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BlueSteps.com: The ROI of Executive Career Coaching. Professional athletes have long known the secret to success is hiring a coach. Take any sport—tennis, football, boxing, even the Olympic athletes—and behind every one of them, especially the high achievers, you will find a coach mentoring and supporting that athlete. Read More
BlueSteps.com: The A-List Formula for Executive Career Success. Corporate management looks for universal qualities in their executive team. Mastering these qualities and talents raises your value within an organization, as well as sets you apart from other executives on the market. Read More
BlueSteps.com: When we think of professional networkers, most of us think of executives because they regularly apply many of the principles of networking to their own teams and internal organization departments. They gather information that is actionable and timely: industry trends, opportunities, competitors’ activities, Read More
BlueSteps.com: Most executives didn’t start their careers after college at the executive level. Well, unless you are Mark Zuckerberg or one of the other software industry giants. So that means you worked your way to the top and achieved results, earning your promotional steps to become an executive. Now you may be at a point in your executive career where Read More
BlueSteps.com: Get Your Executive Career Management Strategy Back on Track in 2014! What do you want to accomplish professionally in 2014? Have you asked yourself this question recently? Many executives are just too wrapped up in the day-to-day of their jobs to take a pulse reading of where they are in their own career management strategy. Read More
BlueSteps.com: Executive Job Search Strategies That Get Results. Investment in your executive career is not an option if you want results. As an executive, you know that it often times takes going the extra mile to get the job done and reach a goal. Your mindset should be Read More
BlueSteps.com: Turn an Executive Interview Into an Offer With a Thank You Letter. Lack of interest or enthusiasm during the executive interview process is on the top 10 list of reasons for candidate rejection. Executives don’t always realize it or understand just how important it is to Read More
Forbes Woman: Best Questions To Ask In Your Job Interview. Anyone who’s ever been on a job interview knows the pause: The moment when the interviewer’s Q&As come to a stop, she looks you in the eyes and says: “And do you have any questions for me?” Click here for the full article
BlueSteps.com: Mistakes to Avoid When Negotiating Your Executive Compensation. One of the comments I hear most often from executives is the struggle to negotiate their salary when the offer is presented. This is especially true for executives who Read More
BlueSteps.com: Overcoming Obstacles Facing Female Executives in Business. While some women are discovering success at the top, others are still finding it difficult to pierce that corporate veil. Read More
Career Pivot: In a recent survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), survey respondents agreed that the Boomer Labor Power of 50+ employees has many advantages. Read More
National Employment Radio Show: Live interview with Louise Garver in June 2013 on the topic of branded resumes. Click here to listen to Louise’s interview.
SelfGrowth.com: Warning signs of a dysfunctional company. Scenario: you are thrilled that you have a job offer and are excited to start your new position. What’s wrong with this picture? Nothing really, except that sometimes executives are so ready to jump into their new job, they may ignore the red flags that exist. Of course no company is perfect, but Read More
DCJobs: 3 Things That Will Get You Blacklisted with Recruiters. Executives beware! Recruiters are speaking out about what irritates them and what could possibly get you blacklisted. A survey of 1,500 recruiters by Bullhorn, a recruiting software company, recently shared its results. Read More
JobsinHuntsville: Recruiting trends every executive should know. In a recent article from Peter Weddle, CEO, WEEDLE’s Research & Publishing, “The Rise of Hybrid Employment Sites:” he states: “The conventional view of job boards and social media sites has been to see them as separate and distinct stovepipes of recruiting activity. One provides a platform for recruitment advertising and resume search, while the other supports data mining and networking with employment prospects.” What Peter goes on to say is that the reality is very different – that what has emerged is a “hybrid employment site.” Read More
Job Seekers Lose Out When They Overlook Social Media Strategies. Windsor, CT: August 22, 2012 – When Louise Garver looked for even better ways to serve career-minded professionals she looked closely at how job seekers, particularly executive job seekers are looking for and finding jobs in 2012. She found that job seekers who aren’t online are getting overlooked for jobs. Eighty-nine percent of recruiters will recruit in social networks this year, and 64 percent will use two or more social networks for recruiting, according to a recent JobVite survey. Read More
BlueSteps.com: International Job Opportunity: Dream Come True? There are so many factors to consider when moving yourself and family overseas to pursue your career dream of working for an international company. Always wondered what working in a foreign country would be like? Let’s examine a few factors that may help you decide if working outside your home country is a good move for you. Read More
BlueSteps.com: Seven Tips for C-Level Resumes: As Robert Frost might say were he alive today,” C-level executives go down the road less traveled. And that makes all the difference.” And, recognizing that the C-level executive does travel on a different plane than other senior management, therefore, they need to have a resume that stands out above. So how does a C-level resume look? What needs to be included? What needs to be excluded? Here’s the top seven to lay the groundwork and get you started. Read More
Jobs in Yonkers: Negotiating Salary Tactics and Tips: Executives negotiate millions of dollars on behalf of their employers for contracts, products, and services every year. Why then is it so difficult for most executives to negotiate their salaries when offered a job? Whatever the reasons, senior managers, directors, and C-level executives are not immune from negotiating their salary for a new job opportunity. Read More
