How To Prepare For The New Executive Job Opportunities of 2010
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Good news is on the horizon for 2010. Recent reports from ExecuNet, the networking organization for recruiters and executives, have shown that 54 percent of recruiters recently surveyed expect executive employment to improve within the first half of the year.
It’s great to hear that things will be turning around for executive job seekers who have been trying to get back into the market after the recession hit. However, the news isn’t all good; with more companies hiring, there will be more executives fighting for each position, including executives who are already employed. What’s the best way to get hired? Here are some tips to help you prepare for your job search.
Get Your Personal Brand Ready
Before you want to draw people to you, it’s good to create your personal brand. However, hopefully as an executive, you have already accomplished this goal.
Through various means, creating your “brand” refers to how your professional self is defined. It may take quite a few tricks to accomplish this. You may go out and make speeches about ways to market products successfully, which could show your level of expertise in this field.
It’s also very important that you work to create your brand online. This might mean not only signing up on social networking sites, but also creating your own blog that provides advice on marketing.
Spruce Up Your Resume
After you get your brand together, you want to spruce up your resume. The point in creating your brand in the first place is to create a positive public image and have items to add to your resume. If you’ve been successful at building your brand, it’s a good idea to include various representations of that brand in your resume.
This might include your blog, LinkedIn or Twitter profile URL. Also, if you’ve given any speeches or made any other important public appearances, you could add these to show that you’re more than a worker bee – you’re actually out in the public getting noticed for what you know in your field.
Catch Up With Your Networking Circle
If you haven’t already, it’s good to make sure to catch up with your networking circle. While this includes your bosses, coworkers, and clients, it also includes people from your personal life, such as your own friends and family (and their friends and family).
Basically, you want to rekindle your connections with everyone you can to see what leads are out there. Of course, if you have an extensive list of people who follow you online, many of them could throw leads your way. So whoever you can connect with is a good person to keep in your networking circle.
There’s nothing better than learning that employers are officially looking to hire new employees the year after such a difficult economic time. If you don’t repair, however, you won’t stand a chance of getting a job, even with all the opportunities available in the coming year. By creating your brand, developing your resume and reconnecting with your network, you could increase your chances of snagging one of those great job opportunities the recruiters mention.