One of the ways LinkedIn adds value to overall career management and job search is that, when leveraged to full advantage, it will keep you and your executive brand top of mind with your network. Using LinkedIn Groups is one way to accomplish this. To help you land faster, your network on …
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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 …
Personal SEO in Executive Job Search: What’s in a Name?
In the new world of executive job search, having a strong online presence requires Personal SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Do you have an unusual or uncommon first and/or last name that you've always disliked or even hated? Maybe you were teased about it when you were young? That could be a …
How Much Is Enough Social Media for Job Search?
Determining how much time to spend on social media for job search depends on a lot of things. Mostly it has to do with how much time you can realistically devote to it. Let's say you have 3 or 4 hours a day to spend purposefully working on your social media channels. And let's say you’re doing …
Branding Manifesto Part 4 – Little-Used Strategies to Build Social Proof
As part of your personal brand communications plan for executive job search, you need to build social proof. In this, the final part of my 4-part series The Personal Branding Manifesto, we'll take a close look at some little-used ways and places to build social proof. Check out the first three …