Wisconsin Job Network: Should You Slow Down Your Job Search During the Holidays?: With the exception of the week between December 25th and January 1st, executive candidates should keep up the job search pace and not wait until January to initiate a new career campaign. So the answer is NO! Read More
DCJobs.com: Is the US Job Market Weakening?: A hiring slowdown in March might imply a weaker job market. The economists are being cautious with their predictions until seeing the employment figures for April. There are varying opinions whether this is a trend or not. Read More
Jobs in Yonkers: Job Search Strategies for Executives: During their careers executives have had to stretch their knowledge, skills, and talents, and frequently work outside their comfort zone. One of the biggest advantages an executive has is the ability to take risks no one else would dare to do and, in most cases, succeed. How do they do this time after time? And can these strategies be applied to job search? Read More
Wisconsin Job Network: Career Change: Top Tips for a Successful Transition: The facts are clear. Over the last decade, executives want a career change because they are dissatisfied with their job / industry, unhappy with salary, insecure about the longevity of their job, work in an obsolete industry, or a victim of corporate downsizing. Maybe you are among nearly 50% of job seekers rethinking their career path. Read More
Jobs in Annapolis: Following Up after a Job Interview: Over the last couple of years, some executives may have experienced a longer gap between jobs than ever before in their careers. As someone who wants to move to the next step in the interviewing process, you are anxious to hear back from the hiring manager after an interview. What can you or should you do? Read More
Metro Raleigh Jobs: Personal Brand -YOU: Executives, yes this means you, too. Understanding and communicating your brand will help you in all stages of your job search, as well as in managing your career going forward. Do you have a rock solid brand message that clearly and concisely is achieving the results you desire? If not, it’s no longer a “nice to have, but a must-have.” Don’t waste valuable time during the first quarter of the year when some of the best opportunities exist in the job market. Read More
Tennessee Job Network: Three Secrets for Increasing Ad Response Rate: Do you spend countless hours each week answering ads and not getting any closer to the interviews you want? Is your resume getting lost in the great cyberspace void? Do you wonder why you aren’t getting any responses to the ads? Wonder, no more. This article will walk you through a three-part strategy that will help you understand and boost your response rate for advertised positions—both on- and off-line. Read More
Metro San Jose Jobs: Who Do You Know Who…?: Do you know who is in your network? Do you work your network effectively and efficiently? Let’s start with the facts. Everyone knows at least 10 people. Think of the old AT&T TV commercial where they talk about one person knows 10 people and those 10 people know 10 people and soon you have a screen full of hundreds to thousands of faces. How many people do you have in your network that you can connect with today? Have you lost touch with some, while others have diminished in their significance to your overall goals? Read More
Jobs in Shreveport: The Power of One: 2012. A New Year. This time of year many people make New Year resolutions, some easy to keep, others impossible. Have you ever thought about changing just one thing? That’s not overwhelming; it’s just one thing. The power of one can have a big impact on your life. Here are a few suggestions of how to incorporate the power of one into your life this year to change it for the better. Read More
Metro Albuquerque Jobs: Tips to Position Yourself for a Promotion: There are many phases to a career. It can be thought of like a beginning, middle and end. In the beginning an individual experiences almost all new learning, skill development and obtaining industry knowledge. The middle (as well as the end) of a person’s career can be a comfortable place to be – for a while. At this point, you may know your industry, have gained skills to do your job well, and have moved up in title and responsibility a few times. However, maybe you have a feeling of being stagnant, or as the famous song says “Is that all there is?” Read More
Metro Nashville Jobs: Should You Slow Down Your Job Search During the Holidays?: With the exception of the week between December 25th and January 1st, executive candidates should keep up the job search pace and not wait until January to initiate a new career campaign. So the answer is NO! Many opportunities may be missed during late November through December. Read More
South Carolina Job Network: Create an Executive Brand by Telling Your Story: Think of Coca-Cola. Do you have a picture of a can of Coca-Cola clearly in your mind? What do you see? Red and white/silver aluminum can with distinctive lettering. Now picture a glass of coke, just an ordinary glass with a dark-colored beverage inside. It could be Coke, but it could also be Pepsi; it could even be root beer. If the ‘resume’ of Coca-Cola just talked about a carbonated soft drink in general terms, and didn’t relay the unique taste, the secret formula that creates the taste, the color of the can and distinctive script that identifies the Coca-Cola brand, the general public would murmur a collective sigh of ‘ho-hum’. There are many carbonated soft drinks on the market today, why should they try Coca-Cola? Read More
Silver Spring Jobs: Facebook Networking Tips: Using Facebook for networking is not a new concept anymore, but you can expand your Facebook network extensively by joining some of Facebook’s professional groups. Read More
Jobs in Plano: Is the US Job Market Weakening: A hiring slowdown in March might imply a weaker job market. The economists are being cautious with their predictions until seeing the employment figures for April. There are varying opinions whether this is a trend or not. Read More
New York Job Network: Questions to Ask at Interviews: The following questions are among those that you can choose to ask during interviews. Select a few so that you can round out the information you need to make a decision about the company, as well as appear interested and enthusiastic about the opportunity. Read More
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