"What and who is an executive?" may seem like an odd topic for me to write about. I mean, I know what an executive is. I’ve been working with executive job seekers for more than 25 years. But I find that there’s confusion on the part of some of them about whether or not they actually ARE …
Executive Career Management
The Lazy Executive Job Seeker
So you’re suddenly in an executive job search or planning one – by choice or because you were fired or laid off (or see layoffs looming). You may already be aware that things look different out there than they did the last time you were seeking a new opportunity. If you're just starting out …
The Secret Weapon to Win at Executive Job Interviews
You think I’m going to tell you that the “secret weapon” is something like targeting . . . or personal branding . . . or proactive networking . . . or interview preparation . . . or even hiring a professional job search strategist. All of those are critical, but that’s not the secret weapon …
Today’s Executive Job Search Toolkit
If you haven’t been actively looking for an executive job for several years, you need an executive job search toolkit for the new world of search. Otherwise, you may think that all you need to do to land a job these days is dust off your executive resume, insert any updates, post it to as many …
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 …
2 More Favorite Insider Tips for Executive Resume Writing
With more than 20 years of executive resume writing experience, I've learned plenty about best practices. And I've innovated strategies to help my clients stand out above the competition. Collaborating with executive job seekers, I've helped them define their personal brand and create their …
Ignore the Hype! What Authentic Personal Branding Is and Is NOT
Personal branding continues to be a trending topic on job-search related social media because it’s such an integral part of successful executive job search and personal marketing. But so many people have so many conflicting things to say about it. Some truly grasp what personal branding …
5 Must-Do’s To Land More Executive Job Interviews
When you’re in executive job search mode, landing coveted job interviews is like hitting the jackpot. Sometimes you’re lucky, and job interviews come easily, despite your lack of focused and concerted effort. Most of the time, it takes planning, preparation and a lot of work to position …
Overcome Age Discrimination in Your Job Search by Changing the Perception of You
Are you 50-ish, in a job search, and worried about age discrimination? It’s time to recapture the “Benjamin Button” in you. Age discrimination is real and it can be crippling. Earlier in your career, doors were swinging wide open and now it seems virtually impossible to get your …
Toxic Job Search Belief: Executive Resume Targeting is Not For Me
Why You Should Care About Executive Resume Targeting You're deep into executive job search or about to dive into one. Resume targeting may be the last thing on your mind . . . or it may never have occurred to you. If you think you don't need executive resume targeting, I want to set you …