If you've read any of my posts about personal branding and executive job search, you already know that merely updating your resume with recent accomplishments and contributions isn't enough to help you rise above the competition in job search. You need to present yourself as the best hiring …
Executive Resume, Biography & Cover Letter
Best Executive Resume Writing Tips for 2014
Alison Doyle of About.com recently put out a call through their LinkedIn Group for resume writing tips for the new year, to help you get noticed and land your next great gig. Among the top tips from 15 careers experts, Sara Sutton Fell, Founder & CEO of FlexJobs.com, contributed one on matching …
The Biggest Executive Job Search and Personal Branding Mistake
What's the first step when you're about to dive into a job search? Create your resume, or update your existing one, so you can hit the job boards hard right away? Nope. The biggest mistake too many job seekers make from the get-go is skipping over the critical first step – identifying target …
‘Tis the Season to Land an Executive Job
How did it get to be the holiday season already? Before you know it, the new year will be here, and it will be time to resume your executive job search in earnest. You’ve put your search on hold until January, because everyone knows that no one lands anything but seasonal work in November or …
Update Your C-Suite Executive Resume This Month
Are you like many c-suite executives contemplating a career move? You've been toying with the idea for months. You've seen the writing on the wall at your company – heads are rolling – or you've been dissatisfied with your career progression, or lack of it. Then summer came and you easily put …
How to Write, Brand and Use An Executive Resume
Need help writing your c-suite or senior-level executive resume? I've compiled some of the best posts I've written over the past 4 years about just that topic. Although my focus is on the top-level executives I work with, the strategies and advice here also apply to most job seekers, at most any …
7 Ways To Get Noticed by Recruiters and Hiring Managers
In the recent Forbes article, Job Hunters: Here's How You Can Stand Out From The Pack, career coach Nancy Collamer tapped several career professionals, including myself, to compile a short list of powerful strategies to differentiate yourself in job search. Some of these ideas may not work for you, …
What a Personally Branded Executive Resume Does For You
The main purpose of an executive resume is to land interviews. But it can do so much more for you, as you navigate an executive job search. When you add personal branding to the mix, a resume becomes an even more powerful positioning and job search tool. The information-mining process, before you …
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 …
Your Email Signature: Another Personal Branding Tool
I estimate that more than half of the emails I receive from executive job seekers have only one line in their email signatures . . . their name. Sometimes their signature is the default they use in doing business through their employers, which may not be appropriate to use in their job …