Gigantic Tips Guide for Finding Jobs With LinkedIn

Gigantic Tips Guide for Finding Jobs With LinkedIn 63 How can LinkedIn get you a job fast? This guide will tell you everything you need to know. Quick Glossary Profile â€" the LinkedIn page describing you. The Public version is seen by anyone not signed in to LinkedIn and can be found by search engines. Relationship â€" “1st degree” users are LinkedIn users that you connect with directly. “2nd degree” connections are those that require you to go through one middle man connection to reach. “3rd degree” means two middle man connections are needed to contact the LinkedIn user. Connection â€" a 1st degree LinkedIn user in your network. Inside connection â€" a connection employed at a company you're targeting. Introductions â€" a way to contact 2nd or 3rd degree connections via middle man connections. Recommendations â€" positive feedback about you from another LinkedIn connection. InMails â€" LinkedIn's internal emails. Must be a premium member or pay US$10 per InMail. OpenLink Network â€" an exclusive network for premium members only. However, premium members can opt to allow any LinkedIn user to send them an OpenLink message which is like a free InMail. Make the right choices first Join LinkedIn. 17 million and counting, there's still room for more. Only join LinkedIn once. Having multiple accounts will only dilute the usefulness of each individual profile, and LinkedIn Customer Support cannot merge accounts for you. Update your account with all your email addresses that people might use for LinkedIn invitations. This will help you avoid creating multiple accounts by accident. Consider upgrading to a premium account with features such as enhanced search results containing relevant LinkedIn users that aren't yet connections of yours. You can then contact them with InMails which have a much higher rate of being opened that regular email. Subscribe to the LinkedIn blog to find out about new features. Cancel your account if you decide to stop using LinkedIn by emailing Customer Service. Don't leave expired information to be found by people researching you. Develop a LinkedIn strategy You need to cover 3 fundamentals: Make your profile the best sales document for you so that you can… Get a maximum number of recommendations to build your stature, which will help… Grow your LinkedIn network to increase the chance that your profile will be seen by the right person to hire you. Supercharge your LinkedIn profile The LinkedIn Profile is your online resume or CV. Apply great resume tips, avoid any typical or unusual resume mistakes. LinkedIn gives you a lot of control over what appears in your profile and your public profile. The public profile should only display positive elements that are pertinent to your current work search. Attract hiring managers or clients via your public profile by only including hard-hitting information such as stellar recommendations from past hiring managers or clients. All texts should be well-written, but by YOU, written in your voice. Write memorable Summary text, it's your LinkedIn elevator pitch. Although your profile is promoting you, avoid using annoying sales text (“Act now!”) that you wouldn't have on your resume. Display an effective photo on your profile that best conveys the impression you want to leave with the viewer. People remember faces. Hide irrelevant connections from your public profile. Typically this means non-work-related friends and family. Create a LinkedIn “vanity url” using a format that's easy to guess and remember: www.linkedin.com/in/firstnamelastname Publicize your LinkedIn vanity url in your email signature, on business cards and wherever it may be seen by someone who would want your resume. Use a LinkedIn-generated email signature to promote your public profile. It will also help grow your network of connections from your email recipients. Promote your profile on your blog, other websites and forum signatures with official LinkedIn buttons. Update your profile regularly. The easiest way to do this is by constantly adding connections. Every change highlights your profile on connections' Network Updates pages, giving you more exposure. Multiply recommendations, yours and theirs Who the recommendations are from is more important than the number of recommendations, at least when it comes to job search. Better to have a recommendation from a past boss than from 5 people with no obvious connection to your work experience. If you're a freelancer, better to have recommendations from past clients. The best way to get recommendations is to achieve success for other people. Recommendations from friends and family or other fans may be nice for your ego but it's the recommendations based on actual success stories that will resonate with a potential employer. Ask for recommendations from the people for whom you've achieved success. LinkedIn advises asking for recommendations from “former managers, colleagues and co-workers, customers and clients, business partners” but just like when asking for reference letters, start with the people for whom you've directly achieved success, beginning with people of authority such as past employers. Get as many recommendations as you can from past employers and