Job Search Fizzling Maybe Its Your Executive Resume - Executive Career Brandâ„¢

Job Search Fizzling Maybe Its Your Executive Resume For the past several weeks a lovely cardinal has been hanging around one of my office windows, alternately perched on a branch of  a nearby shrub  and smashing into the window. He does this for hours at a time, every day. He could be thinking the window is an open space he can get through or that his reflection is another bird coming at him. Whatever the reason, hes  getting nowhere. But he keeps banging against that window, day after day. Remember Einsteins definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results. Are you one of the many, many executive job seekers locked into a repetitive process thats not working? If you have a branded, targeted profile (so youll be found in online searches) and resume youve been using diligently, and youve    been in a proactive job search (I mean, youre actively and purposefully networking for a new job) for more than lets say a month, and youre getting nowhere . . . no interviews . . . Its time to revisit your resume because its not positioning you as the good-fit candidate you know you are. Maybe it doesnt clearly align your expertise and value proposition with the needs and challenges your target companies are facing right now. If so, go back and stress these attributes and qualifications using the relevant keywords and phrases recruiters and hiring professionals will be looking for. Or maybe youve made the biggest resume writing mistake . . . you havent done the personal branding and company/industry targeting work you MUST do first, before even attempting to write your resume. Either way, take another look at your resume. If it’s broke, fix it! Put yourself in the place of the people who will be assessing you through it (and your profile). Make sure your promise of value hits home with them. Related posts: Top 10 Executive Resume Branding Tips Executive Brand Resume: Differentiate Your ROI Value Above the Fold The Lazy C-level Executive Job Search photo by hart_curt 00 0