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Barry Deutsch

Barry Deutsch • Barry Deutsch is a founding Partner of IMPACT Hiring Solutions, co-author of "You're NOT the Person I Hired", and "This is NOT the Position I Accepted". Barry is an award-winning international speaker, retained executive recruiter, and expert on hiring and retaining top talent, and executive job search.

Mediocre Networking equals Failed Job Search

I just published a blog on our HIRE and RETAIN Top Talent Blog aimed at hiring executives and managers on the subject of networking.
You can read this blog posting on networking for Executives and Managers by CLICKING HERE.
Outrageous Claim ? Networkin…

Job Seekers and Warren Buffet

I am currently reading the book, “The Snowball: Warren Buffet and the Business of Life” by Alice Schroeder. It is an interesting biography on Warren Buffet’s life starting as a small child.  Some of the more interesting parts highlig…

Are you dismissing the value of contacts at networking events?

Tweet Don’t underestimate the power of the interactions and contacts you make at job search networking events, even when there possible connection to you seems fairly far fetched. Harry Urschel, writing as a guest blogger on the Career Rocketeer Blog, one of our featured job search blog feeds, describes in a blog titled “What good […]

How Can You Improve Your Job Search?

Tweet I’m writing an article series of 101 ways to improve your job search. Are you following this series on our Job Search and Career Blog? After grabbing all 101 tactics, there is no reason you shouldn’t be able to quickly, rapidly, instantly bring your job search to a conclusion. However, I’ll bet that you’re […]

Does Age Discrimination Exist in Hiring?

Tweet Of course, age discrimination exists. What a silly question. However, when a younger candidate is selected, we want to cry foul quickly. Sometimes, the reason the older candidate was not selected has nothing to do with age. My partner Brad presents an interesting case study on a recent executive search regarding candidates of different […]

Is This Age Discrimination Or Not, You Tell Me?

I was recently co-interviewing candidates with my client for one of his open positions. Together we interviewed 3 candidates all in the same day.
Obviously, two of the candidates didn’t get the job. One of the candidates that didn’t get the…

Establish Your Job Search Credibility on LinkedIn – Job Search Tactic #6

Did you know LinkedIn provides an instant credibility building tool for developing your personal brand?
Did you know that within just a few weeks you have an ability to rise to the top of recruiters, hr professionals, and hiring manager radar screens?

Why Your Skills & Experience Don’t Matter To Recruiters

The title is true. It just isn’t true all of the time.
I can’t count the number of times I have heard from candidates, “I have done all of the things for your position.” or how many times I get a cover letter that goes into a le…

How Recruiters Search Using LinkedIn & What We Look For

So much has been written on the importance of a complete and compelling LinkedIn profile.  I am currently working on two searches for which I am extensively using LinkedIn to source candidates. From what I have seen, one would think that LinkedIn is e…

Everyone Cares What Your Status is on LinkedIn – Job Search Tactic #5

In our last blog post, we built the foundation for why it’s important to update your status on LinkedIn You can read the previous blog post, by CLICKING HERE.
Let’s take the conversation down from 40,000 ft. to ground level.
As a job seeker, how ca…

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