Looking Forward®: It's All About Opportunities!

Hi everyone. In this episode, we’re going to speak about trends in a multi-billion-dollar profession which is growing roughly 6-7% annually, and is intended to help people improve their success in the working world. I’m speaking about career coaching, and, more specifically, within that domain, executive coaching.

In Part 1 of this two-part Looking Forward series, we’ll discuss several topics, including: what executive coaches do and who they serve, how the field of career and executive coaching has evolved over the past few decades, and what impact COVID-19 has had on the industry.

To help us do this, we’ve brought on a fantastic guest expert. She’s Alison Joslyn. Alison Joslyn is an International Coaching Federation certified executive coach, speaker, and workshop leader. For over 25 years she worked as a senior executive in the biopharma industry. Her roles ranged from leading large, international commercial regions and country operations, to heading strategic functions and franchises globally,

Alison leverages her business and leadership experience-- in combination with her coaching skills-- to support senior executives and high potential individuals as they seek to maximize their impact and grow in responsibility, all while facing the complexity and uncertainties of today’s environment. She works 1 to 1 with coaching clients across a variety of industries.

Alison is a graduate of Yale University, received her MBA from Dartmouth and her coaching certification from the University of Miami of Florida. In her spare time she is a competitive endurance athlete and a keen wildlife photographer!

My guest expert on this week's Looking Forward episode, Tracy Enos, thinks many of you may not be!

Today we’re going to again discuss the huge, growing, and evolving professional network on the Internet, LinkedIn. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we covered such things as: LinkedIn’s early days, how it’s evolved over the years, how COVID-19 has affected LinkedIn’s membership and use, and what changes we might expect to see on LinkedIn in the future.

In Part 2 of this series, we’ll speak about some of the many opportunities LinkedIn offers to its more than 700 million members, whether you are an entrepreneur, career or job seeker, marketing or salesperson, or just looking to make important connections. We’ll also discuss some of the fantastic strategies you can employ now to leverage LinkedIn to the max to increase your connections, clients, sales, business possibilities, and job prospects!

To do all this, we’ve brought on an exceptional guest expert. She’s Tracy Enos. With over 20 years of skilled experience, Tracy Enos serves a wide variety of clients including entrepreneurs, small-to- mid-sized companies, start-up ventures and Internet media organizations. A seasoned business and internet media coach, Tracy drives core business processes for the clients she serves, including LinkedIn Training, Social Media, Book Marketing, and Public and Media Relations.

In the past several years Tracy has consulted 1000's of business owners, companies, coaches, authors, service professionals, sales teams and entrepreneurs on how to use LinkedIn to generate leads, become the authority in their industry, and stay front-of-mind with their clients.

Tracy is known globally for her LinkedIn knowledge and training with clients in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Israel, and the U.K. Her consulting expertise has netted her clients speaking engagements, media attention, guest articles in major publications and trade magazines, and millions of dollars in new business.

Tracy is also the author of the book, LinkedIn Publishing to Profits: A Simple 5-Step System to Attract High Paying Clients, Media Attention, & Speaking Engagements.

Hello, Looking Forward listener!

Over 700 million people-- yes, that's MILLION-- around the world are on LinkedIn to let others know about who they are and what they do, network and connect, find new jobs or careers, market, sell, learn, and lots more.

Today we’re going to discuss that huge, growing, and evolving professional network on the Internet, LinkedIn. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we’ll cover such things as… LinkedIn’s early days, how it’s evolved over the years, how COVID-19 has affected LinkedIn’s membership and use, and what changes we might expect to see on LinkedIn in the future.

Next time, in Part 2 of this series— we’ll speak about some of the many opportunities LinkedIn offers to its members, whether you are an entrepreneur, career or job seeker, marketing or salesperson, or just looking to make important connections. We’ll also discuss some of the strategies you can employ to use LinkedIn in the best way possible.

