Comments (0) Take a serious look at what motivates you in your job search. Are you determined to get that title or do you want a job where you can be successful?
Read one of my more contrarian posts: Don’t let passion be your guide and forget about following your bliss. The color of your parachute is less important than your opportunity for success.
There is more than enough advice about how to be a good executive and lots of critique on bad ones. But there is scarce little advice on how to transition from manager to executive. It’s a big leap and not necessarily a natural one. Most career advice focuses on how to do the job, not how to get the promotion.
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Rita Ashley, Job Search Coach
A stealth job search is always a risk. Just as soon as you take one interview, you run the risk of discovery regardless of your undercover social networking efforts. No matter how they promise secrecy, folks use the informal network to learn about you. And anyone who sees you enter the building or offices may know you and spread the news. Gossip is a wonderful thing.
Prepare for the worst. Protect yourself financially and know what to say when you are discovered. Then proceed with caution.
In my book, “Job Search Debugged” I discuss the stealth job search at length and mention a case where the candidate took a meeting 22 miles from his office and ran into the CEO’s admin. Discovery is likely regardless of your efforts.
The concept of the ‘passive’ candidate includes being found and courted. The comments above about how to assert your expertise, your brand, are useful but without active participation on the part of the applicant, landing a job that way is a slow road, at best. Establishing your brand for your career is a long term project and if you have been conscientious about that, you are already known. Branding is not just for job search.
Sometimes, honesty is the best policy. Remember, the folks you currently work for will ultimately become your references on the job after this one. Work to preserve them with integrity.
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