As an executive resume writer for over four decades, I take this responsibility very seriously, and suggest these 10 tips to help ensure you have a successful, positive collaboration with your resume writer.
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Using online job boards is one strategy in a well-rounded job search plan. Sites like Indeed, Monster, SimplyHired, etc. can help job seekers identify specific opportunities, find growing companies that are hiring, and even research salary and benefits.
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Following is a checklist for executives (and other workers) that will help you navigate a job search as our nation’s and the world’s economy struggle to recover and the great reopening begins.
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Unfortunately for many, the glowing, complimentary, or at least noncommittal reference you expected to receive from one or more of your previous employers could be sabotaging you. In the case of job references, what you don’t know definitely CAN hurt you!
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A turbulent year amid the COVID pandemic has prompted many executives, managers, and rank-and-file workers to consider other career options, particularly when their careers of many years have seemingly gone away. Even those who have remained employed may be rethinking their career paths. While there are honorable reasons for staying in a job you hate, that doesn’t have to be your destiny.
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An option some of my executive clients have considered in the COVID business environment is to stop waiting for the next job opportunity and create it themselves by becoming an entrepreneur or consultant. The great thing about making this change mid-to-late career is that you already have a lot going for you.
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Once you have an offer on the table for an executive job, here are some things to consider carefully before accepting, negotiating, or declining.
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Here are some ongoing trends that you may need to take into account as you manage your executive career or write your executive resume in 2020.
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There are many advantages to running a home-based business in retirement. You get to put your skills to good use, learn new things, and generate some income along the way.
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Recent LinkedIn blog posts and a CBS This Morning interview with LinkedIn’s Editor-In-Chief Dan Roth tell us that October is the month with the highest number of job openings on LinkedIn’s website. And amazingly, 89 percent of hiring managers fill those open positions in less than four weeks! With the unemployment rate at a 50-year low, it is a candidate’s market, and your competition for one of those openings will likely be lower as a result.
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This is the 14th year for “International Update Your Resume Month.” Because you never know when you’ll need an updated resume “yesterday,” this serves as an annual reminder for professionals and executives to review and update their executive resume, LinkedIn profile, and other career documents.
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The greatest executive resume in the world will do you no good if the person responsible for making the decision to hire never sees it. The executive candidate who identifies and gets to the hiring manager first is most likely going to be the winner, so make the extra effort to find and contact that person!
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