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 …
Executive Career Brand Blog
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 …
10 Ways I Use Twitter to Build My Personal Brand
Twitter is one of my favorite brand communications tools. The strategies I use are ones I advise my c-level executive clients will also work for their job-hunting and career management efforts. Here are 10 ways Twitter helps me communicate and build my personal brand: 1. My Twitter bio contains …
Personal Branding By Any Other Name Would . . .
As branding has mainstreamed, more and more misinformed dissenting voices scream out across Twitter, blogs, and other social media warning us not to fall for it. In their rush to deride and dismiss branding, they're confusing the whole concept of branding – digging deep to identify one's ROI …
Blogging Milestones – Taking Up Darren Rowse’s Challenge
ProBlogger’s Darren Rowse, a pioneering full-time blogger, challenged his readers to choose 7 posts that fit the following specific themes. Here are my own choices: 1. Your first post From May 2008, actually the third post on my Executive Resume Branding blog, but my first decent one, The Inside …