Executive Job Search Strategy: Your Maturity Counts!
As part of your executive job search your work history and
educational credentials can be verified. However, it's your
unwritten level of maturity that can make all the difference to
an employer. . . and to the ultimate success of your executive
job search.
Savvy employers are sizing you up from the moment they lay eyes
on you. They instinctively know that what they DON'T know about
you will be more persuasive in the final analysis.
So they will be carefully checking you out. They may not ask
direct questions about your maturity, but you can be sure they
will be observing how you handle yourself to see if you qualify.
Here are 5 questions our experience tells us you should be
prepared to demonstrate as part of your executive job search
strategy:
1. What kind of judgment have you shown in your business affairs?
2. How have you revealed your concern for the well-being of
other people?
3. Are you living within your means and handling personal
financial decisions with maturity?
4. Have you pursued your career in an adult manner and with
consideration for your employers?
5. Are you goal-oriented with a history of completing anything
you've undertaken?
Typically, executives make the mistake of focusing on their work
history. Traditionally they feel that they will be judged on the
basis of what they used to do for someone else. Nothing could be
further from the truth.
A savvy hiring decision-maker is interested in finding the
answer to TWO questions only . . . what can you do for my bottom
line? . . and what can you do to make my job easier?
If you fail to answer those two questions effectively, you're
out!
Behind those two critical questions are the unspoken concerns
about your maturity. No one will drill you on these issues. So
it's up to you to weave them into your presentation so that they
are resolved in the mind of the person who could be your next
boss.