Every year (for the past few years), I have been asked by the people at Lee Hecht Harrison (in Minneapolis) to give a presentation that we title "What a Difference a Year Makes." The first year was purely about economic...
Earlier this week, I was listening to the Wall Street Journal Report (on the radio between 4:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.). They mentioned a CareerBuilder study on the high percentage of job seekers that apply for jobs for which they know they are NOT qualified. (This was a...
It's summer - and it has been a beautiful one so far (yes - it is officially still spring). The weather is great; people seem to be in a positive place - the economy appears to be slowly recovering (lumpy recovery, but the trajectory seems positive). What better time to...
On May 31st (2012), I was a panelist at a local FENG program (FENG is the Financial Executives Networking Group - see www.thefeng.org). While there were multiple topics we were...
(a bit of an economic survey AND talent management forecast)
As mentioned at the end of the last Blog post, my peers (search firm owners from around the country) and I asked a few clients questions about the overall business climate. Here, in very brief summary...
This past December 15th, our Blog post was on trends we consistently see in each of our searches - three key areas that our clients want from each candidate. One of those trend areas is Continuing Education (or Continuing Professional Development)....
(I had a vision of a 3 year old child asking this question to their parents as I wrote the Blog title!)
Approximately once per quarter, I address a group of executives in transition on the topic of How To Work With A...
A 'simple' question - but one that evokes terror and concern whenever it is heard. Only four words - yet they have incredible power.
Terror - why do they need to know? How do I approach it?
Concern - what if I make too much? What if I make too...
One of the first studies I read to start 2012 was conducted by Manpower. It stated that most employees say that their job is unrewarding and saps their energy. This followed Manpower's study published in January 2011 that found 84% of their study's participants planned...
I recently had the pleasure of addressing a group of in-transition executives. The presentation title was Marketplace Trends. The presentation covered a multitude of areas (I mentioned in the last post -...