being Remembered by Telling Your Story: A Recruiter’s Eye View
Job-seekers probably don’t think about the sheer numbers of people that hiring decision-makers talk to during the recruiting and hiring process — and how candidates need to stand out from the pack to be remembered. An interesting — if slightly flawed — article by Esther Choy describes the kind of … Continue reading
A Story of How NOT to Network
OK, this post is admittedly a bit off-topic, but it’s something I needed to get off my chest… The other day I received an email from someone whose name seemed slightly familiar, but I couldn’t place who he was. The email was mass-mailed to about a dozen people, and it … Continue reading
True Path, a Branding-Based Approach to Life-Story Interventions that Guide Career Choice (Part 5 of a Series)
This entry will probably be the concluding post in my series about life-story interventions that guide career choice. My goal has been to explore tools and assessments that employ stories/narrative to assist users in discerning what they want to do (or do next) in their careers. Two came from print … Continue reading