For the past several weeks a lovely cardinal has been hanging around one of my office windows, alternately perched on a branch of a nearby shrub and smashing into the window. He does this for hours at a time, every day. He could be thinking the window is an open space he can get through or that …
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Top 10 Executive Resume Branding Tips
(The following is my latest article as the Personal Branding Expert at Job-Hunt.org.) You're suddenly facing a job search, so you rush right to your resume (if you can find it) to update it. But wait. You may not be ready to tackle your resume yet. If it's been several years since you revisited …
President-CEO-COO Manufacturing Turnarounds Executive Resume Branding
My client, Bruce Smythe, a pioneering leader in manufacturing revitalization and transformations, is actively seeking a c-level business leadership role with a new company. Because he’s not in a confidential search, he wanted me to use his real name here. We collaborated on developing his …
Choosing the Best Resume Writer
Alina Dizik recently wrote quite a provocative article for the Wall Street Journal, Hiring a Résumé Writer? Ask These Questions First, that triggered over 25 comments. Some came from people I know – my colleagues in the careers industry – and some came from people attacking professional resume …

