If you've decided that personal branding is bragging, so you want no part of it, I hope you'll reconsider. In fact, if you don't embrace branding in your job search, you may be sabotaging your chances to land the job(s) you covet and deserve. Take a look at my short video below. You'll also …
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10 Keys To a Memorable Personal Brand
Do you have a memorable personal brand? Do you even know what branding is all about and what YOUR personal brand is all about? With so much misinformation about personal branding swirling around out there, it’s easy to see why people are confused. The concept of personal branding is quite …
10 Steps to Executive Job Search Success
Many executives contemplating a career move or already job hunting haven’t faced an executive job search in 5, 10 or even 15 years or more. If they’ve changed jobs over that time, they were sought after by executive recruiters and managed to circumvent the job search process. They’ve been …
Free Email Services (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) May Not Be Safe for Job Search
I used to recommend using one of the well-known, free email services for executive job search. Most of us are already using Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Outlook or other free email. We've gotten used to them and, for the most part, they work well for us. Not necessarily so when you're job hunting, even …
Explore. Dream. Discover. Work Your Passion!
You deserve to work your passion. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." – Mark Twain The …
When Was the Last Time You Updated Your LinkedIn Profile?
All too many executives follow a “build it and forget it” strategy with LinkedIn. They never revisit and update their LinkedIn profile. They put up a perfunctory profile years ago – perhaps the last time they were job-hunting – and promptly forgot about it, once they landed a job. They're …
High Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Land an Executive Job
Hard skills will always be an important consideration in hiring. But people with superior so-called "soft" skills, or Emotional Intelligence/Emotional Quotient (EI/EQ), are becoming more sought after. What Is Emotional Intelligence? Daniel Goleman, psychologist, author and thought leader on …
Can I Land My Dream Executive Job Even If I’m Under-Qualified?
So many times when I first speak with people who are in active executive job search mode, they feel compelled to discuss their shortcomings. It’s a shame they’re so quick to focus on what they consider to be their negative qualities. But they’re very concerned that they don’t have what it …
How To Make a Career Change
If you're one of the millions of people who lost their job because of the pandemic, or for another reason, you may be considering a career change. Maybe your industry dried up, and you have no choice but to look elsewhere. Or, maybe you've been dissatisfied with the kind of work you've been …
Practical LinkedIn Tips To Connect, Engage and Learn
I write a lot about using LinkedIn for executive job search and I'm always on the lookout for helpful LinkedIn tips. LinkedIn has so much going on, with so many ways to find various people to connect with, build your personal brand, expand your network and meet your career goals. Are you doing …