First, give up the notion that you can hide your age to minimize ageism in your executive job search. For many years, career and job search professionals like myself relied on a strategy to minimize our clients' age. We would include only the past 10-15 years of career history in their resumes …
Executive Job Interviews
The Job Search Emails You Should Send Regularly
The job search emails you send, and the way you communicate in them, matter a lot. Everyone you deal with in job search (your network, recruiters, other hiring professionals, etc.) will appreciate your strong written communications skill. And the fact that you stay in touch and top-of-mind …
Guide To Informational Interviews for Executive Job Search
Informational interviews are a particularly important aspect of job search networking you may have overlooked. They are informal conversations with people working at the companies and in the fields in which you want to work, or people who are within a few degrees of separation from them. This …
The One Skill Every Job Seeker Should Have
The one skill every job seeker needs is one that most people don't seem to possess: Being a good listener Have you noticed that listening well and being truly engaged in a conversation seem to be lost arts these days? Whether in a professional or social setting, so many people mark time …
Job Search for Introverts: Land the Job with Less Stress
Job search is rarely easy for anyone, but it can be especially challenging for introverts. Networking, in particular, can be agonizing. But it’s the best way to land a job you covet and deserve, so you’ll have to push through. Fortunately, a lot of job search networking happens virtually via …
What Is Personal Branding? Do I Need a Personal Brand for Job Search?
Make no mistake. In today’s job search landscape, personal branding is required . . . It is no longer optional. Executive recruiters and other hiring professionals may review the LinkedIn profiles and resumes of thousands of candidates for any given job. They often find themselves drowning in a …
How to Overcome Age Discrimination in Executive Job Search
If you're over 50 and job-hunting, and it's been several years since you've been in a job search, you may be in for a rude awakening. It may be clear, and terribly discomforting . . . you're facing age discrimination. All of a sudden, job interviews may be much harder to land. When you do get …
Commonsense Executive Job Search: What You DON’T Do Can Hurt You
You're planning a career move in the near future . . . or you're suddenly out of a job. Whatever the reason, the best way to land a job is with a commonsense job search approach. But instead, most job seekers do this: Scramble to update their old fashioned resume that they used years ago to …
Prepare to Ace & Brand Your Executive Job Interviews
Job interviews are looming . . . Your understanding of your brand and promise of value is solid. Your personal marketing and brand communications plan is building and working for you. These things are helping you land interviews. For many executives, this is where the scary part starts. You …
One BIG Reason You’re Not Landing the Job
You've been getting interviews with your target companies . . . the companies you've determined are a mutual good fit. So you've probably done these things right: Researched your target employers to align your value proposition with what those employers needBuilt an enticing personal branding …