To do all this, we’ve brought on an exceptional guest expert. She’s Tracy Enos. With over 20 years of skilled experience, Tracy Enos serves a wide variety of clients including entrepreneurs, small to mid-sized companies, start-up ventures and Internet media organizations. A seasoned business and internet media coach, Tracy drives core business processes for the clients she serves, including LinkedIn Training, Social Media, Book Marketing, and Public and Media Relations.

In the past several years Tracy has consulted 1000's of business owners, companies, coaches, authors, service professionals, sales teams and entrepreneurs on how to use LinkedIn to generate leads, become the authority in their industry, and stay front-of-mind with their clients.

Tracy is known globally for her LinkedIn knowledge and training with clients in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Israel, and the U.K. Her consulting expertise has netted her clients speaking engagements, media attention, guest articles in major publications and trade magazines, and millions of dollars in new business.

Tracy is also the author of the book, LinkedIn Publishing to Profits: A Simple 5-Step System to Attract High Paying Clients, Media Attention, & Speaking Engagements.

Hi everyone.

Millions of people are or sometime in their careers are looking for a new job or career. Today we’re going offer some great advice you may need to help you find a good job.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we covered such things as how an executive recruiter works, how that’s changed over the past few decades, and what impact COVID-19 has had.. on the world of the recruiter and the job seeker. Our guest expert also provided a few tips on what your resume needs to do to attract the interest of an executive recruiter.

In Part 2 of this series— we’ll speak about what the future might look like for job recruiters and job seekers, where the employment opportunities might lie, and we’ll provide a lot more guidance to help you decide what job or career to pursue and how you can attract the attention of a recruiter.

To help us learn about all this, we’re again speaking with the highly seasoned and wise executive recruiter, Steve Young. Steve Young founded his Executive Search firm, Career Solution Resource, in 1986 and began working directly with Manufacturing, Distribution, Agribusiness, and assorted other industries to find, qualify, and submit resumes to be considered for open positions all over North America. That is 35 years of finding and placing highly qualified talent with fortune 500 companies.

Steve is an active member of a private Global Recruiters Network called the National Personal Associates that allows certified search firms to work cooperatively. Over 500 global search firms share their positions and candidates with each other to collaborate and place candidates into open positions all over the globe. Steve reviews from 100-300 profiles and resumes of candidates a day for active positions he is trying to find talent for… that meet the criteria he is given by a hiring company or partnering search firm.

Hi everyone! Today we’re going to discuss a topic that affects millions of people every day around the world: those who are looking to find a job candidate, or who are looking to find a job! And, as our headline notes, it's now a global world for job recruiters and job seekers.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we’ll cover such things as how an executive recruiter works, how that’s changed over the past few decades, and what impact COVID-19 has had on the world of the recruiter and the job seeker. Speaking of the job seeker, our guest expert will provide some tips on what your resume needs to do to attract the interest of an executive recruiter.

Next time, in Part 2 of this series— we’ll speak more about how you can attract the attention of an executive recruiter, what the future of executive search work and job hunting might look like, and how you can best pursue potential job or career opportunities.

To help us learn about all this, we’ve brought on a highly seasoned executive recruiter, He’s Steve Young. Steve Young founded his executive search firm, Career Solution Resource, in 1986 and began working directly with Manufacturing, Distribution, Agribusiness, and assorted other industries to find, qualify, and submit resumes to be considered for open positions all over North America. That is 35 years of finding and placing highly qualified talent with Fortune 500 companies.

Steve is an active member of a private global recruiters network called the National Personal Associates that allows certified search firms to work cooperatively. Over 500 global search firms share their positions and candidates with each other to collaborate and place candidates into open positions all over the globe. Steve reviews over 100 profiles and resumes of candidates daily for active positions he is trying to find talent for that will fit the profile, position, compensation range, and location he is given by a hiring company or partnering search firm.

Steve resides on his family farm in western KY and sees his horses out his window working from his home office. Says Steve: Life is Short-- always reach past your comfort zone and challenge yourself!