• Hire As If You Are A Startup

    Every Friday, I check out the articles on ere.net.  There was an interesting article by Howard Adamsky called Finally, Your Essential Overview of Hiring for...

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  • Causing (Okay - Predicting) Turnover?

    Each week, I check http://www.ere.net/ for articles. There is usually at least one article that sticks out as important to read or post (we post on our website (...

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  • It's not just what you say - it's how you say it!

    Terminology - it seems to be changing all the time.  Change is all around us.  We embrace it through technology. (What percentage of the population is using the same phone they used as few as three years ago.)  We embrace it at work. Now - we need to use and understand...

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  • Best Networking Practices

    There have been a few articles lately that have addressed poor networking practices (and by virtue of their information - better ideas for networking). Earlier this month, LinkedIn shared an article, Conversation Killers: How to...

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  • Retained vs. Contingent Search - The Client's View

    A few times in the last three weeks, I have been asked by HR professionals and business people to explain the difference between Retained and Contingent search.  While this is in writing on our website (see ...

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  • Another glimpse into the future!

    Staying on a theme . . . . . the future trend research we conduct is exciting.  One of our favorite sources of information is the firm J. Walter Thompson (see www.jwt.com).  Each year they come...

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  • A (Partial) Glimpse Into The Future

    Each year, in preparation for varying presentations, I get to do trend research.  I have great sources (all websites I would be happy to pass along if you would like) and they are actually quite fun to read. This year, more than most, the...

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  • Happy 2013! Start the year with action!

    It is hard to believe - we are starting week #3 of 2013.  As an executive search firm, we see a flurry of activity from job seekers at the end of any calendar year.  It is almost as if they need to get some level of activity started in the 'current' year so they...