Boo! Are you scaring away opportunities or the competition

Boo! Are you scaring away opportunities or the competition Scare away your competition not your opportunities! Successfully managing an Executive Career requires the maintenance of acurrent resume, establishing a personal brand, career planning,networking, an impressive attire and an updated and professionalonline photo. If you wish to be noticed and to have a positive influence on those in a position to offer you new opportunities you must look the part! Authenticity, transparency and agenuine brandare no longer optional. If you find this uncomfortable or insist on discussing your right to privacy, DO NOT consider setting your sights on anexecutive career. Establishing a false brand will eventually lead to a disasterous outcome! Just ask Tiger Woods. A conscious decision to withhold information, hide behind an alias or use anything other than a professional photo, is a clear indication that you have something to hide. Opportunities are not offered to those who lack credibility. Exuding confidence, establishing a consistent and crediblebrand and presenting a professional appearancecould scare away much of your competition and position you in the lead as a potential candidate in your job search.So go ahead and scare away the competition but dont scare away opportunities by wearing a mask, unless itsHalloween! Happy Halloween! Martin Buckland, Principal of Elite Resumesprovides executive career management services for a global clientele. For further information on job search resources please find the following professional advice from other members of the Career Collective, Collaboratively Helping Job Seekers: Where Are the Wild Things, Anyway?, @WorkWithIllness Is Your Job Search Making You Feel Like a Smashed Pumpkin?, @DebraWheatman Hiding in Plain Sight, @WalterAkana, Dont make these frightful resume mistakes, @LaurieBerenson How Not to Be a Spooky Job Seeker, @heathermundell A Tombstone Resume:Eulogizing Your Experience, @GayleHoward The Top Ten Scary Things Job Seekers Do, @barbarasafani Oh, Job Search Isnt Like Trick or Treating?, @careersherpa A Most Unfortunate Resume Mistake No One Will Tell You, @chandlee Oh no. Not the phone!, @DawnBugni Halloween Caution: Job Seeker Horror, @resumeservice Boo! Are you scaring away opportunities or the competition? @MartinBuckland @EliteResumes Your Career Brand: A Scary Trick or an Appealing Treat?, @KCCareerCoach How to avoid mistakes on your resume, @Keppie_Careers Sc-sc-scary Resume Mistakes, @erinkennedycprw A Flawed Resume is a Scary Prospect, @KatCareerGal Job Search Angst: Like Clouds Mounting Before a Storm, @ValueIntoWords Does Your Career Costume Fit You?, @expatcoachmegan Boo! Are you scaring away opportunities or the competition Scare away your competition not your opportunities! Successfully managing an Executive Career requires the maintenance of acurrent resume, establishing a personal brand, career planning,networking, an impressive attire and an updated and professionalonline photo. If you wish to be noticed and to have a positive influence on those in a position to offer you new opportunities you must look the part! Authenticity, transparency and agenuine brandare no longer optional. If you find this uncomfortable or insist on discussing your right to privacy, DO NOT consider setting your sights on anexecutive career. Establishing a false brand will eventually lead to a disasterous outcome! Just ask Tiger Woods. A conscious decision to withhold information, hide behind an alias or use anything other than a professional photo, is a clear indication that you have something to hide. Opportunities are not offered to those who lack credibility. Exuding confidence, establishing a consistent and crediblebrand and presenting a professional appearancecould scare away much of your competition and position you in the lead as a potential candidate in your job search.So go ahead and scare away the competition but dont scare away opportunities by wearing a mask, unless itsHalloween! Happy Halloween! Martin Buckland, Principal of Elite Resumesprovides executive career management services for a global clientele. For further information on job search resources please find the following professional advice from other members of the Career Collective, Collaboratively Helping Job Seekers: Where Are the Wild Things, Anyway?, @WorkWithIllness Is Your Job Search Making You Feel Like a Smashed Pumpkin?, @DebraWheatman Hiding in Plain Sight, @WalterAkana, Dont make these frightful resume mistakes, @LaurieBerenson How Not to Be a Spooky Job Seeker, @heathermundell A Tombstone Resume:Eulogizing Your Experience, @GayleHoward The Top Ten Scary Things Job Seekers Do, @barbarasafani Oh, Job Search Isnt Like Trick or Treating?, @careersherpa A Most Unfortunate Resume Mistake No One Will Tell You, @chandlee Oh no. Not the phone!, @DawnBugni Halloween Caution: Job Seeker Horror, @resumeservice Boo! Are you scaring away opportunities or the competition? @MartinBuckland @EliteResumes Your Career Brand: A Scary Trick or an Appealing Treat?, @KCCareerCoach How to avoid mistakes on your resume, @Keppie_Careers Sc-sc-scary Resume Mistakes, @erinkennedycprw A Flawed Resume is a Scary Prospect, @KatCareerGal Job Search Angst: Like Clouds Mounting Before a Storm, @ValueIntoWords Does Your Career Costume Fit You?, @expatcoachmegan