I was recently facilitating our, You’re NOT The Person I Hired, workshop with CEOs and key executives. As is often the case the subject of reference checking came up. Most in the audience tended to agree that checking references is a waste of tim…
Archive for June 2010
Consulting Can Be Harmful To Your Job Search
Candidates often take on consulting jobs while in an active job search. Granted, many need the income and if that is the reason for taking the consulting job I completely understand. However, this may be one reason you are in a job search longer than n…
Why is Flawless Execution Important to Prove?
One of the 3 core success traits we insist our clients focus on in the interview process to measure top talent is:
Flawless Execution
Flawless Execution is not about doing your job perfectly – it’s about the ability to overcome problems, hurdles, r…
Have You Fed Your Recruiter Today?
Recruiters need nourishment too.
Like the little fake babies they give to middle-school/junior high students to carry around, feed, clean, and nurture for a few days – if you don’t take care of it – bad things happen.
Your recruiter relationship …
Interesting Poll Results Regarding Resumes
Over the last few months I have conducted a couple of very non-scientific polls on LinkedIn. I wanted to better understand what candidates do with their resumes. Granted, these two polls don’t give all of the answers, but they did show some inter…
Recruiters & Companies Don’t Call Me Back – 1 Possible Reason
This is a common complaint I, and most of my colleagues, have heard over and over. I know we aren’t alone, as I hear the same thing about companies not calling people back or acknowledging that they received your resume.
I’m sure these are valid co…
Getting Professional Job Search Help – Finding A Professional Without Getting Ripped Off
I think many candidates are so afraid of getting ripped off that they don’t engage a professional to help them with their job search. I know there are many rip-off artists out there just waiting to take your money. I have written about this and e…
Getting Professional Help Can Shorten Your Job Search – Example 2- Interview Mistakes
The first article addressed how to handle the problem of turnover. This example deals with two simple issues that could have resulted in the person not getting the job because of simple mistakes that were easy to fix. The person just didn’t know …
Getting Professional Help Can Shorten Your Job Search – Example 1- Turnover
I find it interesting that people will pay for help for just about anything but their job search. People pay for dance lessons, golf and tennis lessons, piano lessons, financial help, help with taxes, the list is endless. Yet for possibly the most impo…
Ask A Recruiter Anything You Want To Know
As a recruiter for the last 30 years this September, I get asked questions daily. Sometimes about one’s career and other times job search questions. Most job search questions focus on the tools of a job search, the resume, cover letter, intervi…
