Today You Need More Than a Resume...
You Need a Career Tool Box
(...and if you're sending your teen to college, or your college grad into the workforce, he/she needs one too!)
Today's effective search requires using every tool in your arsenal. Based on direct experience, Executive Power Brand is proud to endorse the following as among the best, most trusted services and providers in the careers industry.
In this section you'll find recommendations for resources for on-line identity, web delivered personal branding, e-mail and snail-mail campaigns, executive networking and job search sites, a cool career productivity tool, a corporate coach, a college coach, and even an executive agent.
On-line Identity (Blogs, Websites, Logos and more)
Kirsten Dixson
For
more than four years Deb Dib has collaborated with Kirsten Dixson, the
original founder of Brandego and a pioneering expert in online branding
for career success. In fact, Kirsten developed this website with
designer, Sue Brettell.
Having completed Kirsten's Online Identity Certification Program
through Reach, Deb Dib is well-equipped to oversee your online identity
campaign. Check out these sites that Kirsten's team developed for Deb's
clients:
Today, we encourage clients to utilize blogs as their primary
branded Web presence and create an online identity plan to consistently
build a volume of on-brand search engine results. This is an excellent example of a blog for one of Kirsten's clients.
How does your online ID measure up? Use the Online ID Calculator now, and contact Deb or Kirsten for more information.
Web-delivered Personal Branding
The Reach Branding Club
Deb
uses the Reach Branding Club Program as a supplement to Executive Power
Brand's Programs. The Reach Branding Club is a pioneering, online,
web-delivered, self-paced program covering the complete spectrum of
personal branding -- from brand identification to brand management.
If you are an Executive Power Brand client, membership in the RBC is free as part of your Executive Power Brand Program.
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.
Personal Branding Information & Certification Training
Reach Personal Branding
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. Are you a career consultant? Ask Deb if Reach's
certification programs are right for you.
Targeted E-Mail & Snail-Mail Campaigns
Pro/File Research
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 that Deb Dib
referred you!
JobBait, Inc.
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.
Executive Agent
JobWhiz
This unique service
is for very senior executives who want to save time and effort and
maintain confidentiality by using an executive agent to execute their
job search.
Debra Feldman, the Job Whiz, has been recommended
by Fortune magazine as among the best executive agents in the business.
She helps her elite clients by researching targeted companies and
specific industry leaders. She’ll help you determine what value you
hold that will attract these individuals and persuade them to agree to
an exploratory conversation.
She makes the arrangements for
the introduction, helps plan the agenda, coordinates any needed leave
behinds. She sets up meetings, avoids the gatekeepers, preserves your
privacy, and positions you with selectivity and exclusivity. And she
keeps track to ensure follow up appointments and initiatives to keep
you connected and on the target’s radar.
Executive Productivity Tools
JibberJobber
How
great would it be to spend just a short time each week logged onto a
powerful, intuitive website that delivers a simple way to build and
manage your network as well as your active or passive job search
activities and documents?
JibberJobber allows you to toss out that spiral notebook labeled “job search” or “career” and instead rely on a simple, yet powerful web-based program to help you to keep every detail in one organized place where you can quickly organize your network, job search, and career management activities. JibberJobber even has an interface with LinkedIn to provide seamless interaction between two great toolsets.
Whether your job search status is currently active or inactive, you ARE a job seeker. The longevity of a CEO is less than four years. If you are a CMO, you could be looking at 18 months. Don’t let your critical career-building activities lie fallow until you need a new job and are panicking that your network is nowhere and you are woefully unprepared! Stay painlessly organized and primed for success with JibberJobber!
CXO, Entrepreneur, and Consultant Newsletters
Information Strategies
Information
Strategies, Inc. is a leading marketing and media company, renowned for
its timely information, and ability to solve problems and provide
creative, practical solutions to business issues. Led by President and
CEO, JoAnn Laing, ISI delivers competitive advantage through
information and the innovative use of media. They employ and utilize
some of the world’s leading experts in their fields and produce an
array of no-cost newsletters for the busy executive. Visit Information
Strategies to sign up for one or more newsletters.
