Think about this as you're composing and sending out job search email. In your job search email, you're reaching out to: a recruiter,a hiring manager at a company you're targeting,someone in your network, or someone you don't know at a target company, with whom you want to network. The …
Executive Job Search
How to Write a Dazzling LinkedIn About Section
Over the years, I've reviewed many LinkedIn profiles of executive job seekers. And, even though plenty of evidence is stacked against it, way too many have NO About section or a severely anemic one. These job seekers are neglecting a golden opportunity to tell their personal brand …
Does Your Executive Resume Position You as the Best Hiring Choice?
Demonstrating your promise of value to your target employers is the mission of your executive resume (and other supporting materials). Note that, when I mention "resumes" here, I’m shorthanding for all the content you create for job search documents and online profiles. That is, your LinkedIn …
10 Steps to Executive Job Search Success
Many of the c-suite and senior-level corporate leaders I work with haven’t faced an executive job search in 5, 10 or even 15 years or more. If they’ve changed jobs over that time, they were sought after by executive recruiters and managed to circumvent the job search process. They’ve been …
Help! My LinkedIn Skills and Endorsements Are a Mess
A client of mine – a Chief Marketing Officer in global healthcare – posed a great question for me recently about LinkedIn skills. He posted the new LinkedIn content I had written for him, and was aggressively leveraging all LinkedIn features: “Quite a few people 'endorsed' me on LinkedIn, but …
