Category: Career Management

  • What Language Is This? 2023 Terminology

    I was under the impression that 2020 and 2021 had given us enough changes in terminology that our speech patterns would need no further adjustments.  Well, I was wrong – there are more!  Thank you to Wunderman Thompson as well as countless individuals and...

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  • 2 Dimensional Versus 3 Dimensional Interaction

    With each candidate call we make, regardless of the search – across all industries and functions, the first question we get relates to where work will take place.  The questions are varied but all have the same theme: Is hybrid an option? ...

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  • Education Verification

    Ethics in the Search Field – I was ready to move on from the Ethics topic BUT just ran into another ‘questionable’ situation.  You be the judge on this Education Verification situation . . . . . please write/respond! If you tell us something, we will...

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  • Ethics From The ‘Other’ Side – Clients and Candidates

    We have been blogging about ‘Ethics In The Search Field’ for years . . . . . we take this topic wildly seriously for many reasons.  (You can find our Ethics-related blogs through ...

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  • Being Less Professional With The Search Firm?

    I was recently told by a candidate I was screening for a Vice President (of Human Resources) position that he was answering me ‘directly’ but would be more professional when really being interviewed by the employer.  We Are Paid To Assess...

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  • Executive Search Should NOT Be A Mysterious Process

    For years, I have been making presentations on “How To Work With A Recruiter” for varying groups of executives.  There seems to be a great deal of mystique surrounding what executive search firms do/how we perform our work.  Let’s try to demystify the...

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  • The GREAT Resignation: Do I Have Enough and Have I Had Enough?

    I speak on employment and economic topics with some frequency.  The start of the year often finds me addressing the economy and business trends with varying professional groups.  I speak on employment topics throughout the year.  The job market we are in...

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  • When You Meet Someone, Tell Them What You Do!

    A ‘Networking’ Goal It’s a rule in networking . . . . . you are at a non-business-related function (a neighborhood party, a school activity for one of your children, etc.).  You meet someone - and you become known as Michelle’s father or Adam’s...

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  • Finding & Keeping Key Employees

    This past month, I was honored to be a speaker for a Family Business group on the topic of Finding & Keeping Key Non-Family Employees.  As I told the person responsible for the program, ‘keeping’ was going to be my focus...

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  • What 25 Years of Executive Recruiting Has Taught Us

    Our 25th anniversary celebrations continue!  As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, we have created a list of 25 bullet points representing some of the lessons we have learned and observations we have made over the years. Last month, we shared the...

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