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99 Job Searching Tips for Executives
Mentor EU
Company 7234953
22 Faircross Avenue
Barking, Essex
London, UK
Email: mentoreu@mentoreu.com www.mentoreu.com
Global Career Management Consultants
99 Job Searching Tips to Finding an Executive Position
A guide for executive job seekers
Beata Staszkow
9/1/2014

Mentor EU
Company 7234953
22 Faircross Avenue
Barking, Essex
London, UK
Contents
99 Job Searching Tips to Finding an Executive Position .......................................................................... 4
Discover Mentor EU - Global Career Consultants ............................................................................. 12
Beata Staszkow - Managing Director and co-founder of Mentor EU ............................................... 12
What our Clients Say ..................................................................................................................... 13
How can we help you? .................................................................................................................. 14

Mentor EU
Company 7234953
22 Faircross Avenue
Barking, Essex
London, UK
99 Job Searching tips to finding and executive career

Mentor EU
Company 7234953
22 Faircross Avenue
Barking, Essex
London, UK
99 Job Searching Tips to Finding an Executive Position
Regardless of your achievements and level, finding an executive and senior management role is hard. Competition is fierce at your level, and without proper job searching methodology you may find yourself out of a job with little prospect of finding one.
So without further ado here are 99 tips to help you stay at the top of your job searching game:
1. Social media is important when finding a new job. As a minimum you should have a LinkedIn account. LinkedIn is used by millions of professionals worldwide. Networking, company information, being on the radar of head hunters, all happens on LinkedIn.
2. Make a list of companies you would like to work for. Using LinkedIn try to start conversations with people within these organisations. This way you remain in the heads of the people that matter.
3. Networking events can be a highly effective form of job search providing you go with a purpose. Try and ensure you have at least two follow up meetings or phone calls. One phone call can result in you getting a new job.
4. Ensure your LinkedIn profile is professional. Good LinkedIn profiles make opportunities happen, bad ones see that your opportunities are restricted. If you are unsure what to put in, approach it with a keyword perspective so it is picked up in LinkedIn searches.
5. It is not what you know but who you know. Make a list of people who work for the companies you would like to work for. Get to know them on LinkedIn to keep in their heads. Think about head hunters too. Getting to know one or two of them can make your job search come to life.
6. To maximise your LinkedIn network, invite people in your real world professional network. Colleagues, vendors, people you know from university - the more people you know the better. Job offers come from a variety of sources, the bigger your network the more chances of a descent offer.
7. Get yourself organised. Job hunting is not just about making a few lists. Record who you have spoken to and the outcome. Think about grading conversations: Promising, good, poor, this way at the very least you will not have spoken to the same person twice by mistake.

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8. LinkedIn endorsements are good. They are not quite as good as LinkedIn recommendations but they do influence searches. As a rule be happy to receive and give endorsements to people in your network.
9. LinkedIn recommendations are the highest form of praise you can receive. These have more influence on searches, and the more recommendations that show up in your profile the more impressive it looks. Recommendations from direct managers have more influence than any other. This is followed by indirect managers, peers, and subordinates.
10. Use LinkedIn's searching tools effectively. To find companies you would like to work for, you can specify geography, benefits, and most of the aspects important to you. Utilising LinkedIn tools saves time on finding the right company.
11. When applying for a job it is a good idea to use the latest technology. Therefore keep up to date with it and use it. It shows you are tech savvy which companies love.
12. Ensure your professional certification is up to speed. No excuses.
13. Where possible attend conferences. Conferences offer good networking opportunities, but in addition they also offer opportunities to learn from others. You are no doubt an authority in your field, but there is always something new to learn.
14. Prior to attending a conference, try and connect with speakers. This is easily done on LinkedIn, and a quick introduction followed by the fact you are looking forward to him or her speaking should result in a meeting at the very least. This is a classic networking move, and should be adopted.
15. Job opportunities often appear in professional association networks, often exclusively. Join related associations to your industry and attend events where possible. Obviously network, and scan for job opportunities regularly.
16. Networking is not just about discussing work, but other factors such as what is happening in someone's life. The trick here is to show interest without getting too personal. If you can have a cup of coffee with people within your industry - former colleagues, clients, suppliers, people you have met at conferences, then your job opportunities rise significantly
17. It is not all about taking but giving. If you can introduce two people who should be talking then do so. Spread the love, and you will receive. Favours are rarely forgotten.
18. Check LinkedIn groups as well as LinkedIn jobs. Recruiters post in groups as it is free to do so. Leave no avenue unexplored in your job search.
19. Always take a proactive approach to job search. At an executive/senior management level you are almost expected to make the running and demonstrate initiative.
20. Do not waste your time spending hours and hours on job boards. Think of job boards as contact research and use them for an hour week maximum.
21. Set up Google alerts. Using keywords, you can make Google do the research for you and contact you every time one of your keywords is mentioned. Similarly, use RSS feeds to send the jobs to you.

