A new Pew Research Center report, Reputation Management and Social Media, indicates the following: 57% of adult internet users now use search engines to find information about themselves online, up from 47% in 2006. 46% of online adults have created their own profile on a social networking …
Online Presence & Online Reputation Management
You’re a C-level Executive Job Seeker and You’re NOT Blogging?
Nothing works like a blog with the domain name "yourname.com" to extend your online identity, and build credibility and visibility around your executive brand, value proposition, industry subject matter expertise, and thought leadership. Once it gains traction, yourname.com will likely be the …
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 …
VisualCV: The Social Media Executive Resume
In a blog post last fall, personal branding and social media expert Dan Schawbel predicted that the traditional paper or digital resume will be extinct within 5 years, when all media will completely converge and recruiters will "rely 100% on the internet (and personal relationships) for …
I Just Became a Reach Certified Online Identity Strategist
I love studying for and earning new credentials. I like the challenge of working toward a personal goal while learning new strategies that help me, and help my clients compete and achieve their executive job search and career goals. And there’s something SO satisfying in having another shiny …
Social Media Spins Too Fast
Last week I attended the first Career Thought Leaders conference in Baltimore, a symposium for those of us in the careers industry — career coaches, resume writers, and other career management and job search professionals. Along with workshops on resume writing and coaching, topics covered included …
Daily Personal Branding Tips from the Experts
In a guest post on Ryan Rancatore's Personal Branding 101, Mohammed Altaee asked 15 Twitter personal branding experts to contribute their top tips in "Personal Branding Tasks You Can Do Every Day". Here are 9 of their sure-fire suggestions: 1. Continually hone your skill through self …
10 Ways to Build Your Personal Brand Online Without a Blog
A new client of mine understood that he needed to pump up his online presence. A Google search for his name yielded a dismal number of relevant results, plus he had a common name and the little that was out there about him was lost in a sea of same-named people. To win at executive job search in …
Does Your Online Identity Scream “Hire Me”?
Think your online presence, or lack of it, doesn’t factor much into executive hiring decision-making? Think again. Given two equal candidates, in terms of skill sets, education, work history, and all around good fit for the job, recruiters and hiring professionals are likely to choose the one with …
2010 Top 10 Executive Personal Branding and Job Search Trends
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 …