The Career Narratives Blog

I've written about what not to do when it comes to executive recruiters, including reaching out to them directly.

And I've stressed the importance of getting to know individual people and not just firms when you want to tap into the influence of executive search to help build your career. 

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I need to start reaching out to executive search firms.

As an executive and career coach who once worked at a top 20 executive search firm, I hear some version of this statement almost every week. I used to think the same thing when I was building a career in Fortune 500 companies. I thought I...