Having trouble getting a handle on defining and building your personal branding, and navigating today’s executive job search? Not sure what to do first and what NOT to do? My popular executive job search readiness ebook will help you. First published in 2011, I’ve just finished revising and …
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Personal Branding and Your LinkedIn Profile Photo
Over the past several years, a lively discussion has unfolded in the comments for my 3 year-old post, “Does My LinkedIn Profile Really Need a Photo?” No doubt, discrimination in job search exists and your photo can expose you to discrimination based on age, weight, ethnic background, …
NEW BOOK! 20 Little-Known, Insider Tips to Accelerate Executive Job Search
Is your executive job search taking too long? Are you getting too few interviews, or none at all? If you answered "Yes" to both questions, it’s time to turbo-charge your search with the advice in my new ebook: 20 Little-Known, Insider Tips to Accelerate Your Executive Job Search . . . and …
Martin Yate’s New Strategies for First-Time Job Seekers
The eighth in Martin Yate's Knock Em Dead series, Secrets & Strategies For First-Time Job Seekers focuses on job seekers entering the market for the first time. He begins the book with "some little known facts about the world you face": You are at the beginning of what will likely be a …
New Kindle Book: 101 Top Holiday Job Search Tips from Job-Hunt Experts
Are you in a job search, or about to be, and thinking that the end of the year is the worst time to land a job? Do you figure everyone kicks back for the holidays . . . companies don’t hire until the New Year . . . so it’s not even worth the effort? Here are some statistics from the U.S. …
Job Search Tips From Jason Alba of JibberJobber
In my continuing series of posts focusing on job search bloggers you should know about, I turned to my friend and colleague Jason Alba. He has been on the scene since 2006 offering help through JibberJobber, a job search and career management tool, and several blogsites. Catch up with my 3 …
55 Top Job Search Experts To Follow On Twitter
Don't have time for Twitter? Think it has no value? One very good reason to dive into Twitter if you're in executive job search, or think you may be soon, is to learn about today's challenging job search landscape from the experts, by following them and listening. . . . Even if you do nothing …
Tim Tyrell-Smith’s New Book: 30 Ideas of Successful Job Search
Tim Tyrell-Smith has just released his book, "30 Ideas. The Ideas of Successful Job Search". Written as "advice to a friend", the book is loaded with easily digestible and actionable tips for today's job search, from the perspective of a job seeker. A 22-year veteran marketing executive, former …
Stalled Executive Job Search? Get Busy on LinkedIn and Twitter
A favorite client of mine "Tom", who is a highly accomplished COO in life sciences, told me the other day that, after two months of actively searching, he had not gotten one interview. He and I had collaborated on defining his personal brand and creating a suite of career marketing documents – …