It may seem obvious that the first thing to do, when you're about to start a job search, is locate, dust off, and update your executive resume. Branding and targeting are probably not on your mind. In my experience, many executive job seekers do just that. They dive headlong into their resumes …
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Blogging in Executive Job Search? What To Write About
I encourage my executive clients in job search to get involved with blogging in some way − either on their own website or by guest blogging on relevant blogs. If you like to write − and perhaps have a number of articles or white papers under your belt − and have something to say about …
Showcase Your Personal Brand with LinkedIn Comments
How to Build Your Personal Brand with LinkedIn Comments Your executive job search strategy should include building your LinkedIn personal brand with comments to: Extend your online presenceIncrease brand evangelismExpand your networkStay top-of-mind with people who can help you meet your …
How Grammar and Spelling Errors Can Be Deadly (and Good) in Executive Job Search
I hope it goes without saying that grammar and spelling errors in your executive job search marketing materials (LinkedIn profile, resume, biography, etc.) and email communications reflect badly on you as a candidate. Such errors can actually tarnish your personal brand. Surely, it’s no …
Overcome Age Discrimination in Your Job Search by Changing the Perception of You
Are you 50-ish, in a job search, and worried about age discrimination? It’s time to recapture the “Benjamin Button” in you. Age discrimination is real and it can be crippling. Earlier in your career, doors were swinging wide open and now it seems virtually impossible to get your …
