Are you in the thick of an executive job search and wondering why not much is happening? You may be sabotaging your best efforts because you’re going about it all wrong. In my experience, many people think that today's executive job search means they need to spend most of their time posting …
Executive Job Search
What Personal Branding is NOT
When I began writing about personal branding for executive job search in 2007, it was a relatively new concept. Back then, there was much resistance and outright bashing of personal branding. Thousands of talking heads and self-professed experts pounded us with misinformation, adding to the …
Job Search References: How to Choose, Manage and Check Them
You're getting interviews with the employers you're targeting, and job search references are requested. Congratulations! You've worked your way in, and they're interested. They wouldn't ask for references if they weren't strongly considering you. Checking references takes time for employers …
How to Write a Captivating Executive Biography for Your Job Search
Are you job hunting or looking to build more personal marketing content for various purposes? Do you have an executive biography? Many of the executives I speak with want to know more about biographies: I’m sure you’ve read a typical bio that walks you through the person’s career progression …
How To Deal With Job Search Stress
Are you dealing with job search stress? Everyone deals with stress on some level, at any given time in their lives. When you're actively job hunting, your stress level is probably heightened. Job search stress is a given when you're job hunting. It comes with the territory, unless you're very …
How to Land a Board of Directors Job. Is It Like Any Job Search?
Many c-suite and senior-level executives focus their job search efforts on landing a Board of Directors role. They’re the kind of candidates Boards typically covet. Executive job seekers often ask me what they need to do differently in their job search to land a Board role. The Difference …
Does My LinkedIn Profile Really Need a Photo?
If you think that HAVING a photo on your LinkedIn profile (and elsewhere online) may red-flag you for discrimination – age, weight, ethnic background, etc. – think again. NOT having a profile photo can be a red flag, too. I originally published a shorter version of this …
Why Culture Fit Matters in Executive Job Search
Set the groundwork in executive job search to land a job that’s the right culture fit for you: If you’ve read even a few of my blog posts about executive job search best practices, you know that the first steps to land an executive job that will be a mutual good fit are: 1. …
14 Reasons Why You Didn’t Get the Job and How to Fix It
If you're experienced with executive job search, you may feel you know what to do to get the job you want and deserve. So you have a routine that you stick to: But you're not hearing from the companies you want to work for. And when you do get interviews, you rarely get past the first …
Brand Yourself As an Expert? Huh?
Wait a minute. What if you’re NOT an expert? Many of us are talented in various ways, and very good at doing some things, but we’re not experts at them. We toss around the word "expert" a little too easily. I call other people "experts" and I’ve been called an expert, but I don’t call myself …