Career Builder released its 2010 U.S. Job Forecast and it indicates that employers in the West are planning to increase their headcounts more in 2010 than the other regions of the country. Nearly one-quarter of employers (24 percent) in the
A more effective strategy for networking
Yesterday ended with my little Bella Domain WordPress site hitting 11,000 total visits since launch (woo hoo!) and me finding an awesome book review of “I’m at a Networking Event–Now What???” from Steve Paul the blogger behind and founder of
Why I wrote “I’m at a Networking Event–Now What???”
I found the email below in my Inbox this morning and it sure started my day off on a happy note! Salil describes exactly what I was hoping to achieve by writing my book, I’m at a Networking Event–Now What???
Not so secret Santas
I must have been a very good girl this year because Santa definitely came early! I knew I needed to show my gratitude by sharing these awesome book reviews (and links) for my book “I’m at a Networking Event–Now What???”
Networking myths debunked
This morning I had the exciting challenge of living up to the introduction I received below at an event hosted by Matt Youngquist of Career Horizons: Topic: Networking Tips, Technique & Etiquette Guest Speaker: Sandy Jones-Kaminski, President of Bella Domain &
Some networking food for thought
These are some of my favorite quotes that have everything to do with effective networking: Just like you can never receive too many gifts at the holidays, you can never have too many contacts in your network. Being well-connected connotes
My first Black Friday ad?
Thanks to Geoff Tucker for shooting the video, then writing and coming up with the initial visual concept for an ad, Keith (Kaminski) for taking the concept and running with it (hell yeah!), and then, of course, Marc Erickson for
I’m definitely on hire ground this week!
The word “hire” in this blog post title is not a typo. Over the weekend, I learned that I’m featured online in the NWJobs Blog named “Hire Ground” as a result of being interviewed by Randy Woods in October. If
It’s not you, it’s them
I just received confirmation that my first “real” book is NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON, so I felt it appropriate to commemorate the occasion with a blog post that explains why I wrote the book in the first place. Also, since
Pay It Forward Party….it’s baaaack!
Since my last one in Nov of 2008, I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve been asked when I was having another Pay It Forward (PIF) Party. Well, I’m not actually having one, but Seattle’s chapter of the
I NOW know somethin’ ’bout birthin’ a baby
It’s here! Well, almost. Yes, it’s been like birthing a baby…I think. Whatever. I’m psyched because I’ve waited months to be able to announce this and now I can! 🙂 My new book “I’m at a Networking Event–Now What??? A