With more than 20 years of executive resume writing experience, I've learned plenty about best practices. And I've innovated strategies to help my clients stand out above the competition. Collaborating with executive job seekers, I've helped them define their personal brand and create their …
Executive Resume, Biography & Cover Letter
How to Write and Use An Executive Brand Biography
My c-suite and senior-level executive clients often ask me why they need an executive brand biography and how to use it. A biography is a storytelling tool that breathes life into an otherwise flat rehash of your resume. It's an opportunity to reinforce your brand through storytelling, in a way …
5 Must-Do’s To Land More Executive Job Interviews
When you’re in executive job search mode, landing coveted job interviews is like hitting the jackpot. Sometimes you’re lucky, and job interviews come easily, despite your lack of focused and concerted effort. Most of the time, it takes planning, preparation and a lot of work to position …
Is Your Executive Resume Still Partying Like It’s 1999?
Has It Been Several Years Since You've Needed an Executive Resume? Many of my c-suite and senior-level clients don't have a modern executive resume, or any resume at all. They haven’t needed an executive resume for many years, if ever. They’ve advanced through the ranks at a few companies, …
Toxic Job Search Belief: Executive Resume Targeting is Not For Me
Why You Should Care About Executive Resume Targeting You're deep into executive job search or about to dive into one. Resume targeting may be the last thing on your mind . . . or it may never have occurred to you. If you think you don't need executive resume targeting, I want to set you …
2 of My Favorite Insider Tips for Executive Resume Writing
Let's establish a few first-step givens in executive job search that you need to do, before you even thinking about executive resume writing. Start with: Targeting and research − so you'll know who you're writing for. That helps you know what skills and qualifications you have that you will be …
Oh, How the New LinkedIn Has Changed!
I just completed updating my 3 executive job search ebooks. Most of the strategies I recommend in them haven’t changed much over the past year but, as I got into LinkedIn particulars, I quickly realized that my content updates were going to take a lot longer than I …
Executive Job Search Advice From the Experts
I'm very flattered and grateful to be included among such heavy hitters in Career Sherpa's (Hannah Morgan) "50+ Best Websites For Job Search 2017". WOW! What a valuable resource this list is! Hannah is a nationally recognized author and speaker on all things job search, with a weekly …
Personal Branding and Executive Job Search Guide – Revised and Updated for 2015
Having trouble getting a handle on defining and building your personal branding, and navigating today’s executive job search? Not sure what to do first and what NOT to do? My popular executive job search readiness ebook will help you. First published in 2011, I’ve just finished revising and …
NEW BOOK! 20 Little-Known, Insider Tips to Accelerate Executive Job Search
Is your executive job search taking too long? Are you getting too few interviews, or none at all? If you answered "Yes" to both questions, it’s time to turbo-charge your search with the advice in my new ebook: 20 Little-Known, Insider Tips to Accelerate Your Executive Job Search . . . and …