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...
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...
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'...
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...
About one year ago, I was attending an International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruitment conference in Philadelphia (see www.iacpr.org). The...
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...
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, ...
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...
It’s a typical Sunday evening – catching up on e-mails I missed since Friday when I left the office (I try to not access e-mails on Saturdays). Technology sure has made our life easier (or at least different) – we no longer have to be in the office to catch up on...
And the answer is . . . . . NO! Does that surprise you? The answer surprised us in some ways, but not in others. Let us explain.
65.5% - we counted!
We decided to look at every person in the last 4 years that interviewed any of our candidates for each and...