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Executive Job Search
Keep Your Personal Brand Top-of-Mind with LinkedIn Updates
One of the many benefits of using LinkedIn for executive job search personal branding is the ability to stay top-of-mind with your network. One of the best ways to do that is with LinkedIn updates. Your job search network needs to include employees and hiring decision makers at your target …
Social Recruiting: The Surprising Ways Executive Recruiters Assess Candidates on Social Media
We've all heard stories about how social recruiting can negatively impact executive job search success. Too many executive (and other) job seekers are too fast and easy with their social media posts. They undermine or completely destroy their job search. They let all kinds of damaging things …
Twitter vs LinkedIn for Executive Job Search Networking
Executive job seekers want to know which social media platforms – LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. – are the best ones for them to use, to accelerate their job search. LinkedIn and Twitter are the ones I recommend most. I typically advise that, if they have time for …
How Do I Rebuild My Network for Executive Job Search?
Executive job seekers often ask me how they can rebuild their job search network, now that they're back in a job hunt. We discuss the fact that, by far, networking is the best way to land a job and that job boards yield dismal results. They’re concerned that they neglected their network once …
Secrets Executive Recruiters Can’t Tell You and Tips for Working with Them
I always advise executive job seekers NOT to rely entirely on executive recruiters to get them into a job. If you reach out to several recruiters and then sit back and wait for them to connect you with a job, you may be waiting a long time. Most of your job-hunting efforts should revolve …
Going To “Create” Your Personal Brand? Nope, You Already Have a Brand
It makes me cringe when I see someone advise a job seeker to "Create your personal brand". If you think this way, and you’ve created something that you’re calling your brand, it’s probably not your authentic brand. You can’t “create” your personal brand “Creating” means to bring something …
How to Balance Personal Branding With Personal SEO
Both personal branding and personal SEO are critical components in successful executive job search today . . . and they go hand in hand. But many people don’t know how to strike the right balance between them, as they write their job search marketing documents and online profiles – executive …
Is Your Online Presence Strong Enough to Compete in Executive Job Search?
Some executive job seekers just don’t get how much executive job search has changed over the past several years, and how important online presence is now. A spot-on, value-driven executive resume alone probably won’t land you the job you want. Like it or not, the digital age has impacted job …
Executive Job Search Advice from the Experts
I always keep my eyes and ears open to the job search advice given by my colleagues in the careers industry. Job seekers should do the same. Because I've been in this industry for more than 25 years, I've had the opportunity to work with and learn from many smart people. Below you'll find the …