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22. You can use Google alerts to keep in tune with people you follow and your target companies. Simply set their name in the search field.
23. Job applications are highly important so ensure you complete these correctly. Your future employer measures your ability on how to follow instructions, accuracy, and veracity.
24. Establish vanity URLs on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, and most importantly LinkedIn. Ensure consistency and use post links on your CV / Resume.
25. When using social media to track company developments, ensure you follow on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, and LinkedIn. Do not rely on one of them for all the news. These insights will make your interview preparation more thorough.
26. Commenting on company news will put you in the heads of decision makers for the companies you want to work for. So do so.
27. Optimise your social media profiles to attract attention for the industries you want to work in.
28. Join relevant LinkedIn groups to the industries you want to work in. This will help you make the right connections and greatly improve networking. You can join up to 50 groups. Join 45 and save 5 for good opportunities.
29. Track your contact progress with companies, recruiters, and influential
people. There is specific software to do this or you can use a spreadsheet. This way you can set yourself targets.
30. Try and expand your social media circle as much as possible. This increases your chances of landing a good opportunity. Once you have your targeted social influencers as 'friends' look at their peers. The chances are some of them are going to be in similar jobs on a similar level.
31. When messaging/emailing, ensure your subject lines attract attention and are memorable. Failure will end with a hitting of the delete button and get you nowhere.
32. When communicating with people use their preferred method of contact. Some like to meet face to face, others by social media, and some by email.
33. When scanning job leads, some clearly will not be right for you. Pass these leads on to someone who you feel would suit the role. You can be sure they will return the favour.

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34. Try and be positive when reaching out. Positivity impresses employers as it offers a refreshing change for most workplaces.
35. Once you have found a job online, apply, and then connect with someone who works there. Ideally, this should be an influential person.
36. Having a complete 100% profile on LinkedIn improves your positioning on search results.
37. Your picture on social media sites should show you clearly, clothed, and ideally looking professional. Laid back and pictures which make you feel confident work too.
38. Consider placing ads on Facebook and LinkedIn. This can raise your profile significantly. Ensure keywords are used and targeted.
39. Roughly for every £75 K- salary it takes a couple of months to find the right role. Therefore, with this information, plan your finances and time accordingly. Be patient when finding a new role.
40. LinkedIn offers targeted job contact lists and sales target lists. Use these to your advantage
41. If you have connected with someone online, look to shift the conversation offline. This will make you more 'real'. As such your job prospects increase significantly.
42. Usie search.twitter.com to find the people who can help you find a job.
43. At events where you are meeting face to face, network with purpose. There is no point just collecting business cards unless you have a coaster shortage. Try and make at least three good connections. This means positive follow up conversations after the event.
44. Always search for negativity when researching a company. Google the company name followed by phrases such as "reduction", "downsize", "redundancy", and "sucks". It will give you an idea of culture.
45. When networking at an event, it is often better to give than to receive. Providing information, introducing people will paint you in a positive light. As mentioned, this is a favours for favours arena.
46. Use blogging and LinkedIn blogs to show your industry knowledge. This is all part of your personal brand. To that end comment on other blogs to get on the radar. This can be a good way to connect to influential people in an industry.
47. Good, optimised social media profiles yield results. Recruiters use keywords to find suitable candidates, so ensures yours is up to the mark.
48. Ensure you focus on all size of companies. Small to medium companies tend to expand quickly and need to hire people yesterday. Do not feel that only large companies can offer good opportunities.
49. Connecting with influencers cannot be overstated. Ensure you can be found by hiring managers. You never know who will be looking.
50. Try and work 4-5 hours a day to find a new job. It is a long and arduous process but it will yield its own rewards.

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51. Growing your online network on LinkedIn is important. It is much easier to keep track of developments once a person uses the social network platform. Therefore, always send invitations to connect via LinkedIn.
52. When applying job filters, especially on LinkedIn ensure the role fits in with your life. This way, you will not jump through all the job search hoops only to find you cannot do the job due to current commitments.
53. Always ensure your digital footprint contains no 'bad' material. Check Google Images to ensure there are no pictures of you circulating that you would not like your mum to see.
54. Take a cultural approach to job searching. Ask yourself where you would like to work and what you want your life to be like. Once answered you will have a better idea of the kind of job role you need and want.
55. Use Zoominfo, Hoovers, Forbes, and Fortune to find contacts.
56. When emailing unsolicited, ensure your emails are short to the point, actionable, and readable. See the headline step above. Long, Shakespearean emails will get trashed. As a rule anything more than 250 words is too long.
57. Emailing tricks to get a response include catchy headlines, time sensitive references, and using phrases like 'And that's not all'. As humans we have to respond to this. It is in our DNA.
58. As well as the companies you want to work for, look at their competitors, subsidiaries, vendors, and support companies. Good job opportunities are there to be had.
59. To get updates on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus, ensure you like or follow the companies you want to stay in tune with.
60. Blogs from people you admire often keep you motivated and inspire you. So read them.
61. Ensure all of your social media profiles are complete. Make sure people can read them, they are catchy, clear, and do not induce a coma in the reader.

