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Valerie Gonyea

VALERIE GONYEA
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Advice on Potential Fraudulent LinkedIn Account

Yesterday I wrote a post about having multiple profiles on LinkedIn.  I suggested four reasons why or how this could happen.  I received a lot of funny offline comments from various people about having “multiple personalities”, but one email really stood out.  It was from a friend of mine and it went like this [I [...]

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Multiple Personalities Swimming in a Sea of Bad Personal Branding

One thing that I find interesting on LinkedIn is when I look up a person that I’ve met and they have more than one profile setup.  Aside from the fact that this practice is technically forbidden by the LinkedIn Terms of Service, it makes me wonder how it happened.  I’ve come up with four possibilities:

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Why Don't Workplaces Have Anti-Bully Policies?

Recently, I have had the pleasure of working on a special project with a woman I used to work for several years ago.  It has been great working with her again.  Not only is she smart and funny and warm, but she is clear and open about her skills, her own limitations and her expectations. [...]