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How to Build Relationships with Headhunters
Getting Executive Attention With a Credible Reputation
12 Ways to be Credible when the Executive Recruiter Calls
As a leader invested in the health of your career, it is imperative to cultivate connections with reputable executive search consultants (commonly known as headhunters). These specialized executive recruitment agencies, focused on sourcing talent at the management and executive levels, serve as pivotal avenues for potential career advancements. Below, you will find 12 strategies to exhi…
How to Conquer what’s Holding you Back
Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
Between where you are now and the future you envision for yourself is an inner enemy. That enemy is resistance. From Steven Pressfield:
On the field of the Self stand a knight and a dragon. You are the knight. Resistance is the dragon.
The bolder your vision, the more formidable your enemy. Every one of us goes toe-to-toe with this enemy everyday. From sticking to an exercise regime or healthy eating, to professional projects like:
Launching your own thing
Proactively…
LinkedIn Profile: Visibility and Conversion
When I received this nice looking notice from LinkedIn regarding my LinkedIn profile, my initial reaction was to be pleased and pat myself on the back. Hey, my profile was top 1% of most viewed profiles for the year! Sounds great. However, with 200 million users and growing, that puts me in the company of well, another 2 million minus 1 users. So, clearly, some perspective is called for. With LinkedIn’s enormous growth over the last few years, I imagine that millions of users are only minimally …
Choose the good boss when making a job decision
Evaluating Your Potential Boss During Career Changes
I came across great career advice the other day, backed up by research. I have unfortunately misplaced the source. The advice was as follows:
When you are choosing whether to align yourself with a job opportunity or not (new job, promotion, project), and in particular when you have some choice, pay careful attention to your prospective boss. And when trying to choose between two similar roles, you are far better off going with the person who you…
My article on US Yahoo home page
A few years back, I wrote an article that seemed to resonate with people. The title was Stop Undermining yourself at work. Delighted to find out yesterday that this article was featured yesterday on the US Yahoo home page. Pretty cool. If you’ve stopped by as a result of that article, welcome. Glad to have you here.
Inviting to Connect on LinkedIn? Give Context. Please.
Here are some familiar words for users of LinkedIn.com…
I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
Nine times out of ten, the LinkedIn connection invitations I receive come with the default text above. Granted, it is the fastest way of sending invitations. And when you and I know each other well, perhaps no more is needed.For everyone else - loose connections, a person I met once long ago, or strangers, it will not do.
Give me some context, ple…
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