463 results for tag: job search

Sincerity Overcomes Age Bias and Speeds Landing

Being in job search in this market at 64 years old can be a daunting proposition. After all, it's a hiring manager's market, and there are plenty of well-documented age-related biases associated with job search. Older candidates have to defend their: health; ...
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Interviewing Ain’t Easy… for the Hiring Manager

Look at it from the hiring manager's viewpoint. Think back when you were interviewing others and how you felt. If interviewing was not your gig, either as an internal search person or even HR, you probably recall that interviewing was a bit of a daunting ...
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Six-Figure Hotline: Finding the Hidden Job Market

As part of ExecuNet membership, I conduct a bi-weekly teleconference called Six-Figure Hotline where members call in to ask the questions keeping them up at night, and to gain market and trend insight from the career experts who join me in talking about ...
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How Long Does it Take Executives to Find Their Next Job?

We are often asked, How long does it take executives to find their next job? There are too many individual variables to factor in, but you can be certain of one thing - it takes longer than you might think. Why is this important? It means a lot actually - ...
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Three Things You Can Do to Help Others Find You the Right Job

Looking for a new job? Help someone to help you. We've all been on the receiving end of emails or phone calls from friends, former business colleagues, acquaintances or network connections that are positioned similarly: "I just lost my job. Do you know ...
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Landed Member Shares Her Learning

We encourage ExecuNet members to share their job search experiences so that other members may learn from their ExecuNet peers. Here is what one landed member had to say. Here are a few of the things I have learned in my journey, listed in no particular ...
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Six-Figure Hotline: What’s in a Title Anyway?

As part of ExecuNet membership, I conduct a bi-weekly teleconference called Six-Figure Hotline where members call in to ask the questions keeping them up at night, and to gain market and trend insight from the career experts who join me in talking about ...
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Impressions Left: Are Yours the Best?

Avoid leaving a less than positive impression in your interviews. Here are some things you should not do if you want to be seen as a star. If you find that you are doing any of them, it's time to make some adjustments. (more…)
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Keep Searching… Even After a Promising Interview

Many of us have found that dream job - in an advertisement. It seems like the perfect fit. We interview for the position, and, because it's "the one," we wait until we hear bad news from the hiring manager before we resume our job search once again. For ...
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Zero-Time Selling in Your Job Search

The job search process is very similar to a sales process. The job candidate is the product, and it is his goal to effectively sell himself as the solution the hiring company desperately needs. In an ExecuNet webinar, sales expert Andy Paul uses insights ...
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Sometimes It’s Best to Just Wait for Them to Contact You

When there's a bit of silence from the hiring company after a job interview, most job candidates want to end that quiet with a follow-up phone call. ExecuNet member Rosanna Sandlin experienced that silence when interviewing with one particular company and ...
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Six-Figure Hotline: My Manger is your Director

As part of ExecuNet membership, I conduct a bi-weekly teleconference called Six-Figure Hotline where members call in to ask the questions keeping them up at night, and to gain market and trend insight from the career experts who join me in talking about ...
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