clients. If all the employers in your work history give you recommendations, your resulting LinkedIn profile will strongly push potential employers to think that you will bring them the success that will make them want to recommend you as well. Make this a goal for completing your profile. Encourage connections to improve their recommendations to meet the standards of your public profile in promoting you towards your next job. People like to help as long as they don't feel you're wasting their time. Tell them what kind of work you're looking for so that they can give you a message that's more appropriate. Another tack- if it would help make the recommendation “timeless”, suggest which success story you'd like them to mention. Write as many recommendations as you can about people in your network by first focusing on the people who would want your recommendation most. Write great recommendations that will make recipients want to display them on their public profile, giving you additional exposure. Be truthful with your recommendations. This is your credibility that will be on public display. Don't write solicited recommendations unless you are comfortable doing so. As your personal brand grows, you might be asked for recommendations by people you barely know, such as people looking for a “recommendation exchange”. If you can't be truthful or if you have nothing to say that hasn't already been said by others, don't give a recommendation at all. Hide bad recommendations that are exaggerated or just plain false. People will rarely ever use a LinkedIn recommendation to give you constructive criticism but there are Internet trolls who might leave you fake recommendations. Maximize your connections Get the best Upload your work and personal address books to LinkedIn to discover potential connections and sources of recommendations. Then begin inviting connections beginning with people who are already on LinkedIn. Leverage other social networks such as Facebook to find people with whom you can also connect on LinkedIn. Facebook is better than LinkedIn at finding former teachers, classmates and other people who knew you in the past. Once on Facebook, asked them to connect with you on LinkedIn too. When you invite new connections, write personalized messages instead of the boring default suggestion from LinkedIn unless the recipient is already waiting for your invite. A great way to grow your network is to write recommendations about potential connections. If the person isn't on LinkedIn, the recommendation will give them a reason to join. Even if they don't join, you will likely leave a positive impression that may help later. Invite or accept connections only with people you trust and share the same social networking values. This isn't MySpace where the objective is to have as many friends as possible. Your objective is to leverage the network to find a job. You need help from people you can depend on. Only people you trust can possibly write truthful recommendations. Remove connections that have lost your trust before they can do any damage to your network or waste more of your time. Reach the best Install the LinkedIn Toolbar for your browser to make searching LinkedIn easy. The Toolbar also allows you to bookmark other users' profiles from LinkedIn search results. Use the LinkedIn JobsInsider (part of the LinkedIn toolbar) if you're looking for work on major job sites such as Monster, HotJobs, CareerBuilder, Craigslist, Vault, or Dice. It will save you time by automatically display your inside connections for the company mentioned in any job listing. Whether via the Toolbar or LinkedIn's onsite Jobs Search, be specific when searching for contacts. Include job titles where relevant and geographic location if you're aiming to work in a specific city or region. Search for headhunters and recruiters in your domain of expertise. They will always want to talk to you since you represent a business opportunity for them. Ask your connections to send over profiles of people relevant to your job search. To contact specific LinkedIn users that aren't in your network even to the 3rd degree, use free OpenLink messages if those users are accepting them or join a LinkedIn Group they're in. As a last resort, consider buying individual InMails. Use Introductions to contact people in your network at the 2nd or 3rd degree. You'll be more successful if your message includes a suggestion describing how you can help them â€" even with a simple tip â€" instead of vice-versa. You can also use Introductions to reach inside connections as a way to request referrals to hiring managers. This is especially useful if the inside connections' companies have win-win employee referral bonus programs. Other conversation starters over Introductions are to do company reference checks by asking former employees about a company or hiring manager. This way you get your research done without the company knowing. Respond to LinkedIn Answers on topics in your industry. Answering relevant industry questions looks great on your public profile where you can display “questions you have asked, answers you have provided, and expertise you have earned by providing the best answers to questions.” Ask your connections to send you questions