Posts Tagged ‘resume’
5 Job Search Tactics for Executives Using The R.O.T.H Method
When a frustrated client who is in a job search tells me something like, “I have submitted my resume to over 300 job postings, and I have only received one interview,” I want to scream: “Joel, get off the job boards!” a-la-Risky Business – where Joel’s mom tells him to get off the babysitter with…
Read MoreThe Myth of Job Security
Imagine being at your job 13 years and one day “Poof!”… Your job is gone. You get called into your boss’s office and you are coldly told that you are being let go today. Progressive growth, two promotions and many sacrificed weekends didn’t save your butt. You’re out. Just happened to a buddy of mine……
Read MoreHow “I’m Open” Is Killing Your Job Search (and Resume!)
When a job seeker tells me, “I am open…” when I ask what type of job they are looking for, I roll my eyes. The job seeker is lying when they give me that answer. No… You are not open… If you are a $255,000 Marketing Director in your last job, you are probably not…
Read MoreBuilding on Small Victories
Thank you for reading my blog. I debated whether to make this my first blog post, but I strongly feel sharing this experience will help someone else. That is this only reason I started to write this blog: to help someone else. I started working with a new job search client a few weeks whom…
Read MoreRecession-Proof Your Career
World events are having far reaching economic impacts, which could eventually trickle down and impact you and your livelihood… if they haven’t already. I can hear you thinking, “Well, aren’t you a ray of damn sunshine, Rangel?’ I may not be a ray of sunshine, but I am shedding light on a reality you must…
Read More5 Strategies to Sync Your LinkedIn Profile and Resume for Optimal Impact
One of the biggest mistakes I see executive job seekers make, is not properly synchronizing two of their most powerful job search tools: your LinkedIn profile and your resume. Not only do job seekers fail to take advantage of syncing the two materials together to make each of them stronger on their own, they…
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