The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal published a great article last week. 17 Navy SEAL Principles That Every Salesperson Should Practice (by Gregg Swanson) is actually written for the benefit of...
Facebook, not the typical scholarly source for information, referenced an article in Forbes titled Ten Things I Couldn't Care Less About When I'm Hiring (by Liz Ryan). I like lists - I...
Approximately 130 to 160 e-mails per day per person here . . . . . . some are advertisements/Groupons; some are from professional associations or organizations we have 'subscribed' to. Many (hopefully, most) are from people we have reached out to on behalf of our...
My co-founders and I have different start dates for Abeln, Magy, Underberg & Associates. Ken/Mary Abeln and I (David Magy) started the firm in 1996 . . . . . Ken and Mary on July 1, 1996 - with me joining them on August 1, 1996. (My delay - completing my transition...
Our last blog post talked about relocation - and the need to address the question directly. Will you relocate? If a position requires you work at a certain location, this is a rather basic question. There is another area that requires a rather basic...
One of our current (and wonderful) clients was telling me a story of a recent search they were conducting (this client uses multiple firms depending on the level and/or function of the role). The story was about a candidate they loved for a high-travel senior...
I have written on this topic in the past under different titles. My favorite (title) still comes from a Head & Shoulders® commercial:
You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a First Impression
Social media can be a lasting and damaging impression....
Over the last few days, I spoke with two transition groups on How To Work With Recruiters. We covered multiple topics - the general definition of retained versus contingent...
(Our first guest blog - thank you to Brenda Devlin!)
An HR professional in the job market:
As an HR leader, I found myself in the job market recently after successfully restructuring myself out of a job. Going into the job search, I...
Each new year, there are a plethora of websites that list the top new ideas and/or trends for the coming year. People often look for opportunities – what industries and or new markets should be pursued? For the entrepreneur, this is a...