Executive Resumes & Career Transition Strategies

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Did you know the lack of an online presence makes an interview less likely?

Did you know the lack of an online presence makes an interview less likely?

I’ve been stressing the ever-growing importance of a solid, favorable online presence…

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Networking, Job Market Trends, Online Identity, Online Job Search, LinkedIn, Recruiters and HRLaurie SmithMay 20, 2015Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resumes, Executive Networking, Job Change, Linkedin, Online Networking

Is Your Ultimate Goal CEO? Pathways to Get There

Is Your Ultimate Goal CEO? Pathways to Get There

MBA Central (www.mbacentral.org) has recently developed a fascinating…

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithApril 16, 2015Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Infographic Vividly Shows Stats and Consequences of Lying on Resumes

Infographic Vividly Shows Stats and Consequences of Lying on Resumes

In completing another LinkedIn strategies seminar last week, I garnered…

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Job Change Etiquette, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithApril 9, 2015Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Be Found on LinkedIn: Are You Eliminating Yourself from Consideration without Realizing It?

Be Found on LinkedIn: Are You Eliminating Yourself from Consideration without Realizing It?

In completing another LinkedIn strategies seminar last week, I garnered…

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Networking, Job Market Trends, Online Identity, Online Job Search, LinkedInLaurie SmithMarch 30, 2015Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes, Linkedin, Online Networking, Executive Networking

Dreaming of a New Job in 2015? Great Place to Work’s Top 25

Dreaming of a New Job in 2015? Great Place to Work’s Top 25

Have you begun polishing up your executive resume with your sights set…

View All Posts, Age Factor & Ageism, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithDecember 18, 2014Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Executive Job Search and the Holidays

Think the holidays are the time to kick back in your job search? Think again…

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithNovember 21, 2014Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes, Job Change

What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate: Job Seekers and Recruiters

What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate: Job Seekers and Recruiters

Social media guru Joshua Waldman featured a great infographic on his blog today…

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Interviewing, Job Change Etiquette, Job Market Trends, Recruiters and HRLaurie SmithOctober 30, 2014Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes

Do I Still Even NEED an Executive Resume? Doesn’t my LinkedIn Profile Now Serve That Purpose?

Prognosticators have been predicting the demise of the resume for literally decades…

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Job Market Trends, Online Identity, Online Job Search, LinkedInLaurie SmithOctober 16, 2014Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Resume Writing, Executive Resumes, Linkedin

First Interviewee/Last Interviewee – Who Has the Advantage?

First Interviewee/Last Interviewee – Who Has the Advantage?

In a job market where it can be hard to keep a positive attitude…

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Interviewing, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithJanuary 27, 2010Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Job Interviewing

Are Cover Letters Obsolete?

As a member of the Career Thought Leaders Consortium, I have been…

View All Posts, Career Management, Cover Letter Strategy, Executive Job Search, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithDecember 9, 2009Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Cover and Thank You Letters

Recruiters and Job Boards: Are They Worth an Executive’s Time?

Recruiters and Job Boards: Are They Worth an Executive’s Time?

I had yet another client ask me this question today. Here are my thoughts:…

View All Posts, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Networking, Online Identity, Online Job Search, Job Market Trends, LinkedIn, Recruiters and HRLaurie SmithOctober 22, 2009Career Advice, Career Management, Executive Job Search, Executive Networking, Job Change, Online Networking

Executives Plan to Delay Retirement

According to a Society for Human Resource Management report (no longer…

View All Posts, Career Management, Age Factor & Ageism, Job Market TrendsLaurie SmithOctober 8, 2009Career Advice, Executive Job Search, Career Management