The Captivators

Is blind recruiter outreach or mass resume distribution the Executive equivalent of AI mass application tools?   In each scenario, you have zero intel - zero relationship - zero quality control - zero ability to customize your resume, bio, and outreach to speak to priorities for a potential opportunity. There may not even be an opportunity, just you creating more noise.   I recently chatted with an Outplacement Expert, formerly at a top Executive Search firm, who shared: "We

INTRODUCTION Many job seekers use AI resume development tools with the intention of providing shape and polish to their work history. For those with little experience in layout and design, AI resume development tools can help provide structure. However, many job seekers assume they are ready to launch a search with the output of these tools, giving them a false sense of security that the AI-generated resume will pass muster. Our purpose was to assess how helpful AI resume dev

Executive-level layoffs today present radically different challenges from even a few years ago. With the U.S. jobs market gutting several layers of leadership, the market has shifted and few senior leaders are fully prepared to navigate a modern job search. Many executives have been promoted or poached for years (or even decades), often without conducting an active job search. Because of the scale of layoffs and hiring slowdowns, those who are now displaced often find best pr