You deserve to work your passion. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." – Mark Twain The …
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10 Reasons To Love Your Personal Brand
Do you care about your personal brand? Are you someone who thinks personal branding is not for you because it’s all about self-promotion, and you never liked tooting your own horn . . . or people who do? "Besides", you say to yourself, "branding is for products. I'm not a brand, I'm a …
Going To “Create” Your Personal Brand? Nope, You Already Have a Brand
It makes me cringe when I see someone advise a job seeker to "Create your personal brand". If you think this way, and you’ve created something that you’re calling your brand, it’s probably not your authentic brand. You can’t “create” your personal brand “Creating” means to bring something …
Online Presence and Personal Brand Management: 5 Things to Remember
Your online presence, or lack of it, matters in executive job search. It matters for most every job seeker, at any professional level − from entry level to c-suite executive. Given two equal candidates, in terms of skill sets, education, work history, and all around good fit for the job, …
Personal Branding and the Email Signature Dilemma
Your executive job search is underway, or about to be, and you’re working on your branded email signature. What’s the best way to design it – with graphics, logos, and other pretty visual effects or just text with no enhancements? We've all received email messages with impressive signature …
Update Your C-Suite Executive Resume This Month
Are you like many c-suite executives contemplating a career move? You've been toying with the idea for months. You've seen the writing on the wall at your company – heads are rolling – or you've been dissatisfied with your career progression, or lack of it. Then summer came and you easily put …
How to Write, Brand and Use An Executive Resume
Need help writing your c-suite or senior-level executive resume? I've compiled some of the best posts I've written over the past 4 years about just that topic. Although my focus is on the top-level executives I work with, the strategies and advice here also apply to most job seekers, at most any …
How to Use the New LinkedIn for Executive Personal Branding – Part 3
In Part 1 of this 3-part series on LinkedIn, personal branding and executive job search I covered: Why All Executives Need to be on LinkedIn Getting Your Personal Brand Into Your LinkedIn Profile Customizing Your LinkedIn Profile URL for Better SEO In Part 2 I discussed: Why You Really Need …
How to Use the New LinkedIn for Executive Personal Branding – Part 2
In Part 1 of this 3-part series on LinkedIn, personal branding and executive job search I covered: Why All Executives Need to be on LinkedIn Getting Your Personal Brand Into Your LinkedIn Profile Customizing Your LinkedIn Profile URL for Better SEO In Part 2 here, I discuss: Why You Really …
How to Use the New LinkedIn for Executive Personal Branding – Part 1
This 3-part series on LinkedIn, personal branding and executive job search includes: Part 1 Why All Executives Need to be on LinkedIn Getting Your Personal Brand Into Your LinkedIn Profile Customizing Your LinkedIn Profile URL for Better SEO Part 2 Why You Really Need to Include a …