"What and who is an executive?" may seem like an odd question for me to pose, and to write about. I mean, I know what an executive is. But I find that there's confusion on the part of some executive job seekers about whether or not they're actually "executives". Here's something that …
Executive Career Management
The Secret Weapon to Win at Job Interviews
You think I’m going to tell you that the “secret weapon” is something like targeting . . . or personal branding . . . or proactive networking . . . or interview preparation . . . or even hiring a professional job search strategist. All of those are critical, but that’s not the secret weapon …
How To Deal With Job Search Stress
Dealing with job search stress? Everyone deals with stress on some level, at any given time in their lives. When you're actively job hunting, your stress level is probably heightened. Job search stress is a given when you're job hunting. It comes with the territory, unless you're very lucky …
2 More Favorite Insider Tips for Executive Resume Writing
With more than 20 years of executive resume writing experience, I've learned plenty about best practices. And I've innovated strategies to help my clients stand out above the competition. Collaborating with executive job seekers, I've helped them define their personal brand and create their …
Help! My LinkedIn Skills and Endorsements Are a Mess
A client of mine – a Chief Marketing Officer in global healthcare – posed a great question for me recently about LinkedIn skills. He posted the new LinkedIn content I had written for him, and was aggressively leveraging all LinkedIn features: “Quite a few people 'endorsed' me on LinkedIn, but …
