Social Media & Social Networking Archives - Executive Career Brand™ https://executivecareerbrand.com/category/social-media-and-social-networking/ Executive Job Search - Personal Branding, Executive Resumes, LinkedIn Profiles, Biographies, etc. Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:43:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://executivecareerbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-GREAT-FIT-Gig-32x32.jpg Social Media & Social Networking Archives - Executive Career Brand™ https://executivecareerbrand.com/category/social-media-and-social-networking/ 32 32 How to Network Into an Executive Job, Even If You Hate Networking https://executivecareerbrand.com/how-to-network-into-executive-job/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:45:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=5086 It’s time you faced it. If you’re having trouble landing a great-fit job, you need to learn how to network. You’ll probably have to do a lot of networking to find and land your next gig . . . unless you’re very, very lucky. Did you know that, although the vast majority of executive job […]

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]]> 16 Deadly Executive Job Search Mistakes https://executivecareerbrand.com/16-deadly-executive-job-search-mistakes/ https://executivecareerbrand.com/16-deadly-executive-job-search-mistakes/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:15:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=941 I see it all too often with my executive clients. They make too many job search mistakes, mostly because they don’t understand how it all works today. Some of them have never needed a resume (or any career documents) to land jobs over their 30+ year careers. Some haven’t been faced with job search for 5 or […]

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]]> https://executivecareerbrand.com/16-deadly-executive-job-search-mistakes/feed/ 9 15 Savvy Tips To Boost LinkedIn Profile Views https://executivecareerbrand.com/15-savvy-tips-to-boost-linkedin-profile-views/ https://executivecareerbrand.com/15-savvy-tips-to-boost-linkedin-profile-views/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:04:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=6256 Whether you’re actively job hunting or just want people to take notice of you, bedazzle your LinkedIn profile. Build up your LinkedIn profile views and make it a traffic magnet. Besides being a social network, LinkedIn is a powerful search engine. People use the site to search for particular kinds of people. Most of LinkedIn’s […]

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]]> https://executivecareerbrand.com/15-savvy-tips-to-boost-linkedin-profile-views/feed/ 2 LinkedIn Do’s and Don’ts for Executive Job Search https://executivecareerbrand.com/linkedin-dos-and-donts-for-executive-job-search/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:27:16 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=20885 LinkedIn do’s and don’ts are a popular topic because so many executives understand how important it is to use LinkedIn well when they’re job hunting. Unfortunately, despite their good intentions, many LinkedIn members don’t use it well. They make lots of mistakes. Here’s a sampling of some of the right and wrong things to do […]

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]]> How NOT To Build Your Network on LinkedIn https://executivecareerbrand.com/how-not-to-build-your-executive-network/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 11:16:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=3040 For both active job search and healthy career management when you’re happily employed, it’s wise to build and maintain your network on LinkedIn. There is debate among LinkedIn experts and others in the careers industry about whether or not to keep your number of LinkedIn connections to a reasonable number. After all, you can’t possibly […]

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]]> How Do Executive Recruiters Find Candidates? https://executivecareerbrand.com/executive-job-search-how-recruiters-find-you/ Mon, 19 May 2025 09:50:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=2981 In conversations with executive job seekers, we discuss how today’s job search works, including targeting, personal branding, LinkedIn, online presence, and how recruiters find candidates. Sourcing vs. Recruiting Candidates Candidate sourcing is the recruiter’s first step. They look in various places where they know they’ll find viable candidates. Then they actively reach out to them […]

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]]> Employee Referrals: The Best Way to Land an Executive Job https://executivecareerbrand.com/networking-to-referral-to-hire-best-way-to-land-executive-job/ Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:13:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=7841 When discussing executive job search strategy with my clients, I lay out the critical 3 initial steps that get the best results – targeting, research and personal branding. I explain that, by starting with targeting, they’ll focus their job search and personal marketing efforts on specific employers. With research, they’ll have the information needed to […]

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]]> How to Run a Confidential Job Search on LinkedIn https://executivecareerbrand.com/5-ways-to-keep-your-executive-job-search-confidential-on-linkedin/ https://executivecareerbrand.com/5-ways-to-keep-your-executive-job-search-confidential-on-linkedin/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:31:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=5857 You’re job-hunting and you need to keep it under wraps. But you know you need to use LinkedIn to help you land your next job. So how do you run a confidential job search on LinkedIn? Something like 95% of my executive job-seeking clients face the same dilemma. They’re still employed, but looking to move […]

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]]> https://executivecareerbrand.com/5-ways-to-keep-your-executive-job-search-confidential-on-linkedin/feed/ 2 YIKES! My LinkedIn Profile is Missing! https://executivecareerbrand.com/yikes-my-linkedin-profile-is-missing/ https://executivecareerbrand.com/yikes-my-linkedin-profile-is-missing/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:13:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=525 When I Googled the phrase “linkedin profile is missing”, more than half a billion results appeared. Clearly this is an issue impacting and worrying many LinkedIn users. If you’re like millions of savvy job seekers, you count on LinkedIn to help you: The last thing you can afford is having your LinkedIn profile disappear or […]

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]]> https://executivecareerbrand.com/yikes-my-linkedin-profile-is-missing/feed/ 17 5 Reasons Your LinkedIn Profile Isn’t Working https://executivecareerbrand.com/5-reasons-your-linkedin-profile-isnt-working/ https://executivecareerbrand.com/5-reasons-your-linkedin-profile-isnt-working/#comments Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:36:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=5491 Too many of the executive job seekers I speak with tell me that LinkedIn isn’t doing much for them. When I take a look at their LinkedIn profiles, the reason is often immediately clear. They’ve made mistakes with their profile or they neglected to do some very important things with it. No question that LinkedIn […]

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