Why are LinkedIn recommendations so important? The true measure of your executive brand and promise of value to future employers is reflected in what those who know your work the best – co-workers, peers, top management, team members, customers, etc. – have to say about you. Executive recruiters …
Executive Networking
Does Your Twitter Bio Pack an Executive Brand Punch?
Twitter allows you just 160 characters in your bio to tell the world who you are. Granted, it's not easy to pack everything you feel people need to know about you into such a small package. Carefully craft what you put there to resonate with the people you want to attract. First, define your …
LinkedIn Helps You Find the Right Twitter People to Follow
Are you like many of my c-level and senior executive clients – a Twitter noobie, or thinking of diving in, and having a hard time figuring out who to follow? You know that the more quality people you follow, the more value you're likely to derive from Twitter. But how and where to find them? Here …
ExecuNet’s 2010 Executive Job Market Intelligence Report
In 2010, personal branding, networking, and online identity management are the keys to executive job search success. A new resilience is emerging in the 150K+ executive job market. ExecuNet surveys conducted in January 2010 show "job creation increasing, recruiter confidence restored, and …
Give Twitter 15 Minutes a Day, Land Your Next Executive Job
Impossible you say? Not according to my friends and colleagues Susan Britton Whitcomb, Chandlee Bryan, and Deb Dib, the authors of "The Twitter Job Search Guide: Find a Job and Advance Your Career in Just 15 Minutes a Day". This book is a powerhouse of information and practical advice on …
Storytelling Propels Executive Branding and Job Search
You've defined your executive brand and unique value proposition. Now how do you use them in job search? Developing stories around your passions, values, key attributes, strengths, and differentiating factors is a powerful strategy to help you communicate your unique promise of value, and help …
Power Your Executive Brand with LinkedIn Groups
You've worked hard on getting your branded, searchable, 100% complete LinkedIn profile up and humming. What's next? One of LinkedIn's most powerful networking features that's bringing great value to me is Groups. For executive job search, LinkedIn Groups can be invaluable for communicating your …
Pick Up the Phone to Build Trust With Your Executive Network
I spoke to my friend and colleague Pete Kistler, CEO of Brand-yourself.com, for the first time last week, although I had been a guest blogger at the Brand-yourself blog for about a year, and then a weekly blog columnist since last December. Neither of us had ever picked up the phone to connect. …
5 Tactics to Land a Green Industry Executive Job
These days, the green industry is a tantalizing carrot dangling in front of people who are stagnating in jobs in anemic industries or finding diminishing opportunities while actively job-hunting within their niche. Over this decade green jobs will open wide, as companies, organizations and all of …
Stalled Executive Job Search? Get Busy on LinkedIn and Twitter
A favorite client of mine "Tom", who is a highly accomplished COO in life sciences, told me the other day that, after two months of actively searching, he had not gotten one interview. He and I had collaborated on defining his personal brand and creating a suite of career marketing documents – …