Networking activities have greatly improved as a consequence of the increasing use of Internet. This easy-to-use, low-cost technology brings together colleagues, providers and customers from all around the world through different formats available on the net (blogs, mails, forums, chat, and the like).… Continue

Farmsphere is a platform designed to mimic the natural way that agribusiness professionals meet and transact business in a faster, cheaper, more efficient way. Farmsphere accomplishes this through its own website (http://www.farmsphere.com) and by enabling individuals and organizations around the world to create their own branded online professional communities. Keep informed about agr… Continue

It’s no secret that today’s job market is filled with people that are as skilled and qualified as yourself. Interviews are becoming an intense competition, and you need an edge to rise above your competitors. In order to succeed, you have to show the interviewer that you not only have the skills to do the job, but you want this opportunity more than anyone else.

Here are 5 steps that can help you make that winning impression.

1) Know as much (or more) about the company as the interviewer.… Continue

Seriously - ONLINE PEOPLE SEARCHING - is the new job hunting and candidate sourcing. When someone views your online profile, what do they learn about you? Does your profile cause them to take action and call you or write a message? Are you putting yourself out there and making yourself look good? Does all the content that represents you online simply SCREAM: "You NEED to hire me?"

If not - then you are missing out on the golden opportunity to represent yourself hundreds of times over.

Of cours… Continue

This is a guest post from Dan Schawbel. He is 25 years old and already, the New York Times has called him a "personal branding guru." Dan's book is Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and it just came out today.



Personal branding describes a process where individuals differentiate themselves from a crowd by articulating their unique value proposition whether professional or personal, and then leverage it across platforms with a consistent message to acheive a spe… Continue