they think you can answer via the Share This link beneath the question. Respond to LinkedIn Answers from employees in targeted companies as a lead-in to generating inside connections. Join industry-related LinkedIn Groups, as many as you can handle. It's a terrific way to meet people and get relevant new connections. Remember that you can contact group members directly as if they're already connected with you. Create your own LinkedIn Group as a way to build stature in your industry, but only if your Group will creates value and so will attract users that you currently can't reach directly. Simply copying an existing group for no apparent reason will only lower your credibility. Guy Kawasaki has more tips in his article Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn. Useful Links LinkedIntelligence Using LinkedIn to job hunt I’m on LinkedIn â€" Now What??? How do I use LinkedIn to find a job? Official LinkedIn advice for job seekers My LinkedIn Power Forum (Yahoo Group) Getting Started Building Your LinkedIn Network What are best practices for a LinkedIn job search? Free e-book: LinkedIn for Job Search If you liked this article, you'll enjoy Everything You Need to Know About Finding Jobs with LinkedIn Groups. This article is part of Alphablogs' LinkedIn group writing project, which is part of the bigger Social Media Mega Project that I discovered on Group Writing Projects.eval Hooked in to LinkedIn?

Do You Know How To Make Your Money Grow

Do You Know How To Make Your Money Grow Doesn’t everyone want to see their money grow? Putting it into a savings account with little interest is what most people will do to see their money grow and many people think that investing in stocks and bonds is something difficult that only people who ‘know what they’re doing’ can do. While this is true, you do need to know what you’re doing; it’s also possible to learn and become one of those people who knows what they’re doing. If you really want to make your money grow though, you need to start from the bottom. Just like making anything grow, it starts with the foundations, the roots; you have to nurture whatever it is you want to grow, have patience and look after it. So, like planting a seed, how do you make your money grow? Track your spending, savings, and investments If you want to grow your finances then as mentioned, you need to start from the bottom, from the foundations and make sure you get this bit right to see it grow. This means budgeting and tracking your money. First of all, planning how you will spend your money each month, including how much you will save, is really important and then you also need to track how your actual spending aligns with the plan. It isn’t enough to just plan how you’ll use your money, you need to measure whether or not it’s working and luckily there are several apps and software programs which can make this really easy. With most of them, you can sync your bank accounts and let the program do the work for you. Without tracking your spending, you won’t know where your money is going. You won’t know if you’re on track to meet your goals either. And, if you do not measure your success, it’s tough to improve your situation by growing your money even more. Choose The Right Account For You There’s no point saving money every month if you’re not putting the money somewhere where it’s safe or where it can grow by just being there. There are many different types of savings accounts, some which you can dip in and out of, others which you cannot touch, some with good interest rates, others with very low-interest rates. Each has its own benefits, so you need to compare them and work out which one is right for you. Take a look at articles such as the best Money Market accounts in 2020, which will guide you through, money market accounts which are a type of savings account. They have some checking account features and can offer more flexibility and easier access to your savings than a traditional online savings account. Pay Yourself First If you want to grow your money, you need to commit to saving some of it. If you plan to save only what is left after paying bills and setting aside spending money, then you’re going to end up with a lot of money spent and not much saved. The secret is to treat savings as an expense, act as if your savings is a bill you need to pay. Train yourself to think of saving as being just as important as your other bills, so in your budget include a pre-determined amount of savings, and automate them. Also, don’t forget to reassess your plan every now and then to see if you can increase that pre-determined amount. If you stick to this strategy, your savings account will grow quickly and continuously. Spread Your Bets If you’re looking to invest, then it’s a good idea to spread your money across different asset classes such as shares, property, cash, and bonds, etc. