Executive
Career
Resources
Samples, articles, partners,
websites, blogs, and publications
Links to Our Favorite
Partners and Resources
Suggested Reading
& Research: Web
and Print
Resources
Note: Articles and sample
documents are provided to you in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format, the
worldwide standard for document distribution and viewing via the Web. To
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Sample Resumes
and Other Executive Documents
These are
fictionalized examples of actual resumes and documents that resulted in a
successful job search. They are among 120+ of our career documents and
advice that have been published in 30
career books by McGraw-Hill, JIST, or other major publishers.
Our most
recent groundbreaking
branded resume style:
(Soon to be
featured in the book The Executive's Pocket Guide to ROI Resumes and Job
Search (JIST publishers)
Sample
Executive Resume: Senior-Level Finance Executive
Resume and
letter featured in the
Wall Street Journal
career pages
Resume
Makeover: A New Brand Helps IT Exec Overcome Hurdles
(article)
Sample
Executive Cover Letter: IT Outsourcing Specialist (in
article) Sample
Executive Resume: IT
Outsourcing Specialist (in article)
More pioneering
branded resumes and career documents
Sample
Executive Resume: C-level Executive (with Leadership Addendum)
Sample
Executive Resume: International Executive
Sample
Executive Resume: Real Estate Development Executive Sample
Executive Resume: C-level Hospitality Executive Sample
Executive Resume: COO & IT Executive Sample
Executive Resume: Marketing & Biz Dev Executive
Sample
Executive Resume: Wall Street Executive Sample
Leadership Profile: Wall Street Executive
Sample Executive
Bio: Wall Street Executive
Sample
Executive Summary: Sales and Marketing Leader
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The Brand Bio process
(intake, coaching, and writing) and "Brand
Bio" personal brand profile document deliver THE foundation to
continuous career success!
See a fictionalized sample of
our pioneering "Brand
Bio" that delivers YOUR executive brand in immediately usable,
"sound bite-able," career-supporting, resume-building,
interview-popping, job-cinching, deal-making, POWER BITES of
differentiation and value.
Out-compete
with an Executive Brand
Executive
Career Power Plan: Six Steps to Soaring Success!
Brand
Your Executive Resume: Get More interviews!
A
Branded Personal Marketing Library:
The Extraordinary Executive Difference
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Links to Our Favorite
Partners and Resources
Brandego
is the only web portfolio site we recommend to our very senior executives.
The Brandego team is absolutely THE BEST in blending executive branding,
design, and the latest in technology to create dazzling, value-defining,
job-attracting, career-building portfolios--critical differentiators in
executive career management as well as today's all important on-line
identity and brand management. If you have a Brandego portfolio, you have
control, you have the edge, you have the best!
We use the Reach Branding Club
Program as a supplement to our Executive Power Brand Programs. The Reach
Branding Club is a pioneering, on-line, web-delivered, self-paced
(typically one module every week to two weeks--16 modules in total) covering
the complete spectrum of personal branding--from brand identification to
brand management.
If you are an Executive Power
Brand coaching client membership in the RBC is free as part of your
Executive Power Brand Program (Executive Power Brand "Boot Camp
Basic" program excluded).
For those executives on a
strict budget, or for those who want to "test-drive" the concept
of personal branding before retaining a brand coach, The Reach Branding
Club is a great resource.
The
global leader in personal branding, founded by William Arruda. The
newsletter has a great personal branding article every month. Deb Dib
holds Certified Personal Brand Strategist certification through Reach--and
is on the pioneering Reach Advance team of early adopter brand
strategists. See her strategist
profile on the Reach website.
www.profileresearch.com--The
definitive resource for smaller, more intimate mailings or e-mailings to
companies and recruiters. Great service and great data. Owner Bob
Bronstein is a Harvard and Wharton educated, Fortune 100 marketing pro who
has lent his considerable talents to serving the needs of executive job
seekers for over ten years. A well known and trusted resource in the
resume industry, Bob has impeccable credentials and will help you
determine the best targets for your resume. Use the website to contact him
for a consultation and be sure to let him know we referred you!
www.jobbait.com
--The definitive resource for executives desiring the ultimate in
large volume, high-quality, targeted direct mail campaigns to companies
and recruiters. This is NOT "throw paint at a wall and hope it
sticks" mailing. This is highly researched, tightly targeted super
executive level, steel cut engraved stationary, top-of the pyramid
service. You have us build your brand, construct your resume, and write a
powerful employment proposal cover letter. You have Mark Hovind--owner,
engineer, and data guru, do the rest. Contact Mark for a free
consultation, and let him know you found him through Deb Dib at Executive
Power Brand.
http://www.jobwhiz.com
-- a talent agent for those job-seeking senior executives who want swift
entree to decision-makers but lack the time, skills, or desire to network
and cold call.
Debra Feldman personally
represents you to your key targets--those prospective employers
(including board members) with whom you most want to connect. She
expedites your progress and expertly implements your campaign wit the
utmost discretion and confidentiality, making contacts and assessing
interest from employers on your behalf.
Debra skillfully assists
with the often overwhelming and time-consuming tasks of daily job search execution.
She buffers you from gatekeepers and spare you from voice mail systems.
She follows up on leads and she handles biographical research and
corporate due diligence. Debra even offsets a lack of strong networking
connections so you can stop worrying about contacts who are not delivering
appropriate leads fast enough. She delivers on the premise of "it's
not just what you know, but whom you know, and who knows you."
Sound too good to be true?
It's not--it's real and it works. This high-ROI service ids for the
discerning executive who is willing to invest to save stress, time, and
effort. For best results we recommend partnering our coaching, branding,
resume and job search collaterals with Debra Feldman's job search / talent
agent services. Please tell Debra Deb Dib sent you.
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Suggested Reading
& Research
Web
Resources
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Print
Resources: Books, New and Classic!
The Brand You 50: or Fifty
Ways to Transform Yourself from an Employee into a Brand That Shouts
Distinction, Commitment, and Passion!
Tom Peters
Get Slightly
Famous: Become a Celebrity in Your Field and Attract More Business with
Less Effort
Steven Van Yoder
The Personal Branding
Phenomenon
Peter Montoya
Now Discover Your Strengths
(comes with free on-line strengths assessment)
Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton, PhD
All Marketers are Liars:
The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low Trust World
Seth Godin
A Whole New
Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age
Daniel Pink
Don't Send a Resume and
Other Contrarian Rules to Help Land a Great Job
Jeffrey J Fox
The Knock 'Em Dead
series of career books,
Martin Yate
Get Hired Now
C. J. Hayden & Frank Traditi
How to Become a CEO
Jeffrey J Fox
The Potato Chip Difference
Michael Goodman
Dig Your Well Before You're
Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You'll Ever Need
Harvey MacKay
Make Your
Contacts Count: Networking Know How for Cash, Clients, and Career Success
Anne Baber & Lynne Waymon
Negotiating Your Salary:
How to Make $1000 a Minute
Jack Chapman
Second Acts: Creating the
Life You Really Want, Building the Career You Truly Deserve
Stephan M. Pollan
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