Having trouble getting a handle on defining and building your personal branding, and navigating today’s executive job search? Not sure what to do first and what NOT to do? My popular executive job search readiness ebook will help you. First published in 2011, I’ve just finished revising and …
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Personal Branding and Your LinkedIn Profile Photo
Over the past several years, a lively discussion has unfolded in the comments for my 3 year-old post, “Does My LinkedIn Profile Really Need a Photo?” No doubt, discrimination in job search exists and your photo can expose you to discrimination based on age, weight, ethnic background, …
Storytelling for Executive Job Search Success
Seven years ago Quintessential Careers, a leading online career site, innovated Job Action Day to help all job-seekers and workers take stock of their situations, and make plans and/or take action steps to improve their careers. This year, celebrated on November 3rd, Job Action Day is all about …
Twitter Personal Branding Time-Saving Tips
How to tweet wisely in about 10 to 15 minutes a day, a few times a week. In my practice, I rarely come across executive job seekers who are actively leveraging Twitter to help them land jobs. The few who even have Twitter accounts put up a few tweets initially, and then let it go. Their …
NEW BOOK! 20 Little-Known, Insider Tips to Accelerate Executive Job Search
Is your executive job search taking too long? Are you getting too few interviews, or none at all? If you answered "Yes" to both questions, it’s time to turbo-charge your search with the advice in my new ebook: 20 Little-Known, Insider Tips to Accelerate Your Executive Job Search . . . and …
Can You Avoid the Executive Resume Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Vortex?
If you've read any of my posts about personal branding and executive job search, you already know that merely updating your resume with recent accomplishments and contributions isn't enough to help you rise above the competition in job search. You need to present yourself as the best hiring …
Best Executive Resume Writing Tips for 2014
Alison Doyle of About.com recently put out a call through their LinkedIn Group for resume writing tips for the new year, to help you get noticed and land your next great gig. Among the top tips from 15 careers experts, Sara Sutton Fell, Founder & CEO of FlexJobs.com, contributed one on matching …
Personal Branding Really Matters in Executive Hiring
Are you resistant to defining and leveraging your personal brand in your executive job search? Maybe you feel so inundated by social media's over-promotion of the concept that you feel it's all a bunch of nonsense. Whether or not you are willing to embrace personal branding, know that it truly …
7 Ways To Get Noticed by Recruiters and Hiring Managers
In the recent Forbes article, Job Hunters: Here's How You Can Stand Out From The Pack, career coach Nancy Collamer tapped several career professionals, including myself, to compile a short list of powerful strategies to differentiate yourself in job search. Some of these ideas may not work for you, …
You Are Not a Brand. You HAVE a Personal Brand
Some people take it too far. They take the "personal" out of personal branding, and refer to themselves as a "brand". They think of themselves – and ruthlessly market themselves – as a product. And they speak and write about "Brand Them" incessantly. Along with referring to themselves in the …