Executive Networking & Career Management
Netshare
We highly recommend Netshare, featured by Forbes
as among the best senior executive job search and career management
organizations. Netshare has exclusive job postings for 6- and 7-figure
jobs, but more than that it is a vibrant community where members can
access a deep well of the latest (and proven) information in all areas
of job search and career management. In addition, Netshare has lively
on-line member forums where CEOs, CFOs, and other senior and C-suite
members can brainstorm with their peers. Their “Ask a Coach” weekly
calls are invaluable to many members who have burning questions. CEO
Kathy Simmons and her team are dedicated to providing personal
attention and one-to-one and many-to-one support for their members.
They love what they do, and it shows.
Best of the Web for Job Hunting
Job-Hunt.org
An
award-winning employment “portal” Website, Job-Hunt links to 10,000
employers and employment resources. In addition to links to the Fortune
500, by state, Job-Hunt also links to thousands of smaller employers as
well as education and government employers in each state.
With a focus on networking, Job-hunt links to corporate and military “alumni” networks, from E & Y Alumni to The Marine Corps League, and over 1,000 other national and local industry/professional organizations and job search support groups. In addition, Job-Hunt’s Professionals provide articles and advice on the whole job search process. The newest Job-Hunt Pro is Liz Ryan, Job-Hunt’s Networking Pro. Liz is a former Fortune 500 HR Director who is a nationally recognized expert in the job search process and also a columnist for Business Week and Yahoo! HotJobs.
Job-Hunt’s recognition include Forbes Best of the Web for Job Hunting since 2002, US News & World Report top site for finding work since 2006, and PC Magazine Best of the Internet for Careers (book, 2004).
Corporate Coaching
Kim Batson
Kim
Batson, a Certified Leadership & Talent Management Coach, Certified
Career Management Coach, and Certified Personal Branding Strategist,
brings over a decade of experience in the careers industry, and an
extensive corporate background, including Fortune 100 experience, in
sales, management, coaching and recruiting.
The majority of Kim's clients are at the VP and C-level at some of the world’s leading companies. She is a specialist in working with Technology Executives and is known as "The CIO's Coach". Kim has developed over 12 career management, personal branding, and leadership programs and coaches today’s executive leaders with outstanding results. Kim is a frequently requested conference speaker on the subject of career management, personal branding and other related topics.
Selected as an Executive Coach for NETSHARE.com, voted Best of Forbes and Fortune Magazine, Kim provides NETSHARE’s executive membership with coaching and training on a regular basis in career management topics through one-to-one and one-to-many executive coaching and teleseminars. She is also an executive coach and writer for CIO Decisions Magazine.
"Ivy League" Career & Performance Coaching
(for College Students & Emerging Professionals)
Careers in Context - Chandlee Bryan
Chandlee Bryan is an expert in connecting emerging professionals
with employment opportunities. She offers individual and corporate
clients a powerful combination: strong counseling skills combined with
an insider’s view of industry trends and recruiting practices at highly
selective institutions. Chandlee has over eight years of experience in
career management at Ivy League institutions, and served as Director of
Career Services at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
College. She has also worked as a recruiter for a biomedical software
company. Chandlee is a certified professional resume writer and earned
a Master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Virginia.
Chandlee
works with individual counseling clients and provides consulting
services to employers on developing recruiting and training programs
designed to engage, inform, and retain emerging professionals. Her
operating philosophy is a simple one: to understand the driving needs
and values of her clients and to partner with them to develop effective
sustainable solutions and communications to address needs. The key to
her effectiveness is her warmth, creativity, and structured approach to
conducting research and problem solving.
If you and your organization could benefit from Chandlee’s strategic insights and skills, contact Chandlee
to discuss how you can gain “Ivy League” career management expertise
without the expense of tuition or a six-figure recruiting budget.
