Benefit from Rob’s broad and deep career and organizational consulting experience, and get results in the shortest possible time! Services include:
- For individuals: Career change, the a-to-z job search, executive coaching, pitches, leadership development, advanced LinkedIn
- For organizations: Workshops, outplacement, executive coaching, advanced LinkedIn for business, recruiting and interviewing
Coaching Testimonials
“… found him to be super helpful, which is why I recommend him to everybody I know” – SVP, Fortune 500 Co.
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Seminar Testimonials
“… a fantastic learning experience that was immensely enjoyable at the same time” – NCDA Career Consultant re: LinkedIn seminar
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How to Spot Job Search Scams and Protect Yourself
Job-opportunity scams have risen with the growing level of unemployment. Below I explain how to spot them by analyzing an actual scam message that hoodwinked some recipients. It turns out that the scam message was sent from a real recruiter’s hacked LinkedIn account, which made this deception more believableMore
Job Seekers: Be Careful Using LinkedIn’s New “Open to Work” Feature
LinkedIn has released an “Open to Work” feature to help you let employers, recruiters and your network know you’re looking for a job. You can share your open-to-work status by checking either “share with recruiters only” or “share with all LinkedIn members.” To access, click the “Add New Profile Section” button to the right of your profile picture and then click “Looking for a new job” in the Intro section at the top.
So should you use this new feature, and if so, which option should you pick? My thoughts:More
Power Up Your Pitch to Land Job Interviews and Offers
A powerful pitch, one that resonates with your target audience, can give your job search a big boost in this challenging economy. Employers and networking contacts will be impressed when you concisely and engagingly describe what differentiates you from your competitors. Plus the process of creating your pitch is, on its own, well worth your time; the deeply self-reflective thinking that’s required will help you to sell yourself. You’ll need two versions of your pitch:More
10 Ways to Ensure Your Job Search and Career Survives a Pandemic
Below I share some of the career and job search advice I’m giving concerned clients as we navigate this challenging time. The key to making it through and achieving your career goals is to use this time wisely now to set yourself up for quick success later, once the economy starts to rebound. Here’s a list of 10 things you can do now to boost results: More
Land that Job Offer by Keeping in Touch with Your Network
A new client was describing her frustratingly long and unproductive job search to me. She said “I had a lot of great meetings a year ago with people who could potentially hire or refer me, although nothing panned out.” I asked what happened to those people and conversations. She said, “I don’t know, we just lost touch.” I told her that was a major part of the reason she had been searching for so long. If she had kept in touch with them, she would probably have gotten the interviews and offers she was looking for long ago.
Being good at networking isn’t just about meeting new people—that’s only half of it. The other half involvesMore
Publications
A 7-Step Job Search Plan to Beat the Covid Economy
Job searches go faster when job-seekers first take a step back to plan strategically. And careful planning has become even more important during these challenging economic times. Think of it this way; your “job” in a job search is to be a world-class consultative salesperson, for yourself. So do what the best salespeople do: plan carefully first, to get the highest return on your time investment. Here’s a seven step job search plan that has gotten results for my clients, and that any great salesperson would appreciate.More