Executive Branding
How to Email Your Contacts In 5 Easy Steps
Emailing your contacts about your job search can be awkward. You don’t want to look like a loser.
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Executive Presence
Why You Shouldn’t Wear This Color to Work or on a First Date
Attraction can be mysterious. What makes us prefer one person to another? While you can’t reduce it to just one thing, you can avoid the known turn-offs for important first impressions like an interview. Wearing the color red can work against you. According to a new study by the Journal of Experimental Psychology men wearing red triggers
Executive Jobs
Keep Your Executive Resume From Being Deleted
Top 10 Phrases to DUMP and What to Say Instead Year end is a good time to update your executive resume, even if you’re not looking for a job. Deleting clichés and overused phrases is a quick way to freshen up your resume. Start by getting rid of the bloat and showing you’re not a
Executive Jobs
Land Your Dream Job By Asking The Right Questions
What do you say to executive recruiters when they call? What questions do top CXO candidates ask in interviews? 1. Did you find me by referral or on LinkedIn? START with a good ice-breaker like this one. It gives you a chance to gather your thoughts. And it is important for you to know where
Business Advice
Skills or Habits – What’s The Best Way to Level Up?
What is most important when hiring an executive; their knowledge, attitude, skills, or habits? When I was in my 20s and a newly appointed VP, Marshall Goldsmith asked me that question during a management training. I replied smugly, “Attitude.” I say smugly because everyone else at the training was at least two decades older than
Executive Jobs
This is Why When It Comes to Landing Your Dream Job, Mother Knows Best
Photo by Victoria Borodinova from Pexels | Remember the times when your mother corrected you about your manners, or told you to follow your heart, or reminded you to wait your turn to speak? It turns out her hard work will benefit you well-beyond childhood. When it comes to up-leveling and nailing an interview, your mother truly knew best. Mind
Business Advice
Taking a Sabbatical from Work: What You Need to Know
BY EVA BENOIT evabenoit.com Taking a Sabbatical from Work: What You Need to Know Taking a sabbatical from work was once synonymous with university professors and researchers, but times have changed and just about anyone can take one. Some are paid and some aren’t, and the length of time can vary, but taking a break from
Executive Presence
Magnify Your Natural Advantages: A Fast, Easy Way to Develop Unshakable Confidence
BY DANA MAYER STOP the negative self-talk. It’s easy to be hard on yourself. But I haven’t met one person who doesn’t have unique gifts and talents. It’s hard to fix weaknesses. It is easier to lean into your strengths. START by uncovering your natural strengths. If you want an unshakeable self-image and self-belief, start
Executive Jobs
Stop Waiting on Luck in Your Job Search
It often seems like it’s luck, but it’s usually relationships that make you fortunate enough to land an interview or land a big client. Many job seekers I talk with resent being passed over for a good job for someone who “knew someone.” They want candidates to be selected by merit alone and are often frustrated that
Executive Presence
Is Your Profile Photo Working for You? Get Unbiased Feedback
Is Your Profile Photo Working for You? Get Unbiased Feedback Research shows that the kind of smile you use in your profile photo matters. I just ran my LinkedIn photo through algorithms to evaluate how credible I seem as a business person. The results (above) show my photo as “higher than average” as Competent and
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6 Factors to Land Your Dream Job
6 Points You Must Cover to Land Your Dream Job STOP talking about what tasks you performed.START talking about impact. I say this in coaching sessions every day. Why? Because everyday candidates show me resumes that are position descriptions, not resumes: “managed volunteers; solicited bids; developed and monitored budgets…” And everyday hiring managers tell me they’re looking for
Business Advice
Spring into Your Next Big Thing
Two key questions will get you ready for the next big thing in your life. And if you share your answers with me in an email, you could win a free month of coaching to support your venture. Spring is the season for do-overs. It’s time for new things to grow—a better job, a new