Effective executive recruiter relationships can play an instrumental part in career advances for the rising professional and the established executive. Whether you’ve worked with executive recruiters before or this is your first time, there is a lot to know about how to build effective working relationships with recruiters. To have an effective relationship with an executive recruiter, it is important to understand the business’s business model and role you play as a potential candidate represented by an executive recruiter. Job seekers that fail to recognize ‘how it works’ with an executive recruiter often find themselves frustrated and unrepresented. Keep in mind these eight points when working with an executive recruiter:
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How do you leave a lasting impression on your next interview? You land an interview for an incredible executive-level position you discovered online or through your network. What a relief to receive the interview call for this opportunity! The door is officially open and your foot is officially in the door. Now it’s time to walk across the threshold and make a great impression. How do you deliver a strong, solid interview? Incorporate these ten crucial points, when preparing for your next interview, to make a lasting impression to land that great job: Continue reading…

I believe that a successful, well-balanced job search is more than successful strategies and tactical actions a job seeker can take to get closer to finding that right job. A successful job search offers well-balanced advice to address the mind, body, spirit and financial well-being of a person. A balanced job search prepares the job seeker to be in the right frame of mind and in good health to perform well throughout the entire job search process.

Here are suggested websites that enable a job seeker to take a balanced approach to their job search by shoring up on wellness, positive mindset, health, money, global business knowledge and efficient job search tactics action to help them be viewed as ‘in-demand’ by prospective employers. Continue reading…

Have your list of job search target companies and now need to find the right contacts to approach to get results from your job search? LinkedIn hired me to write three articles for their job seekers audience to offer guidance on how to build a target company list for a job search and then… Continue reading…

Unsure how to build a target list of companies for your job search to land interviews where you want to work? LinkedIn hired me to write this article for their job seekers audience to offer guidance on how to build a target company list for a job search and then… Continue reading…

Are you often perplexed by the situation where you are being asked back for a job interview, sometimes the second or third interview, and manager asks, “Aren’t you overqualified for this job?”  (Side note: I mean, can’t they tell you are overqualified from looking at your resume? Do they need to bring you in once or multiple times to verify that?) But even if you are going in for the first interview, and they ask you what seems like the possibly obvious “Overqualified Job Interview Question,” here is what it tells me: it tells me the company has interest in you. Think about it. They probably already know that you are overqualified. In most cases, they can tell from your resume. So if you are told that at some point in the process, I believe you are not getting rejected for being overqualified—it is something you said. As an overqualified candidate, you need to convince the hiring manager how your situation will benefit them, if they hired you—and don’t focus so much on why it is good for you to take this job. How you handle the question determines if you are advanced through the process. Here are the most unique ways you can answer this question:

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Never realized the gold mine of resume, job search and career information you can find on Twitter? Well, wait no more and follow the 99 Twitter Job Search Experts listed below to spice up your resume and professional-level job search and get results. Whether you are proactively or reactively tackling your job search, there is no time like the present to benefit from the flow of knowledge nuggets provided by my favorite Twitter job search experts listed below… Continue reading…

Developing Your Executive Job Search Checklist

Whether on your own, through an executive job search club or by hiring a professional executive resume writer and job search consultant, today’s executive job seeker must be prepared to capitalize on the wealth of opportunities before them in today’s competitive employment marketplace. There is opportunity, but you must be prepared to edge out your competition by presenting yourself in the best way possible. There are no second chances.

To ensure you develop the tools needed for your job search, below is a list, by no means exhaustive, that has been compiled to get you started to assemble the tools and resources you will need to conduct a successful job search. Continue reading…

Staying current in 2013 on Executive Resume Trends can be a daunting task. However, we have used the proverbial crystal ball to research, identify and outline various trending items that today’s top executives need to know to stay ahead of their competition and optimize their compensation in today’s competitive landscape. Consider at the following executive management resume trends when writing your resume:

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I was a search firm recruiter for 13 years and I can tell you that a reverse chronological resume is really the only way to go. Functional resumes suck.

I ran a consulting desk for the majority of the time I recruited and I still believe that a chronological resume is best for job seekers pursuing  either direct hire positions and consulting work. Functional resumes just don’t work.

This blog post initially ran as a Guest Blog Post by @LisaRangel on Tim’s Strategy. 

While there are many reasons why a chronological resume is best, there are three main reasons why I (and most recruiters who won’t call you for an interview) dislike functional resumes and why you should consider not using one: Continue reading…