Executive recruiters and hiring decision makers at your target companies search online using relevant keywords to locate good-fit candidates. Your LinkedIn profile offers several choice locations to insert the right keywords to help elevate your search rankings – or Search Engine Optimization (SEO) …
Executive Job Search
What a Personally Branded Executive Resume Does For You
The main purpose of an executive resume is to land interviews. But it can do so much more for you, as you navigate an executive job search. When you add personal branding to the mix, a resume becomes an even more powerful positioning and job search tool. The information-mining process, before you …
Personal Branding and Executive Job Search Book — Second Edition
I've just completed the second edition of my ebook, 23 Ways You Sabotage Your Executive Job Search and How Your Brand Will Help You Land . . . A practical guide to executive branding, marketing your ROI value and navigating the new world of job search. Updates to the content reflect the …
Your Email Signature: Another Personal Branding Tool
I estimate that more than half of the emails I receive from executive job seekers have only one line in their email signatures . . . their name. Sometimes their signature is the default they use in doing business through their employers, which may not be appropriate to use in their job …
How to Use Twitter: Multiple Resources
Over the weekend, I received a very flattering comment on my post, 14 Reasons I Won’t Follow You On Twitter [Revisited] from David Spencer, an alternative secondary school educator who has developed Education Paragon, a free educational portal for educators, parents and students. In his comment, …
How Much of My Executive Job Search Is Tax Deductible?
As if landing a job isn't enough to occupy all your days and thoughts, tax time is fast approaching. Have you been tracking every expense involved with your job search, and keeping good records, so you can take all the deductions you’re entitled to? If not, plan to spend some time backtracking and …
How To Overcome Executive Job Search Inertia
If you've been in a prolonged job search, sometimes inertia sets in. It may just be an inevitable part of the process. And during the holiday season, it's even easier to give in to the urge to kick back and forget about your search for a few weeks. Here's some help to get you …
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. …
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 …
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, …