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62. Bear in mind that 75% of hires are done via knowing the right person. This perspective maybe a game changer for you. Ensure you are networking effectively.
63. Always try and keep a clear head. Any issues will be quickly detected by recruiters, hiring managers, and other influential people. They kind of have a knack for it as it goes with the territory. Therefore, always try and do something to relax before you make an important phone call.
64. Though figures vary, around 80% of employers use social media to find employees. Therefore ensure you are using social media, and that you have nothing sensitive in the public eye.
65. A proven tactic is to make friends with people at the companies you want to work for. Employee referrals go a long way to landing a job.
66. If you can learn how your target companies find employees you can put yourself in the right place at the right time to get noticed.
67. LinkedIn allows a saved searched feature to bookmark the companies and people who are important to your job search. Use it, it's free and it's useful.
68. Here are some useful hashtags for Twitter. #linkedinchat #hfchat #jobhuntchat. Use these to connect and learn of new opportunities.
69. Make the most of your professional Facebook network by using sites such as Branchout and Beknown
70. If you do not want it widely known you are in the market for a new job, ask a person face to face about opportunities. Offering coffee, lunch, or a beer often gets results.
71. If you travel as part of your job see if you have contacts in the area you are travelling to. If so see if they would like to get together. Even if they can't, you will put yourself in their heads.
72. Always ensure your achievements, qualifications, and developments are broadcast across social media, especially LinkedIn. Include conferences and indeed travel destinations as well. Being on the radar is important when job searching.
73. Mastering small talk and conversational skills are important for networking. Try and take some courses if this does not come naturally to you.
74. Conduct digital footprint audits regularly. It helps you discover if you have posted anything unsavoury about yourself, and more importantly, it helps you clean up your image.
75. Always adopt a strategic approach to CV distribution. Always target an influential person to talk to after submitting your CV. Do not annoy them but just ensure they have received it. Radar radar radar!
76. Ensure each job application is tailored to the needs of the job. A one size fits all policy will fail.
77. Consider using sites such as Dun & Bradstreet to find target companies. After which use LinkedIn to find out more about the company and to connect.

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78. Google Plus is a great social media platform to post blogs. As is LinkedIn. The good thing about Google Plus is that it carries weight with search engines. So ensure you use these two platforms to blog.
79. When blogging ensure you are demonstrating your competence, and educating people at the same time. If writing is not your strong point hire a copywriter to do this for you.
80. When researching a company use the About us, Careers pages, Product or Services pages to understand what they are about. Search for press mentions too using Google.
81. If your funds are short, local libraries often have free access to paid subscription sites. Worth a look.
82. If you are currently studying, ensure your connect with your other students. They could be influential people at companies offering opportunities. If not now they could be in the future. Don't forget the course tutor as well.
83. If you attended university, the alumni often have events. It could be worth attending a few to see who is there. This can be a good way to network as you may well know the person already which makes introductions easier.
84. Helping another with a job search normally sees a like for like scenario develop. You will probably find they will help you if you help them.
85. Always track results as part of your strategic job search. This will speed up the process and you are adopting a professional approach to it.
86. Always be as helpful as possible to recruiters. This is in your interests for countless reasons. The same goes for anyone you hire to help you. Listen to what they say and follow their advice. It is in your interests.
87. Put your ego on the back burner. If you had or currently are in a position of power, you may feel you do not need advice. Those that do not control their ego do not often find opportunities. Working with those trying to help you is in your interest.

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88. Professional CV distribution service companies do exist and you might want to consider using one. After your CV has been distributed, follow this up with a phone call.
89. When attending personal events always introduce yourself to people you do not know. It is surprising how many connections are formed in this way.
90. Do not forget career fairs and events as a way of networking. Here, companies are looking for people directly, so ensure your CV and contact details are to hand before you go. And prepare for on the spot interviews.
91. With this in mind, discover if your target companies use careers fairs and ensure you attend.
92. Friends and family are important tools in your job search. A recommendation from either often yields good results.
93. To that end your friends and family might already know a key influencer you would like to get to know. Again, this is a good example of how friends and family can help your job search.
94. Always follow up. Some of the best roles are not publically known and can only be discovered through networking hard and borderline harassment. Always follow up.
95. Ensure your references are verified before you start submitting applications. Make sure they are aware you are going to use them as a reference. Do not put forward a person as a reference without consulting them first.
96. When you meet someone new take a moment to Google them. The information you glean will help you in moving the conversation forward and to focus on them and their business dealings.
97. Always look to improve your job search skills and learn from your mistakes. You'll soon work out a good formula.
98. Your job searching methodology will make an impact with prospective employer. Proactively, use of technologies, professionalism all ticks the right boxes with most employers.
99. Remember you need a job search strategy and you have to apply it for success
100. 100. Career consultants can help you with all of the above and they have direct contact with head hunters. They can remove a lot of the arduous frustrating elements of job searching.

