The Success Rockets Blog

Today I launch a new series: Friday's Rocket Fuel. Every Friday Success Rockets will provide a quick career boost tip. Feel free to comment an offer your own tips as well.

Rocket Fuel 1: Discovering your personal brand is the first step toward having a more fulfilling career and life.

The short ve...

What does the Texas Two Step have to do with a career in credit risk model development and consulting, networking and personal branding? This seemingly unlikely combination is the story of how I got my first job after finishing graduate school.

Networking can happen anywhere, anytime. When ever you...

As a hiring manager in the consulting and financial services and consulting industries I have reviewed literally thousands of resumes. It is true that most of the resumes get about 10 seconds of consideration before they are dismissed. However, some of the resumes receive a lot more attention, even ...

What are your strongest skills - the actions, thoughts or processes that you do that exhibit some sort of expertise that help you and others be successful. Go ahead and make a list. The skills can be ones that come naturally to you or ones that you have to study and through practice you have become ...

Congratulations!  After working hard on your resume you have received an invitation for an interview.  Great! Now, how do you handle some of the tough questions: 

• Why are you leaving your current position?
• Discuss an ethical dilemma you've faced and how you responded.
• Tell me about one of your
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Where is your career heading? Do you know?

Most people spend more time and effort planning their vacation than they do planning their career. In order for you to realize your career dreams you must first know where you are going and then develop a strategy and plan for getting there. Do you know wh...

Is personal branding a critical part of your career development and getting your next job or is branding just a way to misrepresent yourself so that you can get a job? 

The answer really depends on you – your reasons for developing your personal brand and what you do with it.  Like many tools and s...

Is your resume or CV getting you the interviews or clients you believe you should be getting based on your education and experience? Could you be getting more interviews or client meetings?

A key success strategy in working with your resume, CV or bio is to clearly articulate and link your Personal...

Is your resume focused on your past experience and accomplishments?  Even if you tailor your resume to a specific job description you could be making a mistake in your job search. Almost every resume I have seen has focused on past accomplishments. And while this is certainly acceptable, if you real...

Personal branding is a key component to your career success. Whether you work for a large multinational corporation, a government or nonprofit agency, or if you're an entrepreneur, understanding and exuding your brand is more important than ever.

What is your personal brand?  It's all about what ma...

We hear a lot about "character" these days. Schools are adopting "Character Education." Pick up a newspaper and you can read about the latest "character" failing of a politician. If you're lucky you might catch a news story about someone of outstanding character. One thing we know is that pretty muc...