Launching your last executive job search before retiring.
You’re less than five years from retirement. You’ve decided you don’t want to stay in your job any longer. It’s time to make a...
Advice
Do this one thing before starting your executive job search.
Define what the finish line looks like. How will you know you’ve secured the right offer from the right company for the right...
7 Job Search Habits to Break Before the New Year.
1. Blasting your network with messages about job loss. ✔ Instead: Send a tailored message to a specific person asking for a one-on-one...
Why, even as an executive, you need to be career ready.
One of the hardest parts of my job is talking with senior executives who are desperate for a new job but seemingly unwilling and unable to...
5 steps to career management for executives
𝟭. 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱. Having ownership of...
Insights from an Executive Recruiter: How to Stand Out and Win in Your Job Search
Michael Williams is the Managing Partner of the Ottawa office with Odgers Berndtson Executive Search where he is engaged by companies to...
3 ways to get and keep an executive recruiter’s attention!
Mark Toscano is retained by clients to find C-suite executives. When he and I started following each other on LinkedIn, we recognized we...
An Introvert’s Guide to Networking
Push down all of your negative self-talk and summon the courage to talk to at least three people at in-person events. My friend...
Is it time to start strengthening your career ‘muscles’ again?
Last summer I stopped running for the first time in 20+ years. Running wasn’t fun for me that spring and I knew if I kept pushing myself,...
This advice comes with a warning.
Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. Let me point out a few posts offering conflicting advice that I found in my...