Success Tips for Expat & International Careers

The Personal Branding Magazine - Hear from the Thought Leaders

I have just finished an advance copy of Issue 2 of the Personal Branding Magazine. It is quite a publication – full of compelling articles on everything from authenticity and personal branding online to social media and changing your personal brand. This issue of the magazine has a cover story on Jack Welch and an interview with Second Life founder, Philip Rosedale. It's a must read for career professionals and entrepreneurs alike.

But I would expect nothing less from publisher Dan Schawbel, personal branding expert for the Generation-Y audience.  He is passionate about personal branding and is one of the most prolific people I know.  In addition to the Personal Branding Magazine, he has a top ranked Personal Branding Blog, has started Personal Branding TV, gives Personal Branding Awards, created a Personal Branding Wiki and he has just informed me he is working on his first book!  Dan's commitment to personal branding has made him a well-known figure in the career development and online networking community.

In addition to his tireless energy and passion for a subject close to my own heart, what I appreciate about Dan is his commitment to giving back – 50% of the proceeds for the magazine go to the American Cancer Society (a cancer survivor myself, I particularly appreciate this).  You can subscribe at the magazine's website:  http://personalbrandingmag.com.

Your Expat Success Tip: Support a great cause and learn about how you can use personal branding to support your career and business success at the same time by subscribing to the Personal Branding Magazine.

JibberJobber - Excellent Management tool for the Expat Job Seeker

Are you a job seeker?  Well, unless you own your own business, I will argue that you are. As the average person changes jobs every 3 to 5 years, everyone is a job seeker, albeit not always an active one.  For the expatriate professional, you may be reassigned or moving from place to place fairly regularly, so anticipating and planning for those changes is more than just important - it's essential.

I develop a job search action plan with every one of my expatriate professional clients.  Managing all of the information that goes into tracking progress on that plan is not easy.

Jason Alba, author of I’m LinkedIn – Now what?, has provided a solution to this problem. He has developed an organizational system for job seekers which was inspired from his own struggle with keeping all of the information straight during his own job search. Through his system – JibberJobber – you can track company research, elevator pitches, interviews, resumes and thank you letters sent, as well as all of your important contact information related to your job search.

In Jason’s words, “JibberJobber is like a personal Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) for job hunters. Just as a salesperson would use a CRM system to keep track of their sales leads, JibberJobber helps you keep track of your job search and networking contacts.”