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 …
Executive Job Interviews
How to Overcome Age Discrimination in Executive Job Search
If you're over 50 and job-hunting, and it's been several years since you've been in a job search, you may be in for a rude awakening. All of a sudden, job interviews may be much harder to land. When you do get interviews, you may sense a resistant attitude from the interviewers that you never …
Are Thank You Notes Important in Executive Job Search?
Thank you notes are too often overlooked by too many job seekers. These days they 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 …
10 Common Job Interviewing Mistakes
Job interviews are one of the most nerve-wracking and stressful events many of us must deal with. Job interviewing mistakes are something we can avoid. Did you know that on average 33% of hiring managers decide whether to hire a candidate within the first 90 seconds of meeting them? It’s …
21 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 …