Are you job hunting or looking to build more personal marketing content for various purposes? Do you have an executive biography? Many of the executives I speak with want to know more about biographies: I’m sure you’ve read a typical bio that walks you through the person’s career progression …
Executive Job Search
7 LinkedIn Things You Should Do . . . But Probably Don’t
Whether you're using LinkedIn for executive job search . . . or career management . . . or building business, you should want to make it work optimally for you. I review lots of LinkedIn profiles every day, and see some things that still baffle me. People put things on their profiles that …
3 Reasons I Won’t Connect with You on LinkedIn
I’m fortunate and grateful to receive lots of requests to connect on LinkedIn. I follow the advice I give to job seekers: I connect with most people who ask me. Expanding my network on LinkedIn means: More people to learn from and communicate withMore personal brand evangelists – people …
31 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 …
Are You Happy in Your Job?
Are you someone who followed a career path that was chosen for you, or one which your family or friends heavily influenced you to follow? Whether or not it was your choice, are you happy in your job? People often come to despise their jobs if they reluctantly followed that path . . . either from …
Do Cover Letters Really Matter in Executive Job Search?
Opinions vary on whether or not cover letters matter. Do people even read them? Do you really need to use them in your job search? It's true that not everyone will read your cover letter. But just the fact that you've included one gives a good impression of you. Not sending one can make you …
20 Ways to Stay Motivated in Executive Job Search
Executive job search isn’t easy, especially at the c-level and senior executive level. For every job seeker, at any professional level, there’s so much to do ... so much to know ... so much to worry about. If you’ve been at it for a while, you may find yourself getting discouraged, and …
What and Who is an Executive?
"What and who is an executive?" may seem like an odd topic for me to write about. I mean, I know what an executive is. I’ve been working with executive job seekers for more than 25 years. But I find that there’s confusion on the part of some of them about whether or not they actually ARE …
10 Dull Resume Clichés That Dilute Your Personal Brand
I've been re-watching the Food Network's Chopped, a cooking competition show. There are about 20 years worth of shows available. I'm almost done watching the entire series. At the beginning of each show, each of the 4 chef contestants introduces themselves, giving what amounts to a brief …
THE Personal Branding Worksheet
One of the first steps for a successful executive job search is defining your personal brand. My personal branding worksheet below will help you pinpoint the things about you that make you a good fit for the employers you want to work for. The other initial steps are: Targeting – determining …