How did it get to be the holiday season already? Before you know it, the new year will be here, and it will be time to resume your executive job search in earnest. You’ve put your search on hold until January, because everyone knows that no one lands anything but seasonal work in November or …
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Personal Branding and Executive Job Search Book — Second Edition
I've just completed the second edition of my ebook, 23 Ways You Sabotage Your Executive Job Search and How Your Brand Will Help You Land . . . A practical guide to executive branding, marketing your ROI value and navigating the new world of job search. Updates to the content reflect the …
How Much of My Executive Job Search Is Tax Deductible?
As if landing a job isn't enough to occupy all your days and thoughts, tax time is fast approaching. Have you been tracking every expense involved with your job search, and keeping good records, so you can take all the deductions you’re entitled to? If not, plan to spend some time backtracking and …
How To Overcome Executive Job Search Inertia
If you've been in a prolonged job search, sometimes inertia sets in. It may just be an inevitable part of the process. And during the holiday season, it's even easier to give in to the urge to kick back and forget about your search for a few weeks. Here's some help to get you …
My Best Friend’s Personal Brand
Have you ever thought about the qualities in your close friends that you most know them for and rely on them for? The things that make you want to keep them close? I’ve known my dear friend Marie Bernegger for more than 25 years. She’s steadied me through some difficult times. We’ve shared many …
Say NO to Social Media . . . Sometimes
The first few months of this year, I had a particularly heavy writing schedule – finishing up my ebook and an unusually large number of client projects in the pipeline at once, along with my regular blog writing routine, and everything else that goes with running a thriving business. My typical …
100 Women’s Voices In Business
March 8th was the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, first celebrated in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. In tribute, Krishna De (@KrishnaDe on Twitter), a fellow Reach Personal Branding Strategist, has compiled a free Slideshare report, 100 Voices in Business. Reaching out …
Can You Work Your Passion in a Lousy Executive Job Market?
A client prospect I spoke with recently, a COO in retail, was struggling with whether or not it was time to transition away from the corporate world. He was desperately unhappy in his work, and had been for several years. Somehow, as his career progressed to the c-level, he realized he had lost …
Would You Rather Be a Baseball Team COO Than a Telecomm COO?
"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 Although the thought of transitioning into an …
Spring Is in the Air! Who Cares About Work or Job Search?
After all that devastating rain and snow-melt, for the past several days here in the Northeast we’ve been enjoying the kind of unseasonably warm, restorative weather normally not seen until June. From one day to the next, daytime temperatures rose from the 40's to over 70. We're expecting a …