I always enjoy looking back at my blog posts from the past year, to assess which topics best hit home with readers. Last year, posts about using LinkedIn for executive job search were the most popular, showing up 4 times in my list of 10 best below. Most of these were also my favorites to write. …
Social Media & Social Networking
New Kindle Book: 101 Top Holiday Job Search Tips from Job-Hunt Experts
Are you in a job search, or about to be, and thinking that the end of the year is the worst time to land a job? Do you figure everyone kicks back for the holidays . . . companies don’t hire until the New Year . . . so it’s not even worth the effort? Here are some statistics from the U.S. …
5 Things Executive Recruiters Want: Executive Job Search Best Practices
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 …
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, …
3 Social Media Ways to Build Your Executive Job Search Network
Networking has always been the best way to land an executive job. Along with maintaining strong ties to your network throughout your career, when you're in active job search mode, you'll need to cast a far-reaching net to encompass new, targeted connections. Step one in planning your job search …
New Job Search Book: 100 Conversations for Career Success
Finally! A book on how to land a job that gets down to the nitty-gritty and actually includes scripts to deal with a wide range of networking, interviewing and job search situations and scenarios. From cold calls, emails and informational interviews, to interacting with VIPs on social media, …
No Time For Twitter? How to Tweet Less, But Tweet Quality
In preparation for an upcoming call to a new client prospect, I Googled his name. My search revealed that, along with a complete LinkedIn profile, this CMO in telecommunications had a Twitter account. I was impressed. It’s unusual for the c-suite executives I work with to pay any attention to …
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 …
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 …