The past few years so many things in our work and personal lives have been shaken up and tested. For instance, virtual job interviews and remote work have become new normals. For many of us, our work and personal lives now intersect in ways we wouldn’t have imagined before the pandemic. With …
Executive Networking
Is Holiday Job Search a Waste of Time?
"Holiday job search? Companies don’t hire in November and December, right? Maybe it makes more sense to wait until the new year to dive into my search." If this is your thinking, you’re missing out on opportunities to make headway in your job search, when your competitors have taken that …
10 Best Ways to Get More Executive Job Interviews
Unless you’re extremely lucky and interviews are flooding in, you'll need to do a lot of work to get more executive job interviews. Getting things in order to present yourself in the right way to attract more opportunities should be foremost in your job search to-do list. Too often the …
20 Job Interview Red Flags You Shouldn’t Ignore
You may have landed a job interview with a company you’re really interested in. Or it may be a company you’re just curious about. Whatever the reason you’re going ahead with an interview, if you really want or need the job, you may have decided that, no matter what, you’ll take the job with …
How to Network Into an Executive Job, Even If You Hate Networking
It’s time you faced it. If you're having trouble landing a great-fit job, you need to learn how to network. You’ll probably have to do a lot of networking to find and land your next gig . . . unless you’re very, very lucky. Did you know that, although the vast majority of executive job seekers …
Job Search Clubs: How They Work and How to Find One
Have you thought about joining a job search club? If you've been actively job hunting any amount of time, you know how daunting and discouraging it can be. Rejection, fear and feelings of inadequacy are just some of the many things you're grappling with. Physical pain is sometimes even in the …
How to Build a Powerful Executive Network
You hear it all the time. A powerful executive network combined with active networking is the best way to land your next gig. For one thing, the people you meet through networking may be able to help you identify "hidden jobs" at your target companies. That is, unadvertised positions and new …
How to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Headline SEO-Friendly
If you want your LinkedIn profile headline to draw people to you like a magnet . . . Maximize it by making it Search Engine Optimization (SEO)-friendly. That is, include the most important relevant keywords recruiters and your target employers will be searching for, when they’re sourcing …
For Executive Job Search Success, The Old Way Still Works Best
Are you in the thick of an executive job search and wondering why not much is happening? You may be sabotaging your best efforts because you’re going about it all wrong. In my experience, many people think that today's executive job search means they need to spend most of their time posting …
Why the Best Executive Recruiters Ignore Your LinkedIn Profile and You
Although executive recruiters are an important source of jobs, savvy job seekers know that their job search efforts need to also include networking their way into the companies they want to work for. Don't rely entirely on recruiters to get you into a job, but cultivate relationships with a …