What Every Executive Should Know When Working With Recruiters
Not working with a recruiter? Here’s why you should be … Search firms/placement agencies (also referred to as recruiters or headhunters) find candidates to fill permanent (and sometimes, contract-to-permanent) roles. Recruiters account for approx. $7B in annual revenue and spend BILLIONS on recruitment tools (e.g. a staggering $2.6B goes to LinkedIn Recruitment) to source and […]
Jobseekers: How to Assess & Improve Your Online Social Media [5 Steps]
Your online social media profile can positively or negatively impact your job search. This audit will help you evaluate whether your online accounts are helping or hurting your chances of employment. More than half of employers say they have rejected an applicant because of what they have found on the jobseeker’s social media profiles. It’s […]
Why a Personal Career Brand is Important — And How to Manage Your Brand
Are you familiar with Celebrity Name Game? Craig Ferguson (one of my favorite comedians!) hosted the show until 2017. It’s kind of like “Name That Tune,” but for people, not for music. Here’s how it worked. I’m going to describe a person based on their career brand, and I want you to identify who I’m […]
7 “Must Dos” For a Confidential Job Search While You’re Still Employed
Employers can legally fire you for just cause. The definition of “just cause” is described with words like “insubordination,” “carelessness,” and “negligence.” With these word choices, termination for cause is loosely defined and can, therefore, be used to fire just about anyone in an active job search while currently employed. An Indeed survey of 10,000 […]
An Inside View of the Recruiting Pipeline
As an executive, your job search strategy is uniquely different. Unlike mid-level or entry-level professionals, you cannot easily extract an extensive list of job openings from a simple online search. Executive stakeholders at organizations are seeking a small pool of highly qualified candidates with top-notch industry reputation to interview for their most critical leadership roles. […]
20+ Resume Accomplishment Examples & Ideas To Boost Your Resume [Enhanced]
If you need to know how to add more resume accomplishments, you’re in the right place. In this article, we’ll show you how to identify and optimize your top career successes. Also included are 20+ resume accomplishment examples (below) that you’ll find at the bottom of this article. So, why are accomplishments so important? They’re important because […]
6 Strategies To Help Accelerate Your Christmas Job Search
You’d be wrong … if you think a Christmas job search is counterproductive. In fact, searching for new employment during the holiday is a perfect time. On outward appearances, we appear busier during the Christmas season. Yet, we have more free time than we think. Most job roles slow down during the holidays. For example, […]
How to Develop a Personal/Professional Development Plan (PDP)
Your personal and professional development plan (PDP) is your roadmap for your career (and your life), helping you identify the steps to take to help you reach your dream job as well as live the life that you want. Definition of PDP: On the career side of things, your professional development plan provides structure for […]
Action Plan to Help Executives Set Their Work Goals for 2024
Setting work goals for 2024? You know this … outlining your career and professional goals are critical! What better time to do this than the first part of a new year? A well-known study once showed that Harvard students ten years after graduation who had specific professional goals made 3 TIMES the annual salary of […]
Here’s What I’ve Learned About How Recruiters Read Executive Resumes
If you did know how recruiters are reading your executive resume, you could leverage that knowledge to your advantage, right? For jobseekers, recruiters are a bit of mystery. What tickles their fancy? How can we as resume writers write resumes that grab attention? And, give our clients that much-needed advantage? Let’s start with some major truths […]