What your business card says about your brand. One of the staples in your executive career marketing toolkit is your business card. If you are currently employed, you may be tempted to use your corporate business card to hand to your contacts as you network your way into your targeted Read More >
Facing the Music: 3 Style Tips that Tune You Up for Interview Success
Men may have that James Dean, daydream look in their eyes and women may adorn that red lip classic thing that they like, but Taylor Swift’s assertion that “we never go out of Style” seemed to skip a beat among a select group of interviewees. Just when I think Read More >
World of Resume Crafting: Beating the Applicant Tracking System
If Video Killed the Radio Star, then Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) killed human resources. Yes, it is a sad state of affairs when a database is the judge and jury of your knowledge, skills, and experience. Forget World of Warcraft or Call of Duty. Getting your resume past an Read More >
To Beard Or Not To Beard? That Is The [Interview] Question.
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Full beard. Goatee. Mustache. Scruff. Sideburns. Clean shaven. According to pogonologist Dr. Allan Peterkin—yes, there is a formal name for a beard scholar—a man’s facial hair says a lot about him. As of late, “To Beard Or Not To Beard” is a popular interview coaching question among my clients Read More >
Resume vs. the ATS: 6 Top Intelligence Tools That Look Technology in the Eye
As a career practitioner and disciple of intelligence analysis, nothing boosts the adrenaline more than analyzing technology and how it influences recruitment. Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): a big chunk of coaching time is dedicated to helping them understand this process. And it is a BIG data issue. Recruitment and Read More >
Free Global Hiring Report: What Employers Want in Resumes
This 33-page report is the product of a global survey to focused on clearing up confusion and inconsistencies about what recruiters, human resource professionals, and other hiring authorities are looking for when it comes to resume writing and related job search documents. The secondary goal was to gather data on the Read More >
