It’s time you faced it. If you're having trouble landing a great-fit job, you need to learn how to network. You’ll probably have to do a lot of networking to find and land your next gig . . . unless you’re very, very lucky. Did you know that, although the vast majority of executive job seekers …
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16 Deadly Executive Job Search Mistakes
I see it all too often with my executive clients. They make too many job search mistakes, mostly because they don't understand how it all works today. Some of them have never needed a resume (or any career documents) to land jobs over their 30+ year careers. Some haven’t been faced …
15 Savvy Tips To Boost LinkedIn Profile Views
Whether you’re actively job hunting or just want people to take notice of you, bedazzle your LinkedIn profile. Build up your LinkedIn profile views and make it a traffic magnet. Besides being a social network, LinkedIn is a powerful search engine. People use the site to search for particular …
LinkedIn Do’s and Don’ts for Executive Job Search
LinkedIn do's and don'ts are a popular topic because so many executives understand how important it is to use LinkedIn well when they're job hunting. Unfortunately, despite their good intentions, many LinkedIn members don't use it well. They make lots of mistakes. Here's a sampling of some of …
How NOT To Build Your Network on LinkedIn
For both active job search and healthy career management when you're happily employed, it's wise to build and maintain your network on LinkedIn. There is debate among LinkedIn experts and others in the careers industry about whether or not to keep your number of LinkedIn connections to a …
How Do Executive Recruiters Find Candidates?
In conversations with executive job seekers, we discuss how today's job search works, including targeting, personal branding, LinkedIn, online presence, and how recruiters find candidates. Sourcing vs. Recruiting Candidates Candidate sourcing is the recruiter's first step. They look in …
Employee Referrals: The Best Way to Land an Executive Job
When discussing executive job search strategy with my clients, I lay out the critical 3 initial steps that get the best results – targeting, research and personal branding. I explain that, by starting with targeting, they'll focus their job search and personal marketing efforts on specific …
How to Run a Confidential Job Search on LinkedIn
You're job-hunting and you need to keep it under wraps. But you know you need to use LinkedIn to help you land your next job. So how do you run a confidential job search on LinkedIn? Something like 95% of my executive job-seeking clients face the same dilemma. They’re still employed, but looking …
YIKES! My LinkedIn Profile is Missing!
When I Googled the phrase "linkedin profile is missing", more than half a billion results appeared. Clearly this is an issue impacting and worrying many LinkedIn users. If you’re like millions of savvy job seekers, you count on LinkedIn to help you: The last thing you can afford is having …
5 Reasons Your LinkedIn Profile Isn’t Working
Too many of the executive job seekers I speak with tell me that LinkedIn isn't doing much for them. When I take a look at their LinkedIn profiles, the reason is often immediately clear. They've made mistakes with their profile or they neglected to do some very important things with it. No …