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3 Tips to Maximize LinkedIn Marketing

Most business professionals are familiar with LinkedIn’s online networking system, but few know just how many career opportunities bypass them daily. Executives are inundated with personal branding and social media marketing information. In the wake of so much information, it’s advantageous to take a step back and remember the basics of LinkedIn marketing. How to […]

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Reengage with Your Current Career

Even the most driven leaders can find themselves going through the motions at work. For entry-level employees putting forth halfhearted effort may decrease productivity and stagnate upward mobility; for a CEO, president, or board member, career ennui can affect an entire corporation. Save yourself – and your company – from career disengagement with Executive Resumes Atlanta’s 3

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3 Ways to Develop Your Personal Brand

Many executives lack the time, the skills, or the patience to develop a compelling and concise personal brand. Here are 3 guidelines for personal branding success from the high level career builders at Executive Resumes Atlanta. Develop authenticity. In unskilled hands, executive self-promotion can come across as shortsighted braggadocio or a carefully crafted falsehood. The advent of

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Find a New Career without Getting Fired

No one envies the frustrating and often disheartening task of making job hunting your career, but finding new opportunities when you’re already employed comes with its own set of complications. Whether you’re stuck in a job you hate or you’re simply suffering career ennui, it’s challenging to find a new job without burning bridges. Find

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How to Improve Marketability

Applying for an executive position isn’t simply a matter of casting your skills and successes in a positive light. Past victories are relevant to future output, but for corporate board members and executive recruiters, an interesting, professional resume is only part of the picture. The key to landing a coveted position is convincing employers that you

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Executive Success for Women in Atlanta

Innumerable studies have listed the challenges female executives face daily. Many of those studies highlight the gender imbalance and gender pay gap still rampant in America. America ranks 31st in terms of female leadership: women hold only 14.6% of executive-level positions. Compared with the international average, 24%, Russia leads the nations in executive female representation with

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The Art of Executive Self-Promotion

Professionals who have spent any amount of time in executive positions have a long list of tangible contributions they’ve brought to their company. However, many executives—particularly female executives—feel uncomfortable when enumerating their accomplishments. A fixation on past successes can halt the progress on an otherwise promising career, but self-promotion in and of itself has more

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Outdated Job Search Wisdom

An executive job search can be a daunting undertaking. With higher recruiting standards, less frequent advertising regarding openings, and fewer career opportunities on each corporate level, conventional wisdom no longer applies in many career-building situations. To make the most of your executive job search, reexamine these outdated job search tips. Broaden Your Search Whether you’re applying for

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3 Traits of Unsuccessful Executives

Just as successful CEOs, CFOs, COOs, and other high profile executives share positive leadership traits, executives who fail often have commonalities in their tenures. In 2004 Sydney Finkelstein published “Why Smart Executives Fail,” a case study involving high profile executive failures. While assigning too much blame to a single person only exacerbates corporate failures, many

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