Executive job seekers want to know which social media platforms – LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. – are the best ones for them to use, to accelerate their job search. LinkedIn and Twitter are the ones I recommend most. I typically advise that, if they have time for …
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Email Follow-Up: How To Get Responses and Results
No one seems to be exempt from the email dilemma. Whether you’re job hunting and emailing recruiters and other hiring professionals, or sending business emails, people often don’t get back to you. You’re faced with deciding whether or not to send an email follow-up, or two or three. It’s an …
How Do I Rebuild My Network for Executive Job Search?
Executive job seekers often ask me how they can rebuild their job search network, now that they're back in a job hunt. We discuss the fact that, by far, networking is the best way to land a job and that job boards yield dismal results. They’re concerned that they neglected their network once …
Beware of Scam Resume Writing Services
Did you land on this post because you searched “resume writing services”? Then your mission is to find the best resume writer for your needs. But you may need help sorting through all the options. Worried about which services are legit and which may be fly-by-night scams providing less than …
Secrets Executive Recruiters Can’t Tell You and Tips for Working with Them
I always advise executive job seekers NOT to rely entirely on executive recruiters to get them into a job. If you reach out to several recruiters and then sit back and wait for them to connect you with a job, you may be waiting a long time. Most of your job-hunting efforts should revolve …