Career Advice
ExecuNet Q&A: What Drives a Recruiter?
It is important to align your expectations by understanding what drives a recruiter.
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Career portability. A lesson from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Seriously)
plan your career and make decisions ask yourself the question: How portable and independent am I? Can I be equally successful in another organization or position? Am I worth what they pay me in the open market? Be brutally honest with yourself. Identify the gaps and make sure you’re portable.
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Leadership: YOU are not perfect, and that is just perfect
By Jose J. Ruiz | Alder Koten The premise is that the ideal executive does not exist. Our research indicates that there is no such thing as branding a person as an A, B, or Z type since the environment and context drive our behaviors. Great managers and leaders adapt, and their styles tend to […]
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How to best approach executive recruiters as a candidate
If you want to approach an executive recruiter with success and stay top-of-mind, then give them what they need (hint: It’s not always your resume).
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Don’t just say it, prove it
Selling and describing yourself in a resume, a presentation, an interview or meeting is a crucial factor in getting noticed, getting promoted or getting hired.
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Are your skills and competencies portable?
Your potential performance outside of your current organization and your future potential for success can be debated if there is only evidence of success with a single organization, and hence, a single support structure and environment.
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Tip of the Day: Define and Drive Your Personal Brand and Product
Personal branding is about everything you do: every job, every social and personal endeavor will define who you are and what you can offer in the next step of your career.
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Tip of the Day: Prepare for an interview and maximize the experience.
Take the job interview as an opportunity to perform and as an opportunity to take your presentation and preparation skills to the next level.
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The new loyalty and the freelance employee
True loyalty in an employment relationship takes into consideration what will happen to the other party when the business relationship ends.
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