You need to learn about how today's executive job search works, before diving in headlong. Before first speaking to new clients, I send them a few questions to answer. I want to determine whether we'll be a good fit to work together on personal branding and content development (resume, …
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How Do I Find a Job in the Hidden Executive Job Market?
You've probably heard about the hidden executive job market, but do you really know what it is, why it exists, and how to take advantage of it? No one knows for sure how many executive jobs are hidden (or never advertised), but it's estimated to be at least 80%. Why aren't more executive jobs …
LinkedIn Groups: A Powerful Personal Branding Tool
One of the ways LinkedIn adds value to overall career management and job search is that, when leveraged to full advantage, it will keep you and your executive brand top of mind with your network. Using LinkedIn Groups is one way to accomplish this. To help you land faster, your network on …
5 Mistakes That Can Derail Your Confidential Executive Job Search
If you're like most executive job seekers, you're conducting a confidential job search. Your company may be on shaky ground these days. Or you've decided to move to another company for other reasons. Or maybe you want to pursue a different kind of job. Whatever the reason, you likely want to …
Use Job Boards for Research … Not to Find Executive Jobs
Are you spending hours every day, posting your executive resume on job boards? If so, cut it out! Although job boards do serve a purpose, I hesitate suggesting you use them at all. In my experience, too many executive job seekers get sucked in once there, spending way too much time responding to …
Dare to Express Your True Personal Brand
“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” — Dr. Seuss My clients − c-suite and senior-level executive job seekers − work hard with me through my personal branding and job search readiness process. They’re eager to open up and dig deep so that I can differentiate their unique ROI in their …
Social Proof: Where Online Presence Meets Personal Branding
In executive job search, social media and online presence matter. Are you an executive job seeker who resists having an online presence? Maybe you’re concerned about privacy issues. Maybe you just don't want to put information about yourself "out there". Unfortunately, the days when you could hide …
10 Best Posts to Get Your Executive Job Search in Gear
At this writing, it's the beginning of a new year . . . a time when executive job search is on many people's minds. But this roundup of posts are well worth reading whatever time of year you come across them . . . as you think about diving into job search, . . . as you begin an actual …
How to Use Twitter for Personal Branding and Executive Job Search, Part 2
Twitter can help you connect with the right people, to land a great-fit executive job. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, I covered: The value of Twitter for executive job search, How to get started, How to follow the right Twitter folks, and How to build up your followers. In Part …
How to Use Twitter for Personal Branding and Executive Job Search, Part 1
In my experience, executive job seekers shy away from Twitter for many reasons, most of which are misconceptions. Do any of the following describe your resistance to using Twitter? You think it's not worth the effort. You think it's all about posting photos showing what you had for dinner, …