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. …
Executive Job Search
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 …
I’m a CMO But I Need Help Writing My Executive Resume
I’ve heard this statement, or variations, many times from prospective Chief Marketing Officer clients. As seasoned marketing experts, they know how to brand, position and market their companies' products. But they're not so good at writing their resume, a personal marketing document. They’re …
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 …
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 …
How Personal Branding Helps You Land a C-level Executive Job
Do you think personal branding is not for you? That it’s merely a fad churned up by social media wonks, and you don’t need it to land a job? Maybe you think branding is too much about tooting your own horn, and you’ve never been comfortable with that, and you can't stand it when other people do …
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, …