LinkedIn Groups are a good thing, especially for executive job seekers. Groups help you uncover new networking opportunities, reconnect with your neglected network, demonstrate your subject matter expertise, connect with people at your target companies, and potentially land your next job or …
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Twitter Job Search Help From Career Experts
How would you like to get free advice from job search experts . . . On topics ranging from personal branding, targeting and working with executive recruiters, to best job networking and interviewing strategies, and so much more . . . In short, sweet tweets? Career Directors International (CDI), a …
7 Reasons Not To Be a Personal Brand Copycat
(Following is a slightly modified version of my latest Personal Branding article at Job-Hunt.org.) You see a beautifully written, branded resume – or maybe a LinkedIn profile – of a job seeker with similar qualifications to yours, seeking the kind of job you want. It sounds a lot like …
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 …
Self-Google or Doom Your Executive Job Search
Right before I speak with potential clients for the first time, I Google their names. This is exactly what many hiring professionals and executive recruiters do when they’re assessing candidates. What I typically find is a very meager online footprint, with very little social networking. They'll …