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, and nothing is certain when it comes to investing. Be Consistent In saving and investing, it’s important to be consistent in whatever you do. Even if it’s only a small amount of money that you put away each month, always make sure you do it. Educate Yourself Managing your money is like healthy eating, you don’t need to be a qualified nutritionist to know how to eat healthily, but you do need to know basic facts about fruit and vegetables, vitamins, protein and minerals. To work out how to have a balanced and healthy diet. It’s the same with managing your money. You don’t need to be a qualified financial adviser, but you do need to have some basic knowledge about how money works. Spend a little time each week reading the money pages in the papers or online. Learn a bit about saving and investing and invest in books or audiobooks which will help. Start a side hustle If you really want to grow your savings, you can either spend less or earn more. While most of these tips will help you spend less, what if you also want to earn more and find a way to make extra money outside of your full-time job? One option could be finding a traditional second job. However, a lot of people gravitate towards the flexibly that work-from-home jobs offer. Depending on your skillset, you might consider proofreading, virtual assistant work, customer service, web design, or any other number of opportunities out there. If you build your budget around your primary income, you can throw the extra money from your side hustle straight into your savings. Create A Passive Income Stream Passive income is a source of revenue that continues even after the work is complete, for example, royalties from a book or film. While thats not the easiest of examples to do, there are plenty of others which are such as using a cashback or rewards credit card or buying via cashback websites. These are essentially third party portals that you visit before clicking through to a website from which you were already going to buy something. Only use either of these if you were planning to spend that money anyway so that you really could be getting something for nothing. Growing your money takes discipline, but by doing some of these things, your money is guaranteed to grow.

Fit at Last An Interview with Ken Blanchard - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Fit at Last An Interview with Ken Blanchard - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Ken Blanchard, one of the most influential business leadership experts and author of the iconic  One Minute Manager. His newest book,  Fit at Last, demonstrates how his leadership techniques can be applied to achieving success and strengthening commitment by chronicling his journey to better health. We discussed his inspiration, the most important step to take for a healthier life, and how being healthier can translate to a more successful career. What do you define as your personal brand? I think its in my mission statement: To be a loving teacher and example of simple truths who helps myself and others to awaken to the presence of God in our lives. I mention God because I think the biggest addiction in the world is the human ego where we start to think were the center of the universe and forget were here to serve, not to be served. Were here to give, not to get. My mother always used to say, Dont do something for someone else with the desire to get something back, do it because its the right thing to do. But watch out youll be amazed at what will come back. Why were you inspired to lead a healthier life? For a number of reasons. It starts with my family, particularly my desire to see my grandkids graduate from college and set their lives on a significant path. Id also like to see my son and daughter get their AARP cards. Ha! Then theres Joy, my wonderful little dog, who runs down the hall to greet me even before I turn in the driveway. When I started my fitness journey she was two years old. I realized a small dog like Joy could probably live 14 to 15 years and I cant stand the thought of her running down the hall to greet me and have me not be there. I know its a little odd most people are concerned about losing their dog instead of their dog losing them! Another reason is that I think a lot of things need to be done down here before I go. I think the world is in desperate need of a different leadership role model. Everyone has seen the negative effects of self-serving leaders in every segment of our society. Im at the point now where I can be a supporter of a new image of leadership as an act of service. My best and most influential years probably are ahead of me rather than behind me. Finally, a big inspiration to me was my relationship with Norman Vincent Peale, the famous author of The Power of Positive Thinking. I met him when he was 86 years old and we coauthored The Power of Ethical Management. He was so excited about every day and was still making a real difference out there, right up until he graduated at 95. What challenges did you face along the way? The biggest challenge is usually changing your past habits. I had started fitness programs many times over the years and then would get too busy and stop. I realized that the reason New Years resolutions dont work is because after you announce one, everyone who is important in your life laughs, says, Well believe it when we see it, and goes to a delegating leadership style where they leave you alone to accomplish your goal. I realized from my own work with Situational Leadership ® II (SLII ®) that if I could handle a delegating leadership