Many executive job seekers — especially at the c-suite and senior level — don't understand that job search doesn’t look or work quite the way it used to. The digital age greatly impacts today's job hunt, but the new ways are not always the best ways. In some cases, the tried and …
Social Media & Social Networking
Social Media Snark: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
With acknowledgment to Irving Tressler, who wrote his parody of Dale Carnegie's famous "How to Win Friends and Influence People", both published in 1937. I originally posted this article in 2010. Social media snark is much more pronounced today, so this may seem tame. Even so, a lot of what happened …
FREE EBOOK – 101+ Top Holiday Job Search Tips from the Experts
Are you seriously looking for a new job, but figure that holiday job search is a waste of time? Nobody's hiring in November and December, right? You're wrong. The holidays are one of the BEST times to land a job, or make strides toward landing first thing in the New Year. This is mostly …
5 Deadly LinkedIn Mistakes
Several years ago I published a post about deadly LinkedIn mistakes that became very popular – 29 Biggest LinkedIn Mistakes. The post included some of the worst things executives in job search do, or neglect to do, on LinkedIn. In revisiting and updating that post, I've compiled here what I …
10 of the Worst Executive Job Search Email Mistakes
A job search email message may carry the first impression you make on someone. In job search, that email message will probably be sent to someone who can help (or hinder) you in reaching your career goals. That first impression can advance or derail your opportunity to position the value you …
