This 3-part series on LinkedIn, personal branding and executive job search includes: Part 1 Why All Executives Need to be on LinkedIn Getting Your Personal Brand Into Your LinkedIn Profile Customizing Your LinkedIn Profile URL for Better SEO Part 2 Why You Really Need to Include a …
Executive Career Management
Best Kept Secret to Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile
Executive recruiters and hiring decision makers at your target companies search online using relevant keywords to locate good-fit candidates. Your LinkedIn profile offers several choice locations to insert the right keywords to help elevate your search rankings – or Search Engine Optimization (SEO) …
Personal Branding and Executive Job Search Book — Second Edition
I've just completed the second edition of my ebook, 23 Ways You Sabotage Your Executive Job Search and How Your Brand Will Help You Land . . . A practical guide to executive branding, marketing your ROI value and navigating the new world of job search. Updates to the content reflect the …
The New C-suite Jobs
The digital age, the new economy and the new world of work are ushering in a new wave of c-suite roles. Some sound silly and overly touchy-feely: Chief Listener Chief People Officer Chief Happiness Officer But these, and others, are emerging and may be here to stay. Or at least until …
Does Your C-level Executive Resume Differentiate You?
Some of the prospective c-suite clients I speak with come to me certain about what needs to be done to improve their executive resumes. A COO, for instance, has seen a resume for another COO that really hit home with him, so he wants his to mimic that one. He wants the same key words in his, the …
10 Brand-Diluting Phrases That Weaken Your LinkedIn Profile
Many of us resist change. We'd like some things to work the same way forever. It's so much easier than having to learn new ways of doing things. If you're in an executive job search for the first time in, say, 5 years or so, you've found that it doesn't work the same way as the last time …
Top 10 Personal Branding and Executive Job Search Blog Posts of the Year
I always enjoy looking back at my blog posts from the past year, to assess which topics best hit home with readers. Last year, posts about using LinkedIn for executive job search were the most popular, showing up 4 times in my list of 10 best below. Most of these were also my favorites to write. …
How To Overcome Executive Job Search Inertia
If you've been in a prolonged job search, sometimes inertia sets in. It may just be an inevitable part of the process. And during the holiday season, it's even easier to give in to the urge to kick back and forget about your search for a few weeks. Here's some help to get you …
I’m a CMO But I Need Help Writing My Executive Resume
I’ve heard this statement, or variations, many times from prospective Chief Marketing Officer clients. As seasoned marketing experts, they know how to brand, position and market their companies' products. But they're not so good at writing their resume, a personal marketing document. They’re …
New Kindle Book: 101 Top Holiday Job Search Tips from Job-Hunt Experts
Are you in a job search, or about to be, and thinking that the end of the year is the worst time to land a job? Do you figure everyone kicks back for the holidays . . . companies don’t hire until the New Year . . . so it’s not even worth the effort? Here are some statistics from the U.S. …