Executive Career Brand™ https://executivecareerbrand.com/ Executive Job Search - Personal Branding, Executive Resumes, LinkedIn Profiles, Biographies, etc. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:24:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://executivecareerbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-GREAT-FIT-Gig-32x32.jpg Executive Career Brand™ https://executivecareerbrand.com/ 32 32 Should I Use “Open To Work” on LinkedIn? https://executivecareerbrand.com/should-you-display-opentowork-on-your-linkedin-profile/ https://executivecareerbrand.com/should-you-display-opentowork-on-your-linkedin-profile/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:26:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=11355 Are you wondering whether to use the green Open to Work banner on your profile, to signal your availability to recruiters and others? A time-honored job search strategy is not to reveal in your LinkedIn profile that you’re unemployed. Hiring professionals typically prefer people who are employed. But the pandemic changed things. They tend to […]

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]]> https://executivecareerbrand.com/should-you-display-opentowork-on-your-linkedin-profile/feed/ 0 Guide to Executive Job Interviews: The How-To’s, Why’s and Best Practices https://executivecareerbrand.com/guide-to-executive-job-interviews-the-how-tos-whys-and-best-practices/ https://executivecareerbrand.com/guide-to-executive-job-interviews-the-how-tos-whys-and-best-practices/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:46:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=14414 Whether you’re in interviews now, or you’ve been reading about them or experienced the process in the past, you know how challenging it can be to ace job interviews. There’s so much involved with nailing interviews – from preparing for them, to performing well in them, to following up, to landing or not landing the […]

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]]> https://executivecareerbrand.com/guide-to-executive-job-interviews-the-how-tos-whys-and-best-practices/feed/ 0 Nail Your Virtual Job Interviews – Things You Need To Know and Do Well https://executivecareerbrand.com/nail-your-virtual-interviews-21-things-you-need-to-know-do-and-master/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:32:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=11233 The past few years so many things in our work and personal lives have been shaken up and tested. For instance, virtual job interviews and remote work have become new normals. For many of us, our work and personal lives now intersect in ways we wouldn’t have imagined before the pandemic. With remote work, your […]

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]]> Best Ways and Places to Research Your Target Employers https://executivecareerbrand.com/best-ways-and-places-to-research-your-target-employers/ https://executivecareerbrand.com/best-ways-and-places-to-research-your-target-employers/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:31:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=5308 Savvy executive job seekers know that targeting and job search research are the very first steps in landing a great-fit new job. TARGET several employers that you feel will provide the kind of job you want. RESEARCH each one for industry and company market intelligence, and to determine what qualifications of yours make you a […]

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]]> https://executivecareerbrand.com/best-ways-and-places-to-research-your-target-employers/feed/ 4 How to Safely Use ChatGPT and Other AI for Your Executive Resume and Job Search https://executivecareerbrand.com/should-you-use-chatgpt-for-resume-writing-and-job-search/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:09:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=16200 If you’re like a lot of people, you’re using ChatGPT or other Artificial Intelligence platforms for many purposes. Maybe you have Alexa in your home and you ask it a barrage of questions and give it tasks throughout the day. Or maybe you’re using using AI for things like this: And it’s being used to […]

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]]> How to Build Your Executive Job Search Target Companies List https://executivecareerbrand.com/7-tips-to-build-your-executive-job-search-target-companies-list/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:42:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=5785 Many executive job seekers resist targeting select employers, because they don’t want to limit their search. They want to be open to any and all opportunities. Why job search targeting is so important Unfortunately, most executives start their job search by updating their resume and heading to the job boards. They blast their resume to […]

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]]> How to Network Into an Executive Job, Even If You Hate Networking https://executivecareerbrand.com/how-to-network-into-executive-job/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:45:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=5086 It’s time you faced it. If you’re having trouble landing a great-fit job, you need to learn how to network. You’ll probably have to do a lot of networking to find and land your next gig . . . unless you’re very, very lucky. Did you know that, although the vast majority of executive job […]

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]]> New Year. Time to Refresh Your Personal Brand? https://executivecareerbrand.com/new-year-time-to-revisit-and-refresh-your-personal-brand/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:53:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=5705 The new year is right around the corner. If you haven’t done it recently, this is a good time to refresh your personal brand. For many of us, it’s a time to reflect back, while planning forward. Why not take stock of your personal brand . . . while you’re working on those New Year’s […]

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]]> Tips To Beat Age Discrimination in Executive Job Search https://executivecareerbrand.com/tips-to-beat-ageism-in-executive-job-search-if-youre-over-50/ https://executivecareerbrand.com/tips-to-beat-ageism-in-executive-job-search-if-youre-over-50/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:52:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=7906 Along with things like employment gaps and lack of skills or other credentials, age discrimination is the major concern for most of the senior-level executives I work with. No surprise. Although ageism can kick in as early as age 40, it really starts making an impact at around age 50 and over, which accounts for […]

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]]> https://executivecareerbrand.com/tips-to-beat-ageism-in-executive-job-search-if-youre-over-50/feed/ 2 Is Holiday Job Search a Waste of Time? https://executivecareerbrand.com/is-holiday-job-search-a-waste-of-time/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:14:00 +0000 https://executivecareerbrand.com/?p=5318 “Holiday job search? Companies don’t hire in November and December, right? Maybe it makes more sense to wait until the new year to dive into my search.” If this is your thinking, you’re missing out on opportunities to make headway in your job search, when your competitors have taken that misguided notion to heart, and […]

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