• We Want You! (Now Get To Work!)

    This coming Friday (November 18, 2011), I will be speaking at the MnCUPA-HR (Minnesota College and University Professional Association for Human Resources) fall conference.  The conference title is, HR as Business Partner:...

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  • Career Advice for All (from the perspective of Entry Level employment)

    On Saturday November 5th, I have  been invited to give the keynote address at the TCHRA 2011 Student Conference.  I am truly honored and humbled - and having great fun pulling thoughts together.  The theme of the conference and the talk: Paving Your...

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  • Entry Level Employment

    Yes - we are a retained/executive search firm.   Yes - we work on positions that typically require at least 10 years of experience.  Yes - we get hired when there are challenges (usually multiple) to finding the person needed to fill a key position.  No one has ever...

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  • Do we need all the laws we have?

    This is not going to be a political 'rant' . . . . . but a question based on some research conducted for a class I recently attended as a guest lecturer.  I was invited by Kathleen Lafferty, Director of HR for Hanley Wood Marketing and...

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  • 2.1% Unemployment (yes - you read this correctly!)

    What is the unemployment rate?  The actual answer, in my opinion, is that you can answer this in multiple ways depending on the story you want to tell. 9.1% - this is the number that most commonly (and currently) makes the news.  It is the U.S. 'macro'...

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  • Ethics in Recruiting

    December 1st 2009 - our first Blog posting - and the topic was Ethics in the Search Field.  This continues to be a topic of interest - and one that continues to surprise HR professionals when it sneaks up on them.  It is...

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  • Economic Update - Lumpy!

    About one year ago, I was attending an International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitment conference in Philadelphia (see www.iacpr.org).  The...

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  • No Cost - Please Apply!

    Subtitle:  The Opposite of Post and Pray Yet another post where someone will say, "wow - is he old" after they read it. I remember, not so long ago, when applying for a posted or advertised position actually took some...

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  • Looking out to 2020!

    War for Talent – a term coined and researched by McKinsey & Company starting in 1997.  The conclusion – key talent for many roles was going to be in short supply.  Fast forward (there was certainly more in between) to 2003.  A book was written, ...

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  • Follow-Up to Last Three Entries!

    I am resisting the strong desire to Blog more often than twice/month.  I now have a Twitter account (follow me: @David_Magy), but this venue seems more appropriate for some things (anything longer than 140 characters). Three Follow-Up Items: Post and Pray...

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