Staying physically fit requires that you exercise regularly. The same idea applies to self-promotion: it's not as if you can just exchange business cards with one person at a conference and call it quits. Instead, find a few activities you can engage in every week to help build your personal brand. If you're an introvert, choose activities that play to your quiet strengths such as writing and building one-on-one relationships. Also, rather than feeling that you're pushing yourself on others, focus on the benefits you bring them. Read More

Katharine Myers, co-guardian and trustee of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Trust, refers to the cliquey extroverted environment of the American high school, where she says, "I felt inadequate because I did not have the skills to be what I called 'the cheerleader type'. In my senior year, I took the MBTI® and had an individual interview with Isabel Myers [who would later become Katharine Myers's mother-in-law]. I learned that there was a kind of person who preferred introversion to extroversion and that it was an okay way to be. This information changed my life. I did not have to learn the skills of the cheerleader type; I could be myself."  Read More

How can you use LinkedIn and other online tools to gain valuable leads and market intelligence about the organizations where you're applying? If you're an introvert, you're likely to have the patience to dig around and learn as much as you can about the hiring organizations and their people. Use that to your advantage.

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If you’re an introvert, you probably avoid drawing attention to yourself. Do you spend more time immersing yourself in the tasks at hand at work than creating buzz about what you've accomplished? If you'd like to advance in your career, chances are you'll need to get some recognition for your good work. Consider the following activities to help you build some essential skills as well as your self-confidence. Read More