Recruiting the Passive Candidate
You may recall that following the Kennedy Recruiting Conference in Orlando last October, I reported that the overriding theme among the internal recruiters attending the conference was the desire to...
View ArticleFirst Bear Stearns, Now Lehman
These kinds of corporate crumblings are a strong reminder of the importance of proactively managing your career. Many of Lehman's employees left work on Friday afternoon believing that things would be...
View ArticlePassive Candidates vs. Unemployed Candidates
An op ed piece on ERE.net by Jeremy Eskenazi entitled “Where the Truth Lies: The Need for Balance Between Active and Passive Recruiting” … naturally … caught my attention. I say “naturally” because I...
View ArticleThe Competition is Heating Up
According to a survey by Right Management, as many as 6 out of 10 Americans are unhappy with present jobs and are planning to become active job hunters next year. A mere 13% said they had no plans to...
View ArticleThe Age Old Question .. To Brand or Not to Brand
Ryan Rancatore interviewed the Wine Guy, Gary Vaynerchuk on personal branding … specifically, what personal branding has meant to his career. He has some thought provoking responses and the post is...
View ArticleLessons Learned from my Skechers Shape-Ups
While working out is not among my favorite things to do, I really enjoy walking. A few tunes in the iPod and a brisk 40-minute walk 5 times a week energizes me and sets the tone for my days. However,...
View ArticleSuperstar Executives
An interesting article by John Hollon on ERE inspired my SmartBrief for CFOs poll last week on the quality of the last hire. The results of the poll … once again … triggered more questions on my end...
View ArticleThe Executive Job Search Challenge
I was honored to join two of my fellow Career Thought Leaders, Wendy Enelow and Jan Melnik, on a blog radio show hosted by Deborah Shane last week. My area of specialty … reputation management. Of the...
View ArticleYour Brand (Image) Precedes You
Over the past few months, I’ve noticed many more of my CFO clients choosing branding packages over the standard marketing document packages. Then, as usually happens before I write a blog post, a...
View ArticleThe Unemployed vs. the Employed Candidate
Recruiters routinely tell us that companies don’t pay them to find unemployed candidates. Recruiter Wayne Mitchell told the Career Thought Leaders at our conference last week that he requires 6...
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