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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to make sure your bios and head

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Speaker 1: shots reflect who you are today. It is easy for

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Speaker 1: head shots and bios to become outdated, so it is

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Speaker 1: a good idea to spend an hour once a year

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Speaker 1: to make sure that everything matches your current identity. Otherwise

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Speaker 1: you might confuse people, which is never a good way

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Speaker 1: to start relationships. So perhaps you have had the experience

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Speaker 1: of meeting someone in person and realizing that they look

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Speaker 1: nothing like the photos they have online. No doubt, the

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Speaker 1: person assumed that having a photo associated with an email

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Speaker 1: profile or on their company's website or on their linked

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Speaker 1: In profile means that they have been friendly and recognizable.

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Speaker 1: But if these photos are years or perhaps decades old,

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Speaker 1: they may not have helped that cause all that much.

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Speaker 1: I think that sometimes people don't want to let go

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Speaker 1: of head shots from a time when they had less

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Speaker 1: gray hair, or maybe had hair at all, or maybe

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Speaker 1: had fewer wrinkles. And sometimes people don't realize that their

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Speaker 1: photo no longer looks like them. But having a headshot

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Speaker 1: of a much younger you makes you seem older, not

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Speaker 1: younger when people finally meet you in person, and it

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Speaker 1: is confusing. Because the purpose of head shots is to

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Speaker 1: give people a visual image of you, not your former self.

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Speaker 1: You also might wind up emphasizing the exact thing you

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Speaker 1: are self conscious of out as in, oh wait, that's you,

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Speaker 1: I thought you had hair. Even if not much time

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Speaker 1: has passed since you had your head shots taken, you

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Speaker 1: may need new ones if your appearance has changed significantly.

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Speaker 1: If you're not sure whether or not you look like

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Speaker 1: your photos, ask a trusted friend. In addition to checking

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Speaker 1: your photos, it is a good idea to check bios too.

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Speaker 1: Make sure any prominent bios list your current title, the

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Speaker 1: right number of children, and so forth. Also make sure

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Speaker 1: that any personal tidbits still ring true. Are you still

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Speaker 1: into baking, or learning Spanish or whatever hobby you mentioned

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Speaker 1: the last time around. You may need to google yourself

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Speaker 1: to make sure you have found any bios that other

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Speaker 1: people might be reading. If you can update them yourself.

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Speaker 1: If you can't, email the organization see what they can do.

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Speaker 1: In general, as you update your bios, aim for content

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Speaker 1: that is evergreen. Don't mention the number of years you

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Speaker 1: have lived in your current city, since that is going

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Speaker 1: to change every year. Instead opt for since two thousand

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Speaker 1: five or for nearly two decades. If you want to

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Speaker 1: convey longevity instead of specifying your kids ages or grades,

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Speaker 1: just don't mention those numbers at all. That's because even

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Speaker 1: though it is a good idea to check your head

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Speaker 1: shot and bio once a year, it's more convenient if

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Speaker 1: you don't have to update them annually. When you revisit

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Speaker 1: your head shots and bios, make a list of all

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Speaker 1: the links where they are found. That way, the next

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Speaker 1: time you check for currency, you will be more efficient.

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Speaker 1: January can be a good time to tackle this chore,

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Speaker 1: but you can choose any regular time, like your birthday

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Speaker 1: or the first day of spring. But do make sure

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Speaker 1: you are still who you say you are, Otherwise you

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Speaker 1: will be getting requests to meet for coffee since a

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Speaker 1: person is visiting Milwaukee, but you haven't actually lived there

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Speaker 1: for four years. Accuracy is more efficient in the meantime.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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