Posted December 4th, 2009 by admin
Often times companies don’t understand the true leverage you can give a professional recruiter by retaining them. Forget about the fact that your search goes straight to the top of the priority list and everyone else gets pushed down the ladder. It’s not even about the fact that retained clients get the top candidates first. Just the sheer power of being able to market your opportunity as one that is retained says a thousand words. Let me tell you why.
Posted December 1st, 2009 by admin
Have you ever seen the Fox hit television show, 24?’ It is gripping, action-packed and beyond unrealistic, yet I am hooked every season.’ 24’s hero and main man, Jack Bauer, is infamous for his 9 lives and vicious interrogation tactics that pry anything he wants out of his unsuspecting victims.” Looking back on a few interviews I have been on…maybe Jack Bauer was the one who was sitting on the other side of the table, not the Hiring Manager.
Posted November 28th, 2009 by admin
Last Thursday, one of my clients, who is a Graduate MBA student called me. He sounded very anxious on the phone and requested an Emergency Career Counseling session.
Posted November 26th, 2009 by admin
This is similar to what most of us do in business. ‘Only when we need something, a ”businesses contact, a lead, where to submit a resume do we start to go thorough our ‘little black book’. Only when we need a contact, we ramp up our networking.
Posted November 24th, 2009 by admin
Anyone who has ever tried to search for a job online has probably experienced the ‘agony of defeat’ more times than they’ve experienced the ‘thrill of victory’. In fact, there are endless frustrations associated with the online job hunt, from finding the career portal from the corporate home page, to figuring out the job search interface, to creating a profile (often required before you can apply), not to mention the application process itself. For the purposes of this blog, let’s focus on finding the career site and searching for an opening. I have a feeling after all of this, we (the poor applicants), may be too tired to apply for a job.