style in the area of health and fitness, it wouldnt be a New Years resolution I would just do it. So I knew I needed a different leadership style. Thats when I partnered with Tim Kearin, who had once played a major role in the fitness program at West Point and started his own health club called Personally Fit. The hook for Tim was that he had always wanted to write a book on fitness for people in our age group. If Tim didnt help me be successful, w e wouldnt have much of a book. Along my journey I had some interesting challenges a bout of pneumonia, a diagnosis of prostate cancer and a ruptured bicep muscle any of which would have discouraged me from going further if I hadnt been committed. Thats why its important to have a fitness partner like Tim or a friend or relative that will keep after you to keep on keeping on. What is the most important step people can take to lead a healthier lifestyle? Analyze where you are on the six key aspects of fitness: aerobic exercise, strength training, flexibility, balance, weight control/nutrition and rest/sleep. Using SLII ®, determine your competence and commitment to achieve your optimum fitness level in each of those areas without help. If youre like me, you might have one or two areas where you are doing well but all six are key. How does a healthy lifestyle translate into career success? Its simple: healthy people produce good results. How many people are at the top of their game when theyre not feeling good? If you are at an optimum level of health and fitness, you will have more energy and be able to present your best self at work every day. That logically translates into good results for yourself and your organization. Thanks to Ken for taking the time to speak with me. His dedication to health and business is truly inspiring, and I would recommend that you pick up his book if you are looking to make significant change in your life.  

Personal Branding Interview Michael Berland - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Personal Branding Interview Michael Berland - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Today, I spoke to Michael J. Berland, who is an internationally recognized strategic adviser and communications consultant, as well as the author of What Makes You Tick? How Successful People Do It And What You Can Learn from Them.   For his book, he interviewed people such as Heidi Klum, NBCs Brian Williams, Christie Hefner of Playboy Magazine, Craig Newmark and more.   In this interview, Michael goes over his book, how to discover what makes you tick, the main success archetypes, and some examples. How do you discover what makes you tick? You need to take some time to be introspective. What feels gratifying to you?   It’s not about what others think about you but rather, what do you find really rewarding?   Is it when you have an idea and you’re able to mobilize yourself and others to bring it to fruition?   Is it when the end-goal is helping others? Is it when you’re able to jump on new projects or ideas and pursue them independently?   Is it when you are able to stay big picture and inspire others?   The answers to those questions help you figure out what success archetype you are. How should you deal with things that make you tick? The success archetype that I fit best from the five we identified in the book is “Independence Seeker,” which means I am fulfilled by pursuing varied interests and working with lots of different people, clients and projects over time. This works really well for me since I consult for clients from virtually every business category, from high-tech to Fortune 100 companies, to cosmetics companies to major sports teams and entertainment figures.   I like to take chances to work on new things and I feel motivated and rewarded by recognition from the people I work with. You say graduates should pursue what theyre passionate about. What if these things are very diverse?   How do you know when to leave one pursuit and follow a different one? There’s been a lot of great books written on trying to answer those questions, but our work comes at those questions a bit differently. To be sure, a lot of the people in the book tried different jobs on for size before finding what they ultimately led them to great success. NBC anchor Brian Williams told us he worked as a firefighter. Chef Bobby Flay very early on was a clerk on the floor of the American Stock Exchange. Craig Newmark who founded Craigslist said he thought about going into paleontology. But our work is more about identifying what feels fulfilling based on your personality and finding your natural strengths in relation to other people.   We encourage people to be introspective and try to identify what motivates you internally, what motivates you externally and the role you tend by nature to play in organizations so that you can pursue situations that will let you thrive and feel fulfilled. Is there a common strength across all five of the success archetypes and how can you harness it? A common theme that most people defined very early on for themselves was that they knew they wanted to be successful. Again and again, they told us they realized it’s never about money or the title you have, but a passion they wanted to pursue or a world they wanted to be part of â€" fashion, sports, broadcasting, Broadway, business. And once they were in the world, they felt successful and fulfilled when they got to operate in a way that fit with their natural motivation traits and leadership style. Critically, because not everyone is motivated by the same thing, if you follow someone else’s motivation, you will never feel fulfilled.   