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 …
Twitter Executive Branding Strategy: The Beauty of a Retweet
Does your executive job search brand communications plan include Twitter? If so, do you take advantage of the beauty of a retweet? If you’re not on Twitter because you don’t think you’ll have time to come up with enough quality tweets, reconsider. I’m about to explain how you …
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, …
Twitter Personal Branding Time-Saving Tips
How to tweet wisely in about 10 to 15 minutes a day, a few times a week. In my practice, I rarely come across executive job seekers who are actively leveraging Twitter to help them land jobs. The few who even have Twitter accounts put up a few tweets initially, and then let it go. Their …
FREE Twitter Book From Job Search and Career Experts
Did you know that the vast majority of executive recruiters use social recruiting (including Twitter) to source and assess top talent? And that many employers tweet about their new product and service launches (great for researching your target companies and industry), other business …
How to Use Twitter: Multiple Resources
Over the weekend, I received a very flattering comment on my post, 14 Reasons I Won’t Follow You On Twitter [Revisited] from David Spencer, an alternative secondary school educator who has developed Education Paragon, a free educational portal for educators, parents and students. In his comment, …
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 …
No Time For Twitter? How to Tweet Less, But Tweet Quality
In preparation for an upcoming call to a new client prospect, I Googled his name. My search revealed that, along with a complete LinkedIn profile, this CMO in telecommunications had a Twitter account. I was impressed. It’s unusual for the c-suite executives I work with to pay any attention to …
5 Executive Job Search Tactics You Need To Try
Along with writing and cooking, gardening is a passion of mine. I don’t have a big garden, just a few dozen pots of assorted vegetables, herbs and flowers, protected on my deck from all the critters around here. Every year in early May I hit the local garden centers and linger over all the …