#107 Communication Skills for JOB-SEEKERS with executive recruiter Sharon Mah-Gin

Executive recruiter Sharon Mah-Gin shares her advice for job seekers, including what to do first, what employers are looking for in job candidates, common mistakes, and (yes!) the significance of your personal brand when it comes to job searching.

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Sharon Mah-Gin

LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonmahgin/

Executive Search Alliance – http://www.execsearchalliance.com/

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TRANSCRIPT

Okay, question number three, introvert or extrovert? LOL!!!!!!!!!!

a big extrovert with a big E and I get my energy and joy out of people and meeting new people and old friends, etc.

Who was that? I’m excited to introduce you to a wonderful friend and colleague of mine – executive recruiter Sharon Mah-Gin. Not only is Sharon high energy and a lot of fun to hang out with, but she’s also a highly respected and successful executive recruiter. So I figured she is the perfect person to share with us her expertise on dos and donts for job seekers.

Welcome to Talk About Talk episode #107, where we’re focusing on Communication Skills for Job-Seekers, with executive recruiter Sharon Mah-Gin.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Dr. Andrea Wojnicki (please call me Andrea!). I’m the founder of Talk About Talk, and I’m your executive communication coach.

If youre an ambitious executive with a growth mindset who’s looking to advance your career? Well, you’re in the right place. At Talk About Talk, we focus on communication skills topics like confidence, networking, and demonstrating leadership. If you check out the TalkAboutTalk.com website, you’ll find many many resources to help you, including the new online course on Personal Branding, as well as 1-on-1 coaching, the archive of this bi-weekly podcast, and the free weekly email newsletter. Please go sign up for that newsletter if you haven’t already.  You can think of it as free communication-skills coaching. You can find all this at talkabouttalk.com. 

In this episode, you’ll hear my conversation with executive recruiter Sharon Mah-Gin, where we discuss and various do’s and donts to help you on your job searching journey. Keep listening for valuable insights from Sharon on things like how to kick off your job search, the most common mistakes people make, how and when to leverage recruiters in your job search, and importantly, what exactly companies are looking for in candidates.

As always, you don’t need to take notes, because I do that for you.