The Exclusive Career Coach

Today, we’re talking about how to increase your chance of choosing an employer who is a good fit for you. I’m dividing this discussion into two parts: How to determine what qualities or characteristics are most important to you and what you can do to assess an employer. What are you looking for?There are no right or wrong answers here – what IS important is that you separate

Gaps in employment. I want to start with the big picture, then drill down to some specifics. If it was several years ago, or more recently for only a few months, it probably isn’t the problem you think it is. You can eli...

SO…you’ve landed a new position at a new company. How can you make your transition as smooth as possible? Here are 15 strategies: Exit GracefullyYou don’t want your reputation to be tarnished in the final weeks with your old employer. Finish up any projects you need to, create whatever you need to help your successor in the role, say your goodbyes, and leave gracefully. Annou

I want to talk with you today about what SHOULD and SHOULDN’T be on your resume in 2024. Like many of the topics I bring to the podcast, this one comes from resumes I’ve seen lately with very old-school information. What Should Be Included-Branding statement & Summary (which I covered in episode #314 last week). -Professional Experience section, written in reverse chronological

I want to talk with you today about how to approach your resume summary. I will also be talking a lot about personal branding in this section. If you are new to this concept, the resume summary goes “above the fold” on page 1 of your ...

Over the years, a number of people have reached out to me with concerns about their resume – in some cases, resumes I wrote for them. They went to a website that offered a free resume critique and got back harsh criticism that worried...

Today’s topic is how to become a thought leader on LinkedIn. This is something I work with many of my mid- and upper-level clients on and I wanted to share some of that work with you in this episode. Let’s start with the obvious: If you want to become a thought leader on LinkedIn, you need a complete, professional, and optimized profile. If this is something you want help with,

Here’s the scenario: You’ve been promoted in your current unit. You are now managing people who used to be your peers – at least one of whom may have also applied for the promotion. How do you transition from a colleague to a manager? This can happen as you move from an individual contributor to a first-time manager, or from a manager to a director or senior manager. You coul

I want to start by being clear: This is a topic I’ve covered before. I’m covering it again because, based on the resumes that come to me for consults, ya’ll haven’t gotten the message yet. In addition to touching on this topic in several episodes, I specifically covered job duties and achievements in episode #174. I’m going to expand on the content from that episode in th

As most of you know, the first 90 days in a new job are critical for your long-term success – not only in that role, but for your future with the organization. Today, I want to give you key steps you can take in those first 90 days to set yourself up for success. Let’s start with an Individual Contributor role. A primary focus from week 1 should be getting clear success metrics