When you’re in executive job search mode, landing coveted job interviews is like hitting the jackpot. Sometimes you’re lucky, and job interviews come easily, despite your lack of focused and concerted effort. Most of the time, it takes planning, preparation and a lot of work to position …
Online Presence & Online Reputation Management
How Building a Robust Online Presence Helps You Land The Best Executive Jobs
Do you think building an online presence doesn't matter much in job search? Executive recruiters and hiring decision makers routinely search for social proof (or online evidence). In other words, they need to corroborate the claims candidates make about themselves in their personal marketing …
Using Online Branding to Secure Your Dream Executive Position
Imagine getting a call for that senior-level executive position you’ve been longing for. It all goes well until the interviewers look at your social media profiles. There are some photos and posts you’d rather your prospective employer didn’t see, which reflect badly on your professional …
How Grammar and Spelling Errors Can Be Deadly (and Good) in Executive Job Search
I hope it goes without saying that grammar and spelling errors in your executive job search marketing materials (LinkedIn profile, resume, biography, etc.) and email communications reflect badly on you as a candidate. Such errors can actually tarnish your personal brand. Surely, it’s no …
Toxic Executive Job Search Belief: I don’t need an online presence
Why Every Executive Job Seeker Should Care About Having an Online Presence Executive job search is looming imminently in front of you, or you're already deeply mired in one. Having an online presence may be the last thing on your mind. Even though you've heard that social networking and online …
Social Proof: Where Online Presence Meets Personal Branding
In executive job search, social media and online presence matter. Are you an executive job seeker who resists having an online presence? Maybe you’re concerned about privacy issues. Maybe you just don't want to put information about yourself "out there". Unfortunately, the days when you could hide …
Blog Comments: Part of Your Online Executive Brand Communications Plan
Every strong executive brand has an online identity that follows these 5 guidelines: Relevance, Quality, Diversity, Volume, Consistency Commenting on blogs is a powerful (and relatively easy) way to cover all 5 bases. If you've been even an occasional follower and reader of this blog, you know that …
Online Presence and Personal Brand Management: 5 Things to Remember
Your online presence, or lack of it, matters in executive job search. It matters for most every job seeker, at any professional level − from entry level to c-suite executive. Given two equal candidates, in terms of skill sets, education, work history, and all around good fit for the job, …
How to Use Twitter for Personal Branding and Executive Job Search, Part 2
Twitter can help you connect with the right people, to land a great-fit executive job. In Part 1 of this 2-part series, I covered: The value of Twitter for executive job search, How to get started, How to follow the right Twitter folks, and How to build up your followers. In Part …
How To Exploit the New LinkedIn for Best SEO
Take Advantage of the New LinkedIn User Interface To Draw More People To Your Profile Have you taken a close look at what's happened to the very top section of your LinkedIn profile, with the latest User Interface? If you're actively searching for executive jobs, you need to pay attention, and …