Online Job Search Expert Susan P. Joyce has just released the Second Edition of her free Job-Hunt® 15-Minute Guide, Layoff Self-Defense, 7 Facts You Need to Know plus 7 Steps to Protect You and Your Income. Packed with valuable information and advice for job seekers at every professional level – …
Executive Job Search
The Inside Story on Working With Executive Recruiters
Last year I did a Q&A with a blogging and Twitter friend, Jeff Lipschultz (@JLipschultz on Twitter), founding partner of A-List Solutions, a premier recruiting firm in Dallas-Fort Worth. He has hired engineers, IT and finance professionals, sales reps, technicians, Six Sigma and Lean experts, …
10 Keys to Amplify Your Executive Brand Online
Make no mistake. Your online reputation matters. People are Googling you before deciding whether to interview you for a job, hire you or do business with you. If fear of exposing yourself online is holding you back, reconsider. Most of us can no longer ignore our online identities. Studies show …
The Importance of Executive Branding in Job Search
My colleague and blogging friend Tim Tyrell-Smith recently invited me and others among his approved career experts to guest blog at his excellent blogsite, Tim's Strategy. Tim also manages a highly popular LinkedIn Group comprised of active job seekers as well as employed professionals offering …
How To Tap Into Hidden C-level Executive Jobs
How’s your executive job search working for you? If you’re spending all or most of your time responding to job board postings and waiting to be offered interviews, chances are, not much is happening. You’re conducting a RE-active job search, instead of a PRO-active one. This may be a …
C-level Executives Resistant to Online Presence
Before first speaking with a prospective client, a c-level executive in commercial real estate business development, I searched LinkedIn to see if he had a complete profile. And I Googled his name to see how many search results associated with him were on the first few pages. This is my standard …
Executive Job Search: Using LinkedIn’s Company Follow
At the end of April, LinkedIn launched the new "Company Follow" feature, allowing you to stay current with the latest news from your target companies that have posted LinkedIn profiles. With nearly one million companies on LinkedIn, you're bound to find many of those on your target list. What's so …
The Roots of Personal Branding
A friend and colleague Galen Tinder, senior consultant and manager for Ricklin-Echikson Associates, wrote an excellent article, The Promise of Personal Branding, in the August Worldwide ERC (Workforce Mobility Association) Mobility Magazine. He describes personal branding as "a means by which a …
Executive Branding and the New Rules of C-level Job Search
Have you been thrust into an executive job search and finding that things have changed drastically since the last time you looked for a gig, even if it was only a few years ago? Suddenly the game plan looks and feels completely different, and no one told you about it. You don’t know what you need …
Choosing the Best Resume Writer
Alina Dizik recently wrote quite a provocative article for the Wall Street Journal, Hiring a Résumé Writer? Ask These Questions First, that triggered over 25 comments. Some came from people I know – my colleagues in the careers industry – and some came from people attacking professional resume …