Dilip Saraf

As a career coach I have well-placed clients who are in executive positions at prominent companies in the Silicon Valley and elsewhere. I also have an extensive network on LinkedIn carefully cultivated over the years, which is my stock-in-trade.  So, when a client is looking for an opportunity at a company where I have some [...]

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“A positive attitude may not get what you want, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.”—Anonymous
When one is out of work, looking for a job becomes a full-time job in itself. The difference here is that you are working 24-7 and there is no end in sight. With each [...]

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Introduction
Dictionary defines etiquette as conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority in social or official life. With this definition as a guiding principle, etiquette is even more important in a job-search situation than in others because most who are in the “taking” end do not even realize that their behaviors– and [...]

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Executive resumes are breeds in themselves. Why? Employers are looking for some special leadership traits in the senior managers that they want to hire. The traits of good leadership embody a portfolio of attributes that are not always quantifiable. They are often indefinable, a jen ne sais quoi, and yet those who are looking for [...]

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