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Discover Mentor EU - Global Career Consultants
We are global career consultants specialising in optimisnig your job search strategy. With our help you will catch the eye of head hunters and land the job role you want. We take what you have and tailor it to today's job market and trends.
Though you may feel your current job position and past achievements will automatically open doors, the reality is that the higher up the ladder you climb, the tougher the competition. The roles you want are fiercely contested, and without a clear and precise job search strategy you will struggle to get to the interview stage.
We focus on your LinkedIn profile, social media use, personal brand, and your CV. We help you formulate a strategy to land the role you want.
Beata Staszkow - Managing Director and founder of Mentor EU
Beata Staszkow is an accomplished MBA-calibre Global Careers Management Consultant and Executive Manager, with international and UK experience in managing professional services, higher education and membership organisations. The Founder and General Manager of Mentor EU she has been working on multiple career transition and outplacement projects with Workstream Consulting, KGHM Ecoren or Career Intelligence. With 20 years of a fulfilling management and consulting career in Europe and profound expertise in the global market place, she has been successfully helping senior executive clients across the globe, looking for more rewarding careers.
Profound multi-industry expertise and experience of working with executive clients combined with learning and development background allow Beata to empower her clients to take necessary actions to achieve their careers goals quickly and efficiently.
Prior to her move into careers management consulting, Beata joined KGHM Polska Miedz - Polish Copper, a blue chip company, a top producer of copper, silver and rhenium with 30,000 employees. Promoted to Deputy Director of Employers' Organisation of Polska Miedz, Beata successfully represented extractive and metal industry in Poland and Europe.
From September 2001 until March 2006, she successfully managed The Institute of Personnel and Development - a start-up consultancy which successfully delivered training and consulting services to blue-chip and medium sized companies across industry sectors. They successfully assisted

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corporate clients going through most dramatic business transitions including privatisations, mergers and acquisitions as we as redundancies.
Beata has got expertise in managing successful turnarounds and managing private higher education institutions. Apart from academic lecturing and managing the English Department of the Polish Open University, in 1995 she took over an ailing campus of the POU and transformed it into a leading business school in Poland.
Outside her professional interests, Beata is a voracious reader and a classical music fan.
What our Clients Say Ramzy Maalouf
VP, Sales Operations at Trade International
I had been in my job for a couple of years and I felt that it was high time to make a move. I had no experience of looking for a job since I had been always headhunted for my previous positions and I was worried that I would waste a lot of time before I start getting interviews. I did some research and I thought that I need to find an experienced careers management consultant to accelerate my career transition. I started working with Beata and she made it clear that a career transition at a senior executive level is a complex project and we need to combine her expertise and my hard work and commitment in order to succeed. We started from reformatting my CV, learning how to apply for jobs efficiently and ensure that my CV is actually noticed and read. We looked at all aspects of career transition including building relationships with recruiters and executive search consultants, networking and direct approaches. Beata helped me to improve my Linkedin profile and build my personal brand through social media. The honest and sincere feedback that Beata provided, helped me achieve a position with the one of the most recognizable corporation in my line of work. Within three months of working with Beata, I achieved my goal; however, her helpfulness and feedback with my professional career didn’t end.
Giovanni Fabbio
Management and Consultant at Consilia

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Beata is very familiar with the field of human resources, the needs of companies and her coaching services offered both at company level and at individual level are extremely effective in guiding and optimizing choices of her clients.
Dilip Savaikar
Re - order Regional Supply Chain Director , Latin America
Beata is a highly respected coach and career consultant with a strong reputation for achieving excellent results for her clients. Her deep insights about the market and what exactly are corporates are looking for is absolutely spot on. Interacting with Beata has helped me focus more on my strengths and he helped me to work on some of my weak spots. She is professional, diligent, positive, well qualified and offers extensive experience combined with first-class communication and interpersonal skills.How can we help you?
If your job search is floundering, and you are finding it difficult to make progress. Or perhaps you have not looked for a job within the last twelve months. Get in touch. Trends in how the better corporations find employees are changing all the time. We keep pace with the trend so we can market your skills and abilities to the best companies in your field.
We can schedule a free thirty minute consultation where we will assess your job searching methods and documents. From here, we can put together a strategy to land you a new role.
Email mentoreu@mentoreu.com to begin.

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