The new year is right around the corner. If you haven't done it recently, this is a good time to refresh your personal brand. For many of us, it's a time to reflect back, while planning forward. Why not take stock of your personal brand . . . while you're working on those New Year's …
Executive Resume, Biography & Cover Letter
What’s the Best Executive Resume Format and Length?
Often when I speak with executives who are in job search, or planning one, the first thing they ask me is how their executive resume stacks up. Many of them have never been in a job search or haven't faced one for a number of years. They've either slid easily from one company to the next, …
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 World’s Best Executive Resume Is Not Enough
Even the very best executive resume is not enough . . . Occasionally, I'll see an executive resume created by the candidate that is a very good career marketing document. They have done all these things: Sure, it may not showcase their personal brand. And it may need some tweaking here …
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 …
Is Your Executive Resume an Interesting Read?
Let’s face it. An executive resume is typically pretty boring, because of the inherent constraints in terms of formatting, length and necessary content . . . or so it would seem. A resume usually starts with some kind of summary section that is a repository for lifeless relevant keywords and …
Executive Resume Length: One, Two, or Three Pages?
Do you fret about your executive resume length? Many executive job seekers have resumes that are 4 or 5, or even more pages. I typically advise keeping it to around 2-3 pages. Sometimes they ask me, How can I possibly distinguish my career and do myself justice in 2 measly pages. …
The Biggest Executive Resume Writing Mistake
You sit down to put your resume together and ponder what should go in, and what should NOT go in. The last thing you want to do is make a major resume writing mistake, right? You want to make an excellent first impression. You want your inbox to be flooded with requests for interviews. Do …
Does LinkedIn Make the Executive Resume Obsolete?
With the popularity and power of LinkedIn, and the undeniable necessity of having a presence there when you're job hunting, some people claim that the executive resume is dead or dying. . . . that it’s no longer needed, or valuable. . . . that a robust, fully populated LinkedIn profile is, in …
Elevate Your Executive Resume From Bland to Branded
So many executive job seekers let ho-hum passive verbs describe their sometimes extraordinary accomplishments. Their resume brand suffers. They use wimpy words like "Responsible for" and "Managed" in their LinkedIn profiles and executive resumes. If your contributions have been high-impact and …