Delete your LinkedIn profile if you don’t use it
A LinkedIn profile that is not updated, with no personal photo or background image, with few connections, the list goes on… is so bad for your image and brand that…
Be careful when you submit your resume online
If your resume layout is not carefully optimized and scripted to the algorithms of the website registration form, well, you might as well not submit it in the first place.…
How many words should your resume be?
If your resume is already down to 2 pages you are off to a good start. You can tick the first box on Best Practice Resume Writing. However, if you…
Personal branding for people 50+
Do not start your resume summary with this sentence: More than 40 years’ experience. You may ask why and what you could do instead? You don’t have to be a…
Job Search Tips When You’re Over 50
Hello Baby Boomers, Ladies and Gentlemen, all of you born between 1946 and 1964 (BE2489-2507) – or about 25% of the world’s population. Still. You are no doubt proud of…
There’s nothing wrong with having a gap between jobs
You might find yourself between jobs because that was what you wanted, and it was your own decision to take a break. Good for you. But these days, with the…
A busy September with three speaking events
Thank you AMCHAM, EGN and PMI for inviting me to address your members at three events this September. Subjects: Board of Governors' nominations; Personal Branding; and Headhunter Secrets.
Top 6 articles I’ve published in 10 years of blogging
Can you remember what you were doing in July 2009 – 10 years ago? For sure, we were not yet talking about AI, IoT, SEO, Uber, Instagram, iPad and it was still very early days for Airbnb, Spotify, GPS on mobile, and even LinkedIn.
But it was in July 2009 that I created my web site and published my first ever story. Read it here. (more…)
7 tips for your resume that Headhunters just love
Why do you think that having a great resume is the single most important part of your job search?
The right answer: because if your resume does not excite and impress anyone, you will not be invited for an interview.
And obviously, if you can’t even get an interview you will never get the dream job. Simple as that and it can be said with these few words: