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 …
How to Customize LinkedIn Invitations to Connect
When you’re proactively job-hunting, you need to keep a keen eye towards expanding your LinkedIn network to include people who can help you meet your career goals. Considering that you may not know many of these people, you need to do your best to compel them to want to connect with you. Without a …
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 …
Personal Branding and Your LinkedIn Profile Photo
Over the past several years, a lively discussion has unfolded in the comments for my 3 year-old post, “Does My LinkedIn Profile Really Need a Photo?” No doubt, discrimination in job search exists and your photo can expose you to discrimination based on age, weight, ethnic background, …
Your Personal Brand Online and the LinkedIn Privacy Dilemma
How private can you keep the changes you make to your LinkedIn profile? Here is one of the most frequently asked questions by my c-suite and senior executive clients who are in a confidential job search, and need to complete and/or update and brand their LinkedIn profiles: "How do I keep my …
Add Special Bullet Point Pizzazz to Your LinkedIn Profile
Want to use jazzier bullet points in your LinkedIn profile than the typical asterisk (*)? It seems that LinkedIn only allows you to use the basic characters that are on your keyboard. But you can try adding some pizzazz to your LinkedIn personal brand with special characters like …
2 LinkedIn Personal Branding Tips You Don’t Know
LinkedIn is undeniably the executive job-seeker's most important and powerful online personal branding tool. To improve my LinkedIn profile-building skills, I've just completed Reach Personal Branding's new Certified Social Branding Analyst program, which focuses squarely on LinkedIn …
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 …
Personal Branding: How to Brand Your LinkedIn Summary Section
[The following article was originally published for my Personal Branding Expert gig on Job-Hunt.org.] Powering your LinkedIn Summary section with personal branding helps you differentiate the value you offer over your competitors. It helps recruiters and hiring decision makers at the companies …