How to Get Recruited For Executive Level Jobs
- By Heather Eagar
- Published 02/19/2010
- Career
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According to a December 2009 survey from ExecuNet, a networking organization for recruiters and executives, 54 percent of executive recruiters expect a 19 percent rise in executive-search assignments during the first half of 2010. This is great news for executives in the midst of a job search.
But this doesn’t mean you can just kick back and relax. You need to actively kick up your search, and do everything you can to get hired. How, you ask? Here's how you can get started.
Make Sure Your Resume is Stellar
Your first objective is to ensure that your resume is perfect – no typos, no grammatical errors or misspelled words. But even more, you want to make sure that your resume tells the story you want to tell. You want to show that you know how to bring in revenue for a company, that you can and have managed numerous workers and initiatives, and that you have brought in results that have propelled previous companies in new directions.
Brand Yourself Online
What’s the fastest way to run into a recruiter? Aside from having a lucky moment at a social function, your best bet is to be seen online. Recruiting online is very popular nowadays because it’s so comfortable for the recruiters. They don’t have to leave the office and can find out virtually everything they want to know about a potential candidate – that is, if you’ve posted it all on the Internet.
If you have yet to do this then now’s the time. Begin a blog, and
update it regularly. Update and manage your info on LinkedIn, or get an account if you don't have one. Write guest blogs for any websites that will allow you to do so. Getting your name out there is the key. Bottom line: branding yourself online is a major way to get noticed by recruiters.
Get Out and Socialize
Now that you know the fastest way to run into a recruiter nowadays, let’s look at the second: networking. Yes, face-to-face networking is the age-old format for getting your next job lead – and it’s still important. You may not actually meet a job recruiter at a social function, but you could very well run into someone that knows a recruiter that's looking to hire.
Or better yet, you may run into the CEO of a company himself. Is there anything better than meeting the person in charge of all of a company's major decisions?
Make Yourself Available
If you do find that a recruiter is tracking you down, it’s important to make yourself available. Be ready to answer your phone whenever it rings, and check your email (and spam filter) regularly. Remember, you're not the only candidate vying for a position, and you'll get passed over if a recruiter tries to contact you and fails.
Since executive-level hiring is on the increase, this is the time to get out there and get yourself noticed. The more aggressive you are during your job search (branding yourself, networking on and offline and making yourself available), the greater your chances will be of getting your foot in the door of a great company that you can make history with.
But this doesn’t mean you can just kick back and relax. You need to actively kick up your search, and do everything you can to get hired. How, you ask? Here's how you can get started.
Make Sure Your Resume is Stellar
Your first objective is to ensure that your resume is perfect – no typos, no grammatical errors or misspelled words. But even more, you want to make sure that your resume tells the story you want to tell. You want to show that you know how to bring in revenue for a company, that you can and have managed numerous workers and initiatives, and that you have brought in results that have propelled previous companies in new directions.
Brand Yourself Online
What’s the fastest way to run into a recruiter? Aside from having a lucky moment at a social function, your best bet is to be seen online. Recruiting online is very popular nowadays because it’s so comfortable for the recruiters. They don’t have to leave the office and can find out virtually everything they want to know about a potential candidate – that is, if you’ve posted it all on the Internet.
If you have yet to do this then now’s the time. Begin a blog, and
Get Out and Socialize
Now that you know the fastest way to run into a recruiter nowadays, let’s look at the second: networking. Yes, face-to-face networking is the age-old format for getting your next job lead – and it’s still important. You may not actually meet a job recruiter at a social function, but you could very well run into someone that knows a recruiter that's looking to hire.
Or better yet, you may run into the CEO of a company himself. Is there anything better than meeting the person in charge of all of a company's major decisions?
Make Yourself Available
If you do find that a recruiter is tracking you down, it’s important to make yourself available. Be ready to answer your phone whenever it rings, and check your email (and spam filter) regularly. Remember, you're not the only candidate vying for a position, and you'll get passed over if a recruiter tries to contact you and fails.
Since executive-level hiring is on the increase, this is the time to get out there and get yourself noticed. The more aggressive you are during your job search (branding yourself, networking on and offline and making yourself available), the greater your chances will be of getting your foot in the door of a great company that you can make history with.