FROM THE SEARCH SIDE
What the market sees when it looks at you
Practical field notes on executive positioning, career transitions, and the gap between how senior candidates see themselves and how the market reads them.
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How Long Does an Executive Search Actually Take
Most executives misread the silence during a search as a signal about their candidacy. Here is what is actually happening on the other side.
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The Executive Job Search Mistake Nobody Talks About
The executives who get the best outcomes are not the ones who search hardest. They are the ones who were already positioned before it became urgent.
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The Three Piles: How Recruiters Actually Sort Executive Candidates
Every retained search produces three piles: Yes, No, and Maybe. Most executives land in Maybe and never know it.
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Why Executives Keep Losing Final Rounds
Getting to the final round is not the hard part. Understanding what is actually being decided once you are in the room is.
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What Recruiters Are Actually Looking For
The silence isn't about being underqualified. It's about being unreadable. Here is what is actually happening on the other side of that silence.
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What a Recruiter Reads Before They Read Your Resume
Before I open a resume, I have already formed a rough opinion. Here is the sequence most executives never think to prepare for.
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Your Experience Is Not Your Positioning
Most senior executives have done the positioning work implicitly, over years. At inflection points, implicit is no longer enough.
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