Curious on how you can stand out in a sea of candidates to get that coveted Director, VP, or Executive-level interview? ?
If you’re in a high-level, $100K-$300K+ job search, you’re probably getting frustrated at how difficult it is to get in front of decision makers or you may be receiving countless rejection letters. Even worse, maybe you’re getting ghosted by recruiters time and time again. ??♂️
In order to flip the script and get headhunters and decision makers coming directly to you for an interview, you’ll need to present yourself as a highly desirable leader in your industry in 3 main areas:
- Get your messaging and branding focused and on point. Specifically on your resume and in your LinkedIn profile. Most people try and describe themselves as a “jack of all trades.” Niche down into what you’re great at and what you love to do.
- ✅ BONUS Tip: If you didn’t already know this, your LinkedIn profile headline should never be just a boring job title. Use the LinkedIn headline field to tell people a bit more about how you see yourself in your role.
- ? Example: My LinkedIn profile headline says: “I Help My Clients Land Their Dream Job / Career Coach / Entrepreneur / Combat Veteran”
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- Only put an emphasis on things that truly matter to the decision maker. Get rid of responsibility based bullets on your resume/LinkedIn profile and highlight only on results-driven and achievement based bullets that showcase your value.
- ? Example: Instead of writing “Helped with creating, defining, and executing XYZ initiatives,” you could write “Spearheaded development and execution of XYZ initiatives, generating more than $7.5 million in yearly revenue…”
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- ? Example: Instead of writing “Helped with creating, defining, and executing XYZ initiatives,” you could write “Spearheaded development and execution of XYZ initiatives, generating more than $7.5 million in yearly revenue…”
- When your details are optimized, we highly encourage you to start posting things on LinkedIn. Your experiences, challenges, and your opinions on what’s going on in your industry are valuable. Only about only 3 million users (out of the 740 million) share content on LinkedIn on a weekly basis, so as the 1% minority of people posting on this powerful platform, you will start standing out as an industry leader quickly.
- ✅ BONUS Tip: Use hashtags in your posts to stand out on LinkedIn.
- ? These are a few great hashtags you can search on LinkedIn to find more opportunities: #jobsearch #nowhiring #recruiting #remotejob #employment
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Once you do these things, this will start happening…
- You start attracting more key people to your optimized LinkedIn profile
- Decision-makers will WANT to talk to YOU
- When you come up in keyword searches, headhunters and recruiters will want to talk to you because they have a better understanding of the value you provide
There are a few more steps to this, so schedule your complimentary call with one of our Executive Career Coaching experts to gain more clarity around getting more interviews during your job search. https://go.oncehub.com/CareerBreakthroughSession
Looking forward,
Tim Madden, MBA | Executive Career Upgrades
P.S. If you’re interested proven blueprint for Director, VP, and Executive job searching success… Our clients are consistently landing 5-8 interviews each week! Often finding themselves in multiple job offer situations, with an average of a 20%-30% pay increase over their most current role.
If you have questions surrounding your job search, we can’t wait to answer them for you: https://go.oncehub.com/CareerBreakthroughSession.
