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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Make these 3 Career Essentials your New Year’s Resolution
Take a strategic, active approach to managing your career that will improve your odds of achieving success this year and beyond. In other words, don’t just float around in an ocean of opportunities hoping the currents will take you to an island of your dreams. Instead, actively search for that island and then start swimming! In this spirit, adopt these three career essentials and avoid the dangers (stagnation, layoffs, “settling”) that come with a more passive approach to your career.More
How To Beat Age Bias In Your Job Search: 4 Techniques
For the first time in nearly 50 years in the U.S., the unemployment rate for 55-and-older workers exceeded the rate for mid-career workers during the pandemic. The relative jump in this rate underscores the age-related challenges that older workers face in getting hired. If you fall into this group, there’s good news: you can usually overcome age-related barriers to being hired relatively easily.
To do so, understand this key insight: you’re usually not facing age-bias per se. Rather, you’re facing underlying issues that employers think about when they compare you to the younger competition. These issues include:More
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
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
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10 Ways to Ace Your First 100 Days on the Job