Published on: Monday, April 30, 2012

Is Your Résumé Recruiter-Ready?

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, executive recruiters, search firms, executive branding, peer feedback, peer point-of-view, personal marketing documents

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More than half of the executive résumés that landed on recruiters' desks needed improvement before they could be submitted to a potential employer, according to ExecuNet research, which could cause your application to be delayed or rejected.

Your résumé may be complete, but is it optimized for the right opportunities? This topic evoked an active discussion on ExecuNet's member blog, and the executive community shared their tips from both candidate and hiring manager perspectives:

Published on: Thursday, November 10, 2011

Have You Heard the One About the First-Time CEO@f50

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, leadership, execunet, ceo, peer advice, peer feedback, lessons from leaders

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There are many different ways to present information, and we've found three approaches typically resonate with our ExecuNet members:

1. Benchmarks and market intelligence borne from our statistical research
   
2. Authoritative advice from vetted experts
   
3. Experiential knowledge from peer communities
   
   

When an ExecuNet member landed an opportunity at the top of the org chart, we were able to present him with data revealing CEOs' top business priorities, as well as perspectives from Board experts on what they expected from their chief executives. But the real inside information came from those he engaged in ExecuNet’s General Management Roundtable who already sat in the corner office:

Published on: Thursday, December 16, 2010

Why You Should Care about a CEO’s Sleep Patterns

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, execunet, the economy, strategy, ceo, roundtables, peer feedback, chief executive

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Like many, chief executives are tossing and turning at night, worried about the issues we identified earlier this year in our annual Executive Job Market Intelligence Report:

1. Economic uncertainty
   
2. Consistent execution of our business strategy
   
3. Balancing the demands on my personal and professional life
   
4. Achieving my personal work-related goals
   
5. My pay will not increase
   

While it may be true that the higher the thread count on the sheets, the bigger the troubles, the reasons those CEOs aren't sleeping are still of consequence to you.

Published on: Thursday, November 18, 2010

Peer Inside: The Scam Artist All-Star List

Posted By: Dave Opton
Filed Under: execunet, executive job search, dave opton, scams, peer feedback, career marketing services, career scams, career marketing firms, executive marketing firms, executive job scams

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Our recent blog post, The Scam Artist All-Star List, really struck a nerve and generated a lot of great comments — from those who experienced these fraudsters and from career professionals with additional tips. The reader feedback was too good to keep hidden, so we're bringing some of the edited highlights to the forefront with plenty more to read at the original article too.

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