Executive job search isn’t easy, especially at the top executive level. For every job seeker, at any professional level, there’s so much to do ... so much to know ... so much to worry about. If you’ve been at it for a while, you may find yourself getting discouraged, and wondering how you’ll …
Executive Job Search
The Biggest Executive Resume Writing Mistake
You sit down to put your resume together and ponder what should go in, and what should NOT go in. The last thing you want to do is make a major resume writing mistake, right? You want to make an excellent first impression. You want your inbox to be flooded with requests for interviews. Do …
7 Things I Learned About Resume Writing That Changed Everything
I’ve been helping executive job seekers with their resumes, LinkedIn profiles and other job search-related materials for more than 20 years. You’d think resume writing would be that much easier after all that time, but it’s not. Resume writing is complicated. These days, so much more is involved …
Find the Best LinkedIn Profile and Executive Resume Writer For You, Part 1
This is the time of year when many executives think about career transition. Naturally, they'll want to work with the best executive resume writer possible. The feeling is that new jobs open up at the beginning of the year, so they'd better start getting their ducks in a row. There's some …
5 Common (But Troubling) Executive Job Search Dilemmas
What kind of job search dilemmas are you facing? We all hit roadblocks sometimes that can keep us from moving forward and reaching our goals. In executive job search, there are many potential pitfalls that can sabotage or prolong the search. But, as in life, workarounds or viable solutions …
30 Key Executive Job Search FAQs
I've written several posts about the FAQs my clients put to me most often when we're strategizing ways to accelerate their executive job search. In this post I've rounded them all up in one place, so you can jump off and quickly get my answers to the most pressing questions you may have about …
Online Reputation Management FAQs for Executive Job Search
Fortunately, more and more of the executives I speak with are aware that, to land a great-fit new gig, they need to have a solid online presence and be mindful of online reputation management. Some of them understand that, when recruiters and hiring managers source and assess …
How to Re-Enter the Workforce After An Absence
Have you taken a career break and you're now ready to re-enter the workforce, but not sure how to navigate it all? Many people take a career break, for various reasons: Whatever your circumstances, getting back out there and landing a job could be more difficult for you than it is for …
Hot Button Executive Job Search FAQs
Because today’s executive job search doesn’t look or work the way it did in the recent past, I advise executive job seekers to first learn about the new executive job search landscape, before diving in. To help you, I’ve compiled some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) from my executive job …
Deftly Track and Organize Your Executive Job Search
With so much going on, you need to organize your executive job search and track progress. The last thing you need is to waste time backtracking on details like which version of your resume you sent where, or what day you sent out the resumes. Having a system in place at the onset will keep …