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Resume Strategy
Structure, evidence and the decisions that determine what a reader notices first.
2 articlesLinkedIn
Profile positioning, search visibility and keeping your public presence consistent.
2 articlesCareer Positioning
Deciding what your experience argues before deciding how to write it.
2 articlesExecutive Careers
Board readiness, search firms and the documents senior mandates require.
2 articlesJob Search
Targeting, applications and running a search that does not consume your life.
2 articlesInterview Preparation
Turning what is on the page into what you say in the room.
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More reading
- LinkedIn
Your headline is not your job title
LinkedIn fills your headline with your current job title. It appears everywhere your name appears — which makes it the highest-leverage line you own.
5 min read - LinkedIn
When your profile and your resume disagree
Different titles, different dates, a strong resume beside a neglected profile — the mismatch itself becomes the story. How to reconcile the two.
5 min read - Career Positioning
Decide what your experience argues before you write it
Positioning is the decision that governs every other decision: what leads, what supports, what gets compressed and what comes off the page entirely.
7 min read - Career Positioning
Explaining a career change so nobody has to guess
A reader scanning your resume sees the industry you are leaving, not the one you are entering. Two specific moves close that gap.
6 min read - Executive Careers
What search consultants and boards read for
Senior documents are read by people who have to justify their shortlist to somebody else. That changes what belongs on the page.
7 min read - Executive Careers
The executive biography, and why a resume cannot replace it
Board packets, speaking introductions, media features and investor introductions all need a document that is not an application. Most executives do not have one.
6 min read - Job Search
Tailoring without starting over every time
You do not need a new resume for every role. You need one strong base document and a disciplined way of adjusting the parts that matter.
6 min read - Job Search
Running a search that does not consume your life
Volume is not the variable that decides outcomes. A smaller number of well-targeted applications, run on a schedule, beats an unbounded scroll.
5 min read - Interview Preparation
Turning resume bullets into interview answers
The strongest lines on your resume are the ones you will be asked about. Working out those answers in advance is most of what preparation is.
6 min read - Interview Preparation
The questions behind the questions
"How do you handle conflict?" is not a question about conflict. Recognising what is actually being assessed changes how you answer.
6 min read
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