Before you can network better, you'll need to do the digging deep targeting, research and personal branding work to uncover what things about you make you valuable to your target employers. With this knowledge you'll do a better job of communicating your good fit qualities as you network. One …
How to Deal With Employment Gaps in Your Resume and LinkedIn Profile
Until recently, executive recruiters and employers shied away from candidates with long employment gaps . . . especially if those gaps were current. They were more attracted to people who were employed. But things are changing . . . whether because of the pandemic with so much job loss, or …
Smart Personal Branding: Posting LinkedIn Updates vs Updating Your LinkedIn Profile
If you've been paying attention, you’ve probably seen lots of articles about LinkedIn updates, and how you can use them to build your personal brand. Did you overlook those articles, thinking they're about updating the information (or content) in your LinkedIn profile? Maybe you recently …
Why Your Personal Brand Needs LinkedIn
Want to build your personal brand, accelerate your executive job search and land a good-fit job faster? Get busy on LinkedIn. Executive recruiters and hiring decision makers at your target companies rely heavily on LinkedIn when they’re sourcing and assessing executive job candidates. If …
3 Reasons I Won’t Connect with You on LinkedIn
I’m fortunate and grateful to receive lots of requests to connect on LinkedIn. Heeding the same advice I give my executive job seeking clients, I connect with most people who ask me. Expanding my network on LinkedIn means more people to learn from and communicate with . . . more people who may …