As an executive-level leader, you have assumed a certain degree of risk throughout your career. You aren’t a stranger to the sometimes unexpected and dramatic changes that come along with reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, rapid growth phases, and powerful dynamics among executive teams and board members. Luckily, you’ve got decades of experience strategizing how to…
Targeting board director roles is a different ball game than targeting executive leadership roles. As such, you need an entirely different set of career marketing documents—or board documents—to set yourself up for success. In a previous article, we covered how a board document’s content differs from an executive resume. However, the term “board document” doesn’t…
It is becoming increasingly common for people to be out of the workforce for a year or more. Sometimes by choice and sometimes involuntary, there are several reasons why someone may step away from the workforce for a period, including caring for elders or children, returning to school, deciding to travel, or overcoming a personal…
What comes to mind when you hear “executive career marketing documents?” Likely, the first things you think of are an executive resume and a value proposition letter. If you think about it for another second or two, you may come up with a LinkedIn profile and executive bio. One of the least thought-of and underrated…
We’ve all met someone we didn’t entirely trust or believe what they say. Often, it’s because the person comes across as inauthentic; they say one thing but do another, pretend to be someone they’re not, or behave differently depending on who is in the room. In an executive job transition, portraying this image can cause…
Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all step-by-step guide to landing your next C-suite position. You’ll need to do more than dust off your CxO resume and put it online. The reality is that most executive-level jobs are never advertised, which means candidates have to focus on networking, targeted search activities, and a professionally branded set of…
In light of all the employment and economic turmoil in the world right now, it might be worth taking a step back and re-evaluating your job transition activities. Is it time for a rebrand? Ask yourself these questions: How many executive resumes have you sent out in the past few months? How many replies have…
Unfortunately, there is one part of a CXO’s executive career marketing documents that sometimes gets overlooked: the executive biography. A CXO needs a branded and unified set of documents for an effective career transition, including a resume, cover letter/value proposition letter, LinkedIn profile, etc. Every piece of information must align with your current career goals…
20+ years of expertise summarized in a 2- or 3-page document is no easy feat. This explains why developing a Chief Executive Officer resume can be tricky. Often, CEOs will come to me with original 5-pages resumes, simply as a result of not knowing what strengths to emphasize and which to minimize or exclude. Here I…
Now that you’ve decided you need help with your resume, the next challenge will be to choose an executive resume writer. A common concern I hear from my executive-level clients is that searching for career and job search help on the internet is extremely confusing. The internet is a great place for researching economic and…