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You’re less than five years from retirement. You’ve decided you don’t want to stay in your job any longer. It’s time to make a...

Define what the finish line looks like. How will you know you’ve secured the right offer from the right company for the right...

1. Blasting your network with messages about job loss. ✔ Instead: Send a tailored message to a specific person asking for a one-on-one...

One of the hardest parts of my job is talking with senior executives who are desperate for a new job but seemingly unwilling and unable to...

𝟭. 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱. Having ownership of...

As an executive resume writer for nearly 20 years, I have worked with incredibly savvy, experienced and growth-focused professionals and...

"What am I supposed to say?" An email came in from a busy executive in need of help. He was struggling to explain why and how he was a...

Michael Williams is the Managing Partner of the Ottawa office with Odgers Berndtson Executive Search where he is engaged by companies to...

Mark Toscano is retained by clients to find C-suite executives. When he and I started following each other on LinkedIn, we recognized we...

Push down all of your negative self-talk and summon the courage to talk to at least three people at in-person events. My friend...

Last summer I stopped running for the first time in 20+ years. Running wasn’t fun for me that spring and I knew if I kept pushing myself,...

Generally speaking, we Canadians are a humble bunch. We don’t like to talk about ourselves, and we certainly don’t brag about our...