I’ve been helping job seekers with their resumes, LinkedIn profiles and other job search-related materials for about 25 years. You’d think resume writing would be that much easier after all that time, but it’s not. Resume writing is complicated. These days, so much more is involved than merely …
Executive Resume, Biography & Cover Letter
10 Reasons Your Executive Resume Needs a Major Face Lift
Revisiting and updating your executive resume at least once a year is a smart career move . . . even when you're not actively job-hunting. But, this goes beyond revising your resume with your latest accomplishments and to reflect career advances – new jobs, responsibilities, education, training, …
How to Write a Captivating Executive Biography for Your Job Search
Are you job hunting or looking to build more personal marketing content for various purposes? Do you have an executive biography? Many of the executives I speak with want to know more about biographies: I’m sure you’ve read a typical bio that walks you through the person’s career progression …
5 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Today’s Executive Resumes and Job Search
If you’re looking for an executive job or considering changing your career direction, you’re thinking about executive resumes and job search. Maybe you’re writing your own resume, and doing some research to learn how to write your resume. A Google search on “resume writing” yielded about 750 …
Should You Use ChatGPT for Resume Writing and Job Search?
I'm a little late coming into the ChatGPT and resume writing discussion because I wanted to read up, use it, and let it percolate in my thoughts a bit first. Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around since the 1950's, the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT in November 2022, and it's rapid and …
Worried About Age Discrimination? 9 Things on Your Executive Resume That Show Your Age
Several years ago I wrote the article Is Your Executive Resume Still Partying Like It’s 1999?, and then updated it more recently. Sadly, I'm still seeing executive resumes that look and read like the ones I was writing 15-20 years ago. If you're sticking to a resume with the same look and kind …
The Importance of Cover Letters: Experts Weigh In
The importance of cover letters continues to be debated among job search experts and job seekers alike. We question whether they have any impact at all . . . or whether they are even read. Although you may see or hear recruiters and other hiring professionals say that they don't care about cover …
6 Reasons You Can’t Write Your Own Executive Resume
Write your own executive resume? Some job seekers are convinced they can. It can't be THAT difficult. Other, wiser people understand that it really IS that difficult. They'll tell me upfront that they’re embarrassed by how bad their resume is, because they wrote it themselves, often many …
Executive Resume Branding: Differentiate Your ROI Above-the-Fold
What's the Deal with Executive Resume Branding? Executive resume branding is a personal marketing strategy for job search that helps you distinguish your promise of value to specific target employers, and compel them to want to talk to you. Branding helps you tell your unique story. But …
How to Write the Best Cover Letter for Executive Job Search
I've written many times here about why you should always include a cover letter or cover email when you send your resume to various people. And I've written about what the experts say about cover letters. Cover letters really do matter. How to Write the Best Cover Letter for Executive Job …