Things have changed in the world of work and executive job search. Tried and true methods still apply, but the impact of the Internet and our recovering job market require building a different kind of job search strategy and becoming much more proactive. In a nutshell, what you need to do …
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Best Executive Job Interviewing Strategies
Are you in the thick of interviewing or is the prospect looming in your near future? How do you feel about it? Just the thought of interviewing can make even the most seasoned senior executive quake. Don't despair. I've written several blog posts that should help and listed them here, along …
Fortune’s Top 25 Companies for Leaders
A highly effective, proactive approach to senior executive job search begins by researching and compiling a list of companies that will fit your objectives and career fulfillment needs. After determining your target companies and key hiring decision makers within them, you can develop a strategic …
Resume Lingerie and 10 Other Guerrilla Job Search Strategies
Are you having a tough time landing an executive job? Maybe it’s time to consider shaking things up and innovating an unconventional search campaign to position yourself above the crowd. Yesterday I took an eye-opening Reach Personal Branding teleseminar, “Job Search Secrets Revealed”, featuring …
Online Executive Personal Branding: Are You Digitally Distinct?
Do you know how strong your web presence is? If you've never Googled "your name", or haven't done it in more than a month or so, give it a try. How many search results are associated with your name on the first page of results? What kind of content is on those web pages associated with …
Executive Job Search and Blogging: Perfect Together
Want to know why blogging and executive job search are a match made in heaven? I hear stories all the time from recruiters and other colleagues in the careers industry about executive job seekers who landed plum jobs as a result of blogging. Their stories have a common theme. Recruiters and …
Is Your Executive Career Brand a Mega-Brand, Up-and-Coming Brand, or Potential Brand?
Maybe you've done some work on your executive brand. You've determined what your top strengths are and what makes you valuable to employers. You know what differentiates you from your peers and competitors. But do you know how strong your brand is and how well it's working for you? The …
4 Quick Online Personal Brand-Building Strategies for Executive Job Search
So many senior-level executives I talk with have no idea that most recruiters and hiring decision makers are searching online to source and vet candidates, before deciding whether to talk with them. If you're invisible online, you may not exist to them. Anyone who is job-hunting needs to have …
20 Common LinkedIn Mistakes
You may already know how essential LinkedIn is for today's executive job search, but you may be making mistakes with your profile and the way you leverage the networking site. Here are just 4 of the biggest mistakes I see executives making: 1. Not including a photo at all, or using one …
Add Google Alerts to Your Executive Brand and Job Search 2.0 Toolkit
Are you taking advantage of the valuable information and market intelligence Google will deliver to your email inbox if you set up an account with Google Alerts? Think of it. Almost as they're published, Google Alerts will send you links to web pages that include the names and keywords you've set …