In conversations with executive job seekers, we discuss how today's executive job search works, including targeting, personal branding, LinkedIn, online presence, and how recruiters find candidates. Sourcing vs. Recruiting Candidates Candidate sourcing is the recruiter's first step. They …
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Showcase Your Personal Brand with LinkedIn Comments
One of the easiest and quickest LinkedIn ways to network with people you want to connect with – or those whose radar you want to get on – is to engage in their activity on LinkedIn. You can easily do this with LinkedIn comments. In fact, you can create a really powerful personal marketing …
Help! My LinkedIn Skills and Endorsements Are a Mess
A Chief Marketing Officer in global healthcare posed a great question to me about the LinkedIn Skills profile section. He posted his new LinkedIn content and was aggressively leveraging all LinkedIn features: “Quite a few people 'endorsed' me on LinkedIn, but they often endorsed me for …
How to Network Into the Goldmine of Hidden Executive Jobs
If you're in executive job search, I’m sure you’ve heard and read that networking plays a role in landing a good-fit gig. But do you know how to network optimally? Most executive job-seekers understand the value of networking. They know they need to connect with the various people who can help …
The 3-Step Strategy to Conquer Ageism in Executive Job Search
First, give up the notion that you can hide your age to minimize ageism in your executive job search. For many years, career and job search professionals like myself relied on a fairly reliable strategy to minimize our clients' age. We would include only the past 10-15 years of career history in …