5 Simple Steps To Turbo Charge Your Executive Job Search

5 Simple Steps to                 can point out your most relevant   Turbo-Charge Your Executive     key skills/achievements in your    Job Search                      Key Skills/Achievements summary.                                         This helps the executive           Often overlooked, these 5 simple      recruiter to instantly see you as  steps can speed up your job           a fit for the position.            search and encourage more                                                executive recruiters and decision     3. Consider approaching people in  makers to call you.                   companies that aren’t advertising                                        for your skill-set. Many           1. Be seen as an achiever rather      vacancies still don’t make it to   than a “doer” by focusing your        the classifieds or executive job   resume on your achievements           boards and this will help you tap  rather than responsibilities. On      into these vacancies. In addition  your resume, under each of your       to the “contacts” section of a     job titles use “Achievements” as      company website the company’s      a sub-heading followed by bullet      press releases often contain a     points outlining your                 wealth of information on key       achievements in that role. Then       contacts within the company.       add another sub-heading for                                              responsibilities and outline your     4. Look for contacts in            responsibilities.                     industry-specific publications.                                          Experts usually know other         2. Adding a Key                       experts and they may offer to      Skills/Achievements summary at        help you, particularly if you      the top of your resume can help       demonstrate in your letter/email   you to easily target yourself         that you can add value to the      when applying to different            industry/sector.                   positions. By looking at the                                             requirements of the position you      5. In addition to reaching for     the classifieds take a good look      be long before these companies     at the business section of your       are looking for people and by      newspaper. Here you’ll learn          contacting them now you’ll get in  which companies are expanding and     first when the competition for     winning orders. It likely won’t       positions is often minimal.        About the Author: Robert Odhams runs an international business that helps executives to connect with the right executive recruiters and find more executive jobs. Executives in the US/Canada can easily connect with recruiters at http://www.executivetrumpet.com. and in the UK at http://www.cvtrumpet.co.uk. Source: www.isnare.com