Jessica Simko
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Personal and Career Brand Expert; Job Search/Career Coach and Consultant for GenX Expert

Jessica Simko Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- job search, job interviews, resume writing, career development, personal and career branding, Career Expert for GenX
- Career Focus
- Author, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Trainer, Coach
- Affiliation
- Career Branding Guide, Society of Human Resources Management, Greater Cincinnati HR Association
Jessica has over 14 years of experience in all facets of Human Resources Management. She is seasoned senior level Human Resources Professional and a certified Dream Manager. As a personal and career brand strategist, Jessica specializes in personal/career brand, job search strategy, job interview, career transition and career management coaching for Generation Xers.
Jessica created the ‘Career Branding Guide’, a comprehensive personal coaching model that consists of the ten critical elements that make up your career brand. Not only is it important to have a career brand nowadays, it’s a requirement. The Career Branding Guide helps individuals build a strong and sustainable brand that will give them success today and for years to come.
Jessica holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Jou
alism with an interdepartmental minor in Business Management. She is an avid blogger and her articles are featured on several career and personal branding blogs.
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Why Coworkers Don't Make Good Facebook Friends
Work life and Facebook – it seems like a never-ending discussion topic nowadays. There are many things to consider in regards to your personal and career brand. Yet so many people are either unaware of them or do not fully understand the ramifications of the content they might share online. For millions of people, this includes sharing their page and their personal lives with their coworkers. Many people feel that coworkers are just “buddies from work” and all is well as long as the bosses aren’t their Facebook friends.
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How to Inadvertently Sabotage Your Job Search
Several decades ago, clear employment laws were put in place in the U.S. to ensure that employers would make hiring decisions based only upon information that directly related to the requirements of the job. But despite these laws, many excellent job seekers sometimes still get passed over based on personal information that the hiring managers should never have known in the first place.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Jessica Simko
"If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all." ~ Anna Quindlen
“One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” ~ Anthony Robbins
“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” ~ Jim Rohn
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen
And above all else....
“What ever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” ~ Napoleon Hill
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Please visit my website, www.careerbrandingguide.com