Is your subconscious sabotaging your job search? Research indicates that might be the case. I met two prospective clients through referrals this month—a Director of Project Management and a VP of Data Science. Besides being in tech, they have...
I’m directly connected to over 150 people with “board members” in their profiles on LinkedIn. And for the past year, I’ve been a board president of my condo association in Seattle. Are you curious about what it takes to...
If you’re job searching, your job application sometimes falls into a Pōwehi, a black hole located 55 million light-years from Earth. It happens for several reasons. It’s not always about you; it might be about them. The good news...
On New Year’s Eve within the past decade, I bet you told yourself it’s time to start exercising to drop those pesky holiday pounds. But, come the end of January, were the new running shoes still in the box,...
Did you know there are 400,000 executive recruiters on LinkedIn? Nineteen percent of them focus on technology executives. The question is, how do you make these 79,000 pairs of eyeballs focus on you? I presented this topic on Wednesday,...
Over the past year, tech company layoffs impacted almost 300,000 of you. After conducting over 1,350 resumé critiques, 700 coaching sessions, and 350 LinkedIn makeovers, I’ve learned critical tactics around becoming a recruiter attraction magnet. Please join me for...
Are you familiar with the term pink slip? The terminology dates back to the early 1900s when companies would insert a pink slip within an employee’s final paycheck envelope. It indicated the termination of their employment due to a...
Every afternoon you can find me lacing up my purple rykä sneakers and heading out to walk for 1 hour. I’ve observed that upon approaching a person on a path, they avoid direct eye contact with me. It’s not...
Last month I focused on the innies— the inside components and my inner drive—of my book publishing. Today, I’m diving into the “outies” related to book cover design. Two Thanksgivings ago, I published Clicks, Tricks, & Golden Handcuffs: 5-Point...
It’s been a year since I wrote and self-published my book Clicks, Tricks, & Golden Handcuffs: 5-Point Roadmap for Tech Executives to Land Big-Impact Roles. It’s written for aspiring or current technologists explaining how to become an online click...