Salary negotiations are imminent . . . you're close to reeling in that great-fit executive job. You've been through a few rounds of interviews with a company you really want to work for, and they're about to make you an offer. Or, maybe you're fortunate enough to be juggling offers from …
Executive Job Interviews
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. And if you really want or need the job, you may have decided that, no matter what, you’ll take the …
Executive Interview Questions: What Should YOU Ask?
All your hard work is paying off. You've defined your personal brand, created your resume and other personal marketing materials, and otherwise prepared for job search. You've made networking connections and landed interviews. If you conducted industry and company research early on, you …
Are Thank You Notes Important in Executive Job Search?
Thank you notes are too often overlooked by too many job seekers. These days people seem to pay less attention to good manners and etiquette throughout the job search process . . . Which makes these positive qualities an even more powerful asset to those who always display them. People with …
30 Key Executive Job Search FAQs
I've written several posts about the FAQs my clients put to me most often when we're strategizing ways to accelerate their executive job search. In this post I've rounded them all up in one place, so you can jump off and quickly get my answers to the most pressing questions you may have about …
Crucial Executive Job Interview FAQs
Executive job interviews can be stressful for many job seekers. The best way to alleviate that stress is by being well prepared, and as ready as possible for whatever they throw at you. This post is part of a series of posts that include the FAQs I most often get from my clients. Here are the …
The Secret Weapon to Win at Executive 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 …
31 Common Executive Job Interview Questions and How to Best Answer Them
If you're job-hunting and an executive job interview is looming, you've probably done some research on what kinds of questions you'll be asked. If you have no idea what you may be asked, and expect to nail interviews with zero preparation, you may be in for some very uncomfortable and awkward …
Don’t Play It Too Safe with Your Executive Resume
Are you like many other executive job seekers? You're afraid to veer too far from what you consider the norm with your executive resume, so you play it really safe? You think it's best not to rock the boat, so you stick with what you think are tried and true resume tactics. You want to do what …
My Executive Resume Is Too Long: What to Do About It
You're sure your executive resume is too long. It's more than 4 pages and you worked hard to cut it down to that. One of the problems many executives face when writing their resume is keeping it to a reasonable length, while still making it easy to read. Some make the mistake of cramming too …