Are you aware that, when you're in executive job search, you need to have a diverse, personal brand-reinforcing online presence, to attract recruiters and employers, when they're searching for and assessing good-fit candidates? Online presence for executive job search is built around Search …
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Is Landing a Board of Directors Role Like Landing Any Other Executive Job?
Many c-suite and senior-level executives focus their job search efforts on landing a Board of Directors role. They’re the kind of candidates Boards typically covet. Executive job seekers often ask me what they need to do differently in their job search to land a Board role. The Difference …
Are You Tweaking Your Out-Dated Executive Resume To Death?
How to Update and Revive Your Over-Edited, Old Executive Resume So many of my executive job seeking clients who send me their executive resume when we first connect, feel the need to apologize for it. Over the years, they’ve edited the thing to death, and now they have a disjointed, unfocused …
Does My LinkedIn Profile Really Need a Photo?
If you think that HAVING a photo on your LinkedIn profile (and elsewhere online) may red-flag you for discrimination – age, weight, ethnic background, etc. – think about this . . . NOT having a photo can be a red flag, too. I originally wrote this controversial post 7 years ago and, over the …
Social Recruiting: The Surprising Ways Executive Recruiters Assess Candidates on Social Media
We've all heard stories about how social recruiting can negatively impact executive job search success. Too many executive (and other) job seekers are too fast and easy with their social media posts, and undermine or completely destroy their job search. They let all kinds of damaging things …
