Linda Hertz's Blog – March 2012 Archive (5)

How to Self Brand Today for YOUR Future Business of Tomorrow

Getting a personal email address that looks good on a resume is one thing, getting an email address to build a future business upon (consulting anyone?) is quite an art form. Attempting to do this while you are currently…

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Added by Linda Hertz on March 22, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

Finding Health Insurance In All The Right Places

Whether you are trying to figure out a plan to eventually retire (regardless of your age), just lost your job or if you are independently employed, everyone in the Unites States is baffled on what to do about medical insurance (except, firemen, teachers and other public sector employee's). So what about the rest of us?

Many tell me they could retire now, but by the…

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Added by Linda Hertz on March 19, 2012 at 11:00am — No Comments

Do You Know The Health Of Your Company? How About Your Job Security?

Most of you know that I love stocks and I am an active trader with a balanced hand at portfolio stock management. In fact, it is this hobby that led to my daily medical news tweets that some of you follow every day. I realized that the CURRENT health of medical and pharmaceutical companies can often be predicted long before a lay off or conversely a hiring expansion. Everything our medical sector does is watched very closely due to the obvious connections to government and legal…

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Added by Linda Hertz on March 16, 2012 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Self Branding; 6 Steps to Finding An Effective Email Address or At Least Not Picking a Stinker!

Finding an appropriate email address may seem like a no brainer. Some may even feel it is a silly career discussion point in this day and age. Well, doesn't it? After all what is the big deal about an Email address? Well...yes you would think so, but as I have mentioned in my most recent Blog on this topic,…

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Added by Linda Hertz on March 15, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Your Email Address is YOUR Self Branding; Not Your Wife's or Fido's!

Believe me, it is distracting to write an email to a man named Steve who has applied for a 120K year job when his email address indicates the sender is named Nancy (I presume his wife) or his dog named Fido. I don't know why it appears to be more male Job Seekers feel they need to use their wife's email address to send their resume and correspondence to employers and…