Personal Branding

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Can executive recruiters find you on the Web? Make sure you know these basic truths about today’s colossal search engine. How do you currently show up on the World Wide Web? Eighty-seven percent of executive recruiters use Google searches to research candidates, according to an Execunet study. Furthermore, hiring managers at Fortune 500 companies are … Read More

Office Life

Here’s why you should be real before you’re virtual William Arruda

Before you promote your personal brand on the Web, do some strategizing about what you want that brand to represent. Read More

How To

Know Your Greatest Strengths M.J. Ryan

Research says those who capitalize on their inherent strengths are more profitable and more productive. Find out which are yours and how to put them to use. Each of us has particular strengths: talents in thinking, habitual ways we approach problems that give us energy to solve them. Research of more than two million people … Read More

Job Search

Is Your Life Story Boring?Rob Sullivan

Your story needs to be sticky. Recruiters don’t say, “Remember Paul, the innovative thinker that had a strong track record at Fortune 500 companies.” Find out how to craft a story with a good hook. Job seekers think they need to be salesman, never storytellers. Nevertheless, storytelling is part of every job search. How well … Read More

Job Search

Top 10 Places to Include Your Headshot William Arruda

Don’t put your photo on your resume, but do put your headshot on your online profiles. Show ‘em your mug to gain Web cred and to lend credibility to your online content. If you’re based in North America, you have probably been told that putting your photo on your resume is a ‘no-no.’ Companies are … Read More

Interview Tips

The Essential Summer Job Interview Wardrobe List Nina Myers

The essentials every man and woman needs for the job interview. Five things every man needs: – An unlined wool suit jacket – A handkerchief – Breath strips – A shoe shine – A proper, structured leather briefcase with handles Five things every woman needs: – A medium-size canvas or leather tote bag – A … Read More

Interview Tips

What to Wear to Summer Job Interviews: Photo Gallery Guest Contributer

Real professionals in New York display the styles that will keep you cool and looking sharp on job interviews. By Nina Myers and Karl Rozemeyer Fashion writer Nina Myers and photographer Karl Rozemeyer took to the streets of New York to find real professionals with a sense of summer style. The Perfect Suit What makes … Read More

How To

Summer Career Networking Style: It’s in the Details Nina Myers

From the boardroom to a barbecue, your personal style should shine through. When you’re shaking hands and exchanging business cards this summer, the most important thing to remember is that there’s a fine line between standing out and overdoing it. From the boardroom to a barbecue, your personal style should shine through in the details … Read More

How To

The Best Online Tools for Executives Guest Contributer

The following is a brief look at what we believe to be the most important tools available to executive job seekers today and a few tips on how to best put them to use. Read More

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