2015 Executive Job Search Success: Part 1

Congratulations on taking action in notching up the game for your executive job search in 2015! Here is where you will find some great resources and bonus materials that I want to share with you.

1. Here is great video that captures the game plan that is part of  Session 1. Read Chapter 1 and 3 this week for this session,  of The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Click Above for The Success Principles book information I  learned about this great parable from Michael Port. It is obviously has stood the test of time. There are some great nuggets in this video. I am also sharing with you another version you can download in Power Point. Lean in, listen closely and take great notes. The video is less than 4 minutes.

2. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD the PARABLE OF THE PENCIL

3. Here are the questions that Ivan Misner shared with me on Friday on our "intimate " call with 500+ others. CLICK HERE for Ivan Misners 5 Networking Questions

4. Here is the resource listed below regarding the web site that creates the PDF's of the business books. CLICK HERE FOR WEBSITE

5.To see the information on Jack Canfield's book: CLICK HERE The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be 

I look forward to coaching you in 2015 land that next great executive position!

Feel free to with any pressing questions you may have at sweet@executivejobsearchexpert.com or CLICK HERE Eleanor Anne Sweet Executive Job Search Expert and Coach  tm

Eleanor Anne Sweet 

Executive Job Search Expert

www.ExecutiveJobSearchExpert.com

PS I forget to offer the opportunity regarding my current business books information for you and your friends. CLICK HERE FOR MY SUCCESS BOOK STORE 

Note, Success Secret #2 is most recently released book, released January 11,(CLICK BELOW to see) Success Secret #2 - Interview Questions That Change the Game: Special Excerpt from "The NEW Rules of Job Search - How to Land an Executive Job in a New Economy (Volume 2)

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Executive Job Search Expert: Executive Job Search 4.0 -- Executive Job Search Approach and Outlook in 2015

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I thought it would help start getting ready for the start of the New Year with executive job search tips that take us all back to basics. There is a lot to be said for re-evaluating what has been working and more importantly what you need to change for your six figure search in first quarter of 2015.

Now is a natural time to look at the past year's efforts and result in your executive job search and decided how to change your job search strategy and get more traction and results in your executive job outlook 2015!

Six Figure Executive Job Search Tips 4.0

 1)   Get focused on what type of six figure executive jobs you are looking for.

2)   Create a new resume or update /edit a pre-existing resume for your current executive job search campaign. I am firm believer in multiple versions to serve various six figure job opportunities that you are considering. Create customized resume to focus on the skill set that are listed on the six figure executive job listings that you are applying for. Also less is better on the length of your resume for your initial submissions. You can take the longer version to the actual interview. I will be getting into more details on this in my blog and future Tele Seminars.

3)   Create a list of target companies/industries that you would like to work for. I am suggesting you start with 100-200 companies and all their contact information. Gather all the appropriate contact information you will need to follow-up on during your six figure executive job search campaign. I am advising creating this information in Microsoft Excel if you are familiar with that software. Create different spreads sheets for different industries.

Don't forget to visit the following web sites to help you with your job search:

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www.TheNEWRulesofJobSearch.com

www.AskTheJobSearchExpert.com

www.JobSearchSuccess2012.com

www.GreatInterviewQuestionsBlog.com

www.TheJobSearchExperts.com

www.ExecutiveJobSearchExpert.com

I look forward to working with you in your six figure executive job search. Eleanor

 

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Executive Job Search Expert: Don't Give up with Your Executive Job Search

Here is a great video to watch on "The Law of Averages in Sales and Management". You can definitely apply this to your executive job search.   Keep following up with your executive job leads. The more people you call, the faster you will find and land that next great executive job! I believe in you. Have a great week! Eleanor Anne Sweet Executive Job Search Expert Coach tm PS CLICK THIS LINK TheNEWRulesofJobSearch.com for your "Job Search Solutions in a Book". Have a great week! Copyright  All right reserved.

