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 …
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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 …
4 Executive Job Search Blunders
Wonder what career professionals in the thick of the job search landscape say are the worst things they see job seekers do . . . things that are sabotaging their chances to land the jobs they want? My good friend Hannah Morgan (Career Sherpa, @CareerSherpa) recently put the question to a number of …
5 Executive Job Search Tactics You Need To Try
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How To Ace Phone Interviews in Executive Job Search
Most executive job seekers can expect to do some job interviews via phone. Video conferencing or Skype video calls may also be in the picture. According to Susan Adams in her Forbes article on phone interviews, more than half of executive recruiters and hiring managers do initial interviews on the …
Job Search Fizzling? Maybe It’s Your Executive Resume
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Top 10 Executive Resume Branding Tips
(The following is my latest article as the Personal Branding Expert at Job-Hunt.org.) You're suddenly facing a job search, so you rush right to your resume (if you can find it) to update it. But wait. You may not be ready to tackle your resume yet. If it's been several years since you revisited …
The Three Most Critical Executive Job Interview Questions
In a Forbes article, George Bradt noted which three interview questions executive recruiters agree are the only true indicators of strengths, motivation and fit. 1. Can you do the job? (strengths) 2. Will you love the job? (motivation) 3. Can we tolerate working with you? (fit) Regarding fit, …
I Just Earned the Certified Master Resume Writer (CMRW) Credential
Despite the impact of the digital age on executive job search, career professionals will tell you that a targeted, value proposition-driven resume is still one of the most critical elements in any successful search. The resume is NOT dead. You still need to have one. But the Internet, social …
How Twitter Helped Me Build My Personal Brand
So many of my c-level executive clients and potential clients are surprised that Twitter is such an integral part of my personal branding and social media marketing efforts, even though it’s wildly popular and stories about its value for business-building and job search abound. They still think …