This episode features my long-time friend Lisa Rangel of Chameleon Resumes. She offers advice on what Executive Recruiters don't do.

Lisa brings a unique perspective to our discussion, drawing from her extensive experience as an Executive Search Recruiter. Her current collaborations with recruiters, her role as a LinkedIn Moderator expert, and her ownership of an Executive resume-writing firm staffed by former HR and Recruiting professionals further enhance her qualifications.

Here are a few of her takeaways:

• The first thing that a legitimate, reputable executive recruiter will never ask of executive candidates is to be paid. Legit, reputable executive recruiters are paid by their client companies, who contract them to go out and find talent.
• You have to execute the job search yourself. That means you have to network. It means you need to post your resume, to specific job openings. It means you must send your resume to executive recruiters and network with them accordingly, with most hires happening through networking.
• You will find yourself susceptible to buying into a scam if you think you'll have to find a way to avoid doing the job search.

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Job scams are a pandemic. If a scammer hasn't tried to lure you into a fake job, your neighbor or coworker has been exposed to one. I created "The Job Scam Report" on Substack. Subscribe and get the latest in job scam avoidance and preventative tools, tips, and advice.

I was recently on the NPR podcast Jazzed About Work with host, author, and friend Beverly Jones to discuss job search trends and scams. This is my sixth appearance on her show. (She calls me a friend of the show; what an honor!). Scams are a pandemic, but job scams are

In this clip, I discuss the upward trend of job scams merging into fake employers and coworkers. The current tech landscape allows people to appear as actual employers to lure job seekers and fake coworkers into fooling other coworkers of an actual company into accessing and scamming them out of company money.

Job seekers must be more discerning about giving anyone, including a fake recruiter or hiring manager, more information than needed. I recommend a couple of ways people can exercise discretion so they won’t be vulnerable to privacy breaches.

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On this week's show, my friend and colleague John Tarnoff joins me to discuss his framework for older workers to use to land their next opportunity. John has helped hundreds of older workers over the years. He has great insight into what works for those transitioning to work and entrepreneurship.

More about John:

John has been the founder of the Mid-Career Lab for nearly 12 years. He helps executive and senior-level careerists land better jobs and enjoy impactful and sustainable careers. John found he could have a greater impact in helping people after being a film executive with Dreamworks.

John also has several courses he's done for the LinkedIn library and continues to be a Thrive Global Certified Executive Coach & Workshop Facilitator since 2018.

Show highlights:

• John distinguishes mid-career work from earlier, earlier career, or entry-level work by pointing out that professionals bring significant background, experience, and insight.

  Strategic ability to their work and changes the game for everyone.

• The resume is a subsidiary and secondary to your LinkedIn profile.
• Being well-connected is a gold mine and necessary.
• Professional branding through thought leadership is essential
• "I think people are hesitant to jump in because they are afraid of making a mistake."

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