LinkedIn can feel overwhelming, but it's a fantastic place for potential employers to learn the ways you can contribute to their business organizaton on Day 1. Don't know where to begin on LinkedIn? Here are 10 easy things you can do right now.

By its very nature, the term "career" reflects the series of jobs you hold over a period of time. In the cases of most executives, these positions are going to be linked by your industry, promotions, network, and drive. I posit that this vision for the long term will serve a savvy executive better than a scatter-shot approach of moving whimsically from position to position.

The informational interview… this may be uncharted territory for you. What is it? An informational interview is a meeting in which a job seeker searches out advice on their career or the entire industry of a potential workplace. Through the information interview, a potential hiring entity (or simply a source of good information) learns about the job seeker and determines their potential or fit in that workplace, and by so doing increases their candidate pool for future hires. It can be tricky to get your foot in the door to schedule the informational interview with a prospective employer; however it can prove to be time well spent.

Having the right contacts can help you get information about the company and what they really want. Building your network is important, especially during your job search. Ideally you will already have some foundation for your network, but further developing it can help you find an opportunity. The following tips will hopefully provide advice for interacting with your network during your job search.

Using numbers and metrics in your executive resume will allow hiring managers to know exactly what your skills and accomplishments are. This will boost your resume and help you get that career you're looking for.

So why write cover letters with your resume? Is this even necessary? Today we'll discuss the merits of a cover letter with resumes.

What are you focusing on in your executive resume? Who is your intended audience? These questions and more are key to understanding how to make your executive resume stand out.

The 80/20 Rule is the Pareto Principle, but here's something amazing: it is completely applicable to your executive job search.

Your executive resume should show you're smart, you're driven, and you know what you're doing. There seem to be two avenues to take with this: You can't stop talking about how awesome you are, or you take no credit for what you've done. Let's move forward into a new and better approach.

Objectives are self-centered and are a terrible way to say that you'll bring teamwork when you start off talking about yourself. Listen in to know how to overcome this obstacle!