Executive Job Search Expert Coach: Secrets to Homerun with Your Executive Job Search Resume

Tips on How to Get Your Executive Job Search Resume Noticed...

Basic Statistics in Today's Market You Need To Understand

 On average, your executive resume will be looked at for only 10 seconds!!

 The average person in today's labor market is in a job for only 2.5 to 3 years.

 After graduating from college, most people can expect to have 12 to 16 jobs in their lifetime.

7 Styles of Resumes You Need to Be Aware Of

There are basically seven types of executive resume forms from which you can choose. You will most likely select the one that best suits your style, with the understanding that in certain unique situations, you may want turn to some of the other alternatives.

1. Reverse chronological (preferred one)

2. Combination type, both chronological and functional

3. Functional

4. Biographical letter (the "no resume" resume)

5. "Handbill" resume and mini resume

6. "Tell-all" resume

7. Targeted resume

Overall Recap

Initially, spend most of your time building your accomplishment list. Then focus on creating a quality "Summary" that will successfully position you for the type of job you want to interview for. At the same time, differentiate yourself from the other executive job candidates who are vying for the same position.

Set a timer for 10 seconds and conduct a mock pre-interview with a friend. When the timer goes off, have your friend tell you what they know about you and your professional executive background based on reading/scanning your resume for 10 to 15 seconds.

If you are not happy with their answer, look at your resume and try to figure out where you message is breaking down.

Bear in mind that 90% of people finding executive jobs are currently succeeding through networking. Keep working on your list of 200 target companies. In your research, you will uncover what traits and qualities they are looking for in an executive employee. That is precisely the information you need to customize in your executive resume, executive cover letters, and executive follow-up letters to them.

Remember in your initial contact with a company to send a two-page customized executive resume that is detailed but brief. You want to entice the executive hiring authority into asking for additional information. That will necessitate him or her having to reach out to you to set up an interview.

Save your long, full executive resume for your second face-to-face interview. After you have completed your first interview, you will have a better idea of how to customize your executive resume to address the company's specific needs.

This is Marketing 101. Remember that you are the product. Keep doing this method over and over for every target company, and before you know it, you'll have sold yourself.

You will find this information in my recently released new book CLICK BOOK COVER for more information

Before I leave you today, I would like to leave you with a thought for today . . .

Capitalize on Your Strengths

Thomas Alva Edison was almost deaf. But he didn't waste

valuable time trying to teach himself to hear. Instead, he

concentrated on the things he did best: thinking, organizing,

and creating. And he became great because of it.

—Anonymous

*** The above material is are excerpts from my newest executive job search book, The NEW Rules of Job Search – How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy, Chapter 3 – Secrets to a Homerun with Your Resume.

Here is the information on that book, The NEW Rules of Job Search: How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy

Have a good week with your executive job search.

Feel to contact me at sweet@ExecutiveJobSearchExpert.com if you are ready for professional help with ramping up your executive job search results.

I look forward to helping you achieve great results with your executive job search!

Eleanor

Eleanor Anne Sweet

Executive Job Search Expert Coach ™

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TODAY”S Executive Job Search Action Plan:

1. Register for my weekly executive job search tips on my newest web site, www.ExecutiveJobSearchExpert.com

2. Go to www.TheNEWRulesofJobSearch.com  to find out more about my newest job search book, The NEW Rules of Job Search - How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy.

3. Go to www.TheJobSearchExperts.com to register for additional weekly executive job search information to help you with your executive job search and landing that next great job faster.

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Executive Job Search Expert Coach: Keeping a Positive Mindset During your Executive Job Search

Executive Job Search is Like Growing Bamboo - Patience

Managing the Ups and Downs of the Executive Job Search

One of the things that will help you to develop a positive mindset about your executive job search is to start feeling more in control. You also need to face up to how frightened and angry you are if you are currently unemployed, especially in a challenging economy like this one.

