Personal branding is hot buzzword right now, and generally speaking, I hate buzzwords. That said, I actually like the idea of personal branding, only I prefer to think of it as being known for what you’re passionate about and good at.

Me 2.0 is a step-by-step guide to discovering and marketing your passions. It’s written by Dan Schawbel, whose passion happens to be personal branding.

To learn more about personal branding, or get a feel for Dan’s writing style, check out Personal Branding Blog. Here’s Dan’s video about the book:

Do you remember that post all of five days ago about how the revolution was going underground? Apparently I was lying.

After a few comments on the website, a bunch of emails, and a lot of tweets from disappointed readers, I’ve decided to keep the site going.

In addition to working full-time, I’m currently wrapping up my last semester of grad school, planning a wedding, and still trying to unpack (six months after moving into my new house). I may be posting less frequently for a little while, so don’t get worried if you don’t see new articles as often as you used to.

Instead of shutting the site down all together, I’ll still be writing, albeit on a less frequent basis.

Thanks for all of the support – I’m glad to be back!

The Revolution is going underground.

The movement to revolutionize HR, hire great people and inspire them to do amazing things is an important one. However, I’m retiring the site.

I want to thank all of my passionate and dedicated readers. The discussion and dialogue that’s emerged on and because of this site has been fantastic. Thanks for all of your support.

Renegade HR will remain up for about a week, after which, I will be taking it down. (the site will remain up, so you can still browse old articles)

UPDATE: By popular demand, Renegade HR is back.

I need your help. In honor March Madness, Fistful of Talent has set up a bracket-style competition to determine the best HR blogs on the net. Readers get to vote on their favorite blogs.

They’re currently on round two. In the first round, I narrowly won by only a slight margin. Help me out – vote today using the widget at the bottom of this post (email subscribers will most likely need to click through to my site to vote).

Here’s my article, and here’s who I’m up against. Thanks!

Welcome to Renegade HR, home of the movement to revolutionize the profession of human resources.

I want to change the way people think about work and how we manage our people.

A renegade is someone who rejects conventional behavior or breaks from established customs. My fellow human resource pros, it’s time for us to become HR Renegades!

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