Many executives share similar career paths. One of these paths involves entering a company at a job relevant to your degree or experience, and climbing your way up the corporate ladder until you’re eventually running the place. Another path involves working for many different companies for a few years at a time, while regularly being courted away with a higher salary or greater responsibilities. Both of these career paths show that you’ve got what it takes to be an executive. Whichever path your career has followed, there’s a way to write your resume to show it off.
Presenting Your Executive Climb to the Top | Career Rocketeer - Career Search and Personal Branding Blog
Career Change Tips & Career Advice from Career Expert Chrissy Scivicque : CAREEREALISM
If you’re considering a major career change, you may find the process a little overwhelming at first. To help organize your thoughts and feelings on the topic, ask yourself the following 15 questions.
Remember to answer thoughtfully and honestly. This is for your eyes only. Also, be sure to write your answers down. Putting abstract thoughts and feelings into words can help you identify what’s really going on and it adds a tangible element to the reflection process.
Cool Tools: Business Card Composer 5
The name of this little software program might sound cheesy, but it does exactly what it says, and a lot better than you might expect. It helps you create professional business cards really quickly and easily. And it has been around for a few years/versions, so the UI is mature, stable, and elegant. And EASY.
Career Advice by Career Experts J.T. O’Donnell & Dale Dauten : CAREEREALISM
‘JT & Dale Talk Jobs’ is the largest nationally syndicated career advice column in the country and can be found at JTandDale.com.
Dear J.T. & Dale: What am I doing wrong? Everyone tells me to network in order to meet new contacts. I hear constantly from fellow job seekers that they’re having a lot of luck with LinkedIn. So, I reached out to more than a dozen people I thought would make good contacts, and got totally rejected. Not a single one responded to me. Here’s what I’ve been writing:
“Dear X: I’d like to connect with you and send you my resume so I could get feedback on what’s wrong with it. I’ve been searching for a job for 12 months with no luck. Will you help me?”
— Luisa
Job Search with Social Media Takes Time and Patience - The Career Doctor Blog
Daniel writes:
I work in the IT field and am wondering how to use social networking sites to find jobs.
The Career Doctor responds:
Social-media for job-seeking takes a lot of time and patience. Complete and compelling profiles are important. You also need to strike a balance between the desire the build a huge network and the need to be discriminating. Both Facebook and LinkedIn urge users to connect only with people they actually know. Some users follow those guidelines; some don’t. LinkedIn makes it especially difficult to connect with strangers. On the other hand, virtually anyone can “follow” you on Twitter (unless you have blocks in place). All three have caps on the number of people you can connect with.
Automate Your Brand? | Personal Branding Blog - Dan Schawbel
Is there such a thing as automating anything? Or, is human interaction necessary at every level?
I posed those questions over dinner last week to Brandon Kennington and Matt Dotson, the two thought leaders who podcast Automate My Small Business.
MATT: And you know both of us have been focused on the internet for most of the things that we’ve done, and I think it’s going to give you a really competitive advantage because I think all the internet businesses are expected to be automated. You’re expected to do all this stuff, but all the people you’re competing against in the local business – this is really foreign to them. And they probably have been around for a while, and I think you have the opportunity to have a huge competitive advantage against them.
BRANDON: Yeah. Even simple marketing ideas, like adding your company to the Google maps directory – you’d be surprised how many local businesses are still not listed on the Google maps directory.
These guys really know how to automate your small business, and if you’re an entrepreneur, solopreneur, or a budding “soon to be,” then it’s really worth your while to listen to their podcasts.
Top Tips for Interview Prep When You're the Underdog Candidate - The Career Doctor Blog
Matt writes:
I’m a recent MBA grad, and I’ve been invited to meet with the marketing/sales manager for a company that deals with digital forensic reconstruction of accidents. I would be in charge of regional marketing and sales, mainly dealing with insurance adjusters and attorneys of the clients.
Since I am going up against some people with a lot more industry experience, I wondered if you have advice for interview prep.
The Career Doctor responds:
Sure. Here’s a quick rundown on how to best prepare:
1. Be sure to thoroughly research the company and industry.