You may also be dealing with feelings such as fear, anger, shock, disbelief, self-doubt, denial, betrayal, guilt, depression, shame, etc. over losing your executive job. First off, let me say that all of these responses are normal and common. Unfortunately, everybody goes through them at various times while looking for a new executive job. They are normal emotional stages everyone deals with.

Do not worry if at times you feel discouraged or emotionally out of control. Traditionally, when you're unemployed, the five main emotions are anger or being mad, sadness, shame, fear, and gladness. (Why gladness? A lot of people are relieved to be free of the executive jobs they were unhappy in.)

Denial is also part of the game. One day you'll find yourself feeling up and the next day down in the dumps. Your response to your situation is bound to be a roller coaster of emotional mood swings. Again, this is normal. You are not losing your mind!

The trick is to manage these emotions and compartmentalize them. This way, they do not paralyze you from taking action to regain control of your life and find a great executive job you can be excited about! The longer you allow these emotions to bring you down and paralyze you, the longer it will take you to land your ideal job.

Ironically, it is when you might be most discouraged with your executive job search progress that you most need your determination and confidence to come out of the situation. They are what will position you as a winner. I suggest you go to my blog, on the web site www.TheJobSearchExperts.com: "Sweet Job Advice." In particular, read the December 15, 2010 entry, the bamboo story from Zig Ziglar.

This story drives home the important point that an executive job search is similar to growing a bamboo tree. Both a bamboo tree and a job search take a lot of preparation, feeding (your pipeline), and nurturing (follow through) before the fruits of your efforts are necessarily seen.

The key is to keep watering and taking care of your bamboo tree. Suddenly, after five years of not "growing," your bamboo tree will grow 90 feet in one season! The same is true for your job search: Suddenly, after all your efforts, you will be rewarded with interviews and job offers.

It will not help your situation to continuously beat up on yourself, though we all have done so at one time or another. Being hard on ourselves is human nature in terms of how we cope with such situations.

If you find yourself going through a temporary phase of being completely overwhelmed with your executive job search, take some time off. You'll need a break to get re-energized and shake off the negative thinking.

If you're looking full time for an executive job, I suggest you take three hours off a week. Reward yourself by doing something that you normally would not have had the luxury of doing while you were working. It could be volunteering at your children's school, meeting a friend for breakfast or lunch, etc.

Allow yourself an hour to walk outside the house. Another idea is to engage in some type of physical activity, such as a house maintenance project. (Your spouse will be pleased. Don't forget that this period of instability is a particularly hard time for spouses as well.) Try to find some project you can easily control, complete, and witness visual results from.

I personally love gardening. I remember being depressed following the death of my mother. The day after the funeral, I felt overwhelmed. So I basically went out into the garden and the hillside and probably chopped down about 25 buckthorn trees. The physical labor and visual results helped me refocus and get re-energized.

If the weather is bad, you can also work inside the house, touching up some of the chipped paint or caulk or repainting a room, closet, basement, or garage.

*** The above material is an excerpt from my newest executive job search book, The NEW Rules of Job Search – How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy, pages 25-27..

Bottom line is to take action steps with your executive job search every day. At the same time allow you a little down time to recharge.

I look forward to helping you land that next great executive job that you have been looking for during your executive job search!

Take care,

Eleanor

Eleanor Anne Sweet

Executive Job Search Expert Coach ™

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TODAY”S Executive Job Search Action Plan:

1. Register for my weekly executive job search tips on this page before you leave this page/blog, www.ExecutiveJobSearchExpert.com

2. Go to www.TheNEWRulesofJobSearch.com  to find out more about my newest job search book, The NEW Rules of Job Search - How to Land an Executive Job in the New Economy.

3. Go to www.TheJobSearchExperts.com to register for additional weekly executive job search information to help you with your executive job search and landing that next great job faster.

Eleanor Anne Sweet

Executive Job Search Expert, Author, Speaker and Consultant

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