You have to define what’s going to feel worthwhile for yourself. What are the so-called “success archetypes” you identified in your research? There are four main ones: Visionaries see what others do not. These are the people that change our world, who see beyond the accepted models. Natural Born Leaders find their fulfillment in managing complex challenges on a national and global scale. Do-Gooders get their satisfaction comes from working for the greater good and helping other people. They are all about personal contact and connection. Independence Seekers want to live life on their own termsâ€"to do what they want when they want. They are inspired and challenged by a specific project rather than a position. Michael J. Berland is an internationally recognized strategic advisor and communications consultant and an expert in how people think and behave as consumers, voters and decision-makers. As a partner in Penn, Schoen Berland, the leading research-based strategic political and corporate communications company, he has led studies and campaigns for the world’s top brands, blue-chip companies, political candidates and entertainment clients in more than 80 countries on six continents. Michaels book What Makes You Tick? How Successful People Do It And What You Can Learn from Them (HarperBusiness, May 2009) is co-written with Doug Schoen. He has worked with the leaders of Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Procter Gamble. His sports and entertainment clients include the NHL, MLB, NFL, and The Dixie Chicks. Michael’s TV appearances include CNBC, MSNBC, PBS’ “Wall $treet Week,” and “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on Fox News.

Can You Handle A Career in Finance - CareerMetis.com

Can You Handle A Career in Finance Photo Credit â€" freegreatpicture.comMore and more people are realizing that careers in finance are nowhere near as boring as some people make them out to be.Accounting, trading, consulting â€" it’s all exciting and lucrative. People are also beginning to realize that these careers can be very flexible. Someone may choose to be the financial controller of a small business. Or perhaps they’d rather run a blog filled with financial advice and make some income that way.Whatever the specific case, a career in finance requires you to be in the right frame of mind if you want to succeed.evalThis article is going to cover a few of the things you need to think about if you’re going to pursue a financial career. If you’re looking for a push in the right direction, then this could well be it!As with many lucrative careers, the requirements of entering this field can be quite high. How do you think the salaries of these professionals can be kept so high? Because it’s nowhere near as e asy a field to get into as some people seem to think.Photo Credit â€" Pixabay.comA career in finance pretty much never requires you to spend up to a decade at some incredibly expensive specialist academic institution, the way the fields of medicine and law do. In fact, many of the academic and para-academic resources for finance are actually very accessible. It’s just a case of knowing which resource to aim for.Let’s say, for example, that you’re looking to become an accountant. There isn’t just one certified public accountant review course out there â€" there are loads, and you need to find the best CPA exam review for you.One of the best things about having financial expertise is that you can then go on to find a job in pretty much any field. The vast majority of businesses out there need financial experts in some capacity. Lawyers and doctors need them. Heck, you could work in the video game industry if you really wanted to.Careers in finance are often found not too long after leaving academia â€" another reason that people often aim for the accounting profession. Job security in this field can be pretty high.It’s worth taking a look at the specific careers that are the most competitive â€" and, thus, earn people the best salaries. It’s not just a case of being hired as a financial expert, after all! You’re going to have a much more specific job title than that.Photo Credit â€" Pixabay.comevalBecoming the financial controller of a company â€" which is often akin to being the “top accountant” of a business â€" is a common goal for many financial students. But becoming a financial advisor can be very lucrative, and comes with a strong feeling of social good and flexibility of work hours if you play your cards right!If you want to look into a more “brainiac” field that deals in quite hard mathematics, then you could look into valuation analyst careers. This sort of expertise can also help you out tremendously if you want to find success i n trading.There’s a lot of choice when you’ve got the financial skills â€" you just have to take care when choosing the right track for you.

Best Careers For Women Over 40

Best Careers For Women Over 40 Do you crave more meaning in your career? Is it time you had more control over your schedule? Want to work in a growing industry?You are not alone.According to a recent article in More magazines November Issue, 98% of women over 40 surveyed wanted to feel as if they were contributing positively through their careers. 73% wanted a flexible schedule and 89% wanted to work in an industry with a bright future.If youre not happy, perhaps its time you considered a career change. Start by thinking about what you would do if you could easily make a change. Are you interested in green careers, technology, philanthropy or another field? Are you open to building new skills or leveraging the ones you have? If money werent an issue, what would motivate you to get out of bed in the morning helping others, completing projects, improving the environment?This kind of Soul Search is the first step in contemplating a career change. Once youre clear on what youd love to do with your skills and talents, you can research careers that fit. The More article highlights 10 of the best jobs for women over forty including salary information, skill/education requirements and specific organizations looking to hire.Here are some of my favorites:Community Service Coordinator/Program Director. Make a living making a difference with this field expected to grow 48% by 2016. The top 10% make over $96K/year.Environmental Scientist. For those with a passion for protecting the planets ecosystems, this career requires a masters degree and the chance to work both in the office and out in the field, literally.Small-Scale Niche Farmer. If you prefer on-the-job training and working outside, being part of the healthy, local food movement may be for you. Small farms are growing at a rate of 10,000 per year and most earn from $26K to $76K/year.Career changers tend to shoot up the ladder, their passion turns quickly into promotions and an increase in pay according to Amelia Warren Tyagi, who places senior talent and was quoted for the article.I couldnt agree more (no pun intended). I experienced just that when I changed careers from business consulting to career development and training. Think you have to start over? Think again. Experienced workers have skills and experience that transfer and their passion shows in their performance.Check out the November issue of More magazine and let me know which of the 10 Best Jobs For Women Over 40 appeals to you. Id love to hear where youre going next! If you have career questions, call into my radio show, Making a Living with Maggie, this Wednesday at 4pm EST SIRIUS112/XM 157. Listen in for FREE to financial expert Jean Chatzky (who also has a column in More) live on my show this week, sharing tips from her best-selling book, Pay It Down: From Debt to Wealth on $10 a Day!Change always comes bearing gifts. ~Price Pritchett

118 Laura Duncan - Hope Radio 103.2FM - Jane Jackson Career

118 Laura Duncan - Hope Radio 103.2FM - Jane Jackson Career I was recently approached by Hope Radio 103.2FM, Laura Bennet and Duncan Robinson for an interview on workplace values. We had a great conversation and I was impressed by both Lauras and Duncan’s infectious energy and humour. When I discovered they both have enjoyed fascinating career paths before joining Hope Radio, I had to have them on my podcast to talk about their journeys! Laura and Duncan have taken such different paths in their careers before joining forces on Hope Breakfast. They share the key qualities and transferable skills required to be a success in broadcast journalism and how to be an engaging radio host. Enjoy their top tips for success!What’s their radio show, Hope Breakfast, all about?Breakfast with Laura and DuncanFrom 6 am Hope 103.2 starts every weekday with a ‘healthy’ breakfast filled with upbeat family fun and loads of useful news and information. Covering everything from world affairs to crazy radio competitions, this is the breakfast show that promi ses to bring a positive start to every workday.Laura Bennett:Radio Presenter, writer, and film reviewer, Laura co-hosts Breakfast on Hope 103.2FM in Sydney 6 am 9 am weekdays. She has a Masters in Future Journalism, and self-published her bestselling book ‘Live Your Dream’. Laura’s writing can also be found on her blog The Connect Press.”Duncan Robinson:Duncan is Breakfast co-host on Hope 103.2FM. He’s a Pastor in Sydney Australia, at Northgate. Previously he spent 5 years planting in Phoenix Arizona. Married to Carly they have two children. He has authored two books Unlikely Hero and Vanguard. Currently, lives in the Northern Beaches of Sydney and spends his spare time doing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.Where to find Laura Duncan:LauraInstagram: @laura.bennett_Website:  The Connect PressBOOK: LIVE YOUR DREAMDuncanInstagram: @pastor_duncanWebsite:  Pastor DuncanBOOK: VANGUARDBOOK: UNLIKELY HERO