Need some tips on getting the attention of, and building relationships with, executive recruiters? According to a recent survey by ExecuNet, a private membership organization supporting senior-level executive job seekers with job opportunities, resources and job search help, top recruiters …
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Job Action Day 2012 – Personal Career Branding
Today is Job Action Day 2012 – the fifth-annual job search initiative spearheaded by Quintessential Careers. Focusing this year on personal career branding, Job Action Day is an opportunity for all job seekers and workers to take stock of their situations, take steps to brand their job search and …
Best of Blogging Your Personal Brand for C-level Executive Jobs
I haven’t written about blogging – one of my favorite things to do – in quite some time. Lucky I enjoy it so much because, no question, most of my business comes through my two blogsites – Executive Career Brand and Executive Resume Branding. They are the single best tool for marketing my brand, …
10 Executive Job Interview Body Language Mistakes
You did all the back-end work. You defined and differentiated your personal brand and unique value proposition to your target employers, written brand-supporting career marketing materials (resume, biography, LinkedIn profile, etc), built an online presence for social proof, and researched …
Social Recruiting and Your Executive Job Search
Are you a senior-level executive still hesitating to embrace social networking for your job search and healthy career management? Did you know that more than 90% of employers will use social networks and social media to find talent in 2012? That's what Jobvite, a leading recruitment platform …
LinkedIn’s Free Executive Job Search Resources
Are you new to LinkedIn and having a hard time figuring out what to do with it? The folks at LinkedIn have put together several excellent tools to help you. Go to the Learning Center for an overview, site features and user guides. To build your profile, begin with the New User Starter …
Personal Branding for Dummies® Hits the Bookstores
"Why is personal branding important? It allows you to show the world your best true self. It helps you align every part of your life with your characteristics, strengths, values, and goals. By doing so, you create a meaningful, lasting impression on everyone you meet. That impression can …
LinkedIn Groups and Networking: Some People Don’t Get It
LinkedIn Groups are a good thing, especially for executive job seekers. Groups help you uncover new networking opportunities, reconnect with your neglected network, demonstrate your subject matter expertise, connect with people at your target companies, and potentially land your next job or …
Twitter Job Search Help From Career Experts
How would you like to get free advice from job search experts . . . On topics ranging from personal branding, targeting and working with executive recruiters, to best job networking and interviewing strategies, and so much more . . . In short, sweet tweets? Career Directors International (CDI), a …
7 Reasons Not To Be a Personal Brand Copycat
(Following is a slightly modified version of my latest Personal Branding article at Job-Hunt.org.) You see a beautifully written, branded resume – or maybe a LinkedIn profile – of a job seeker with similar qualifications to yours, seeking the kind of job you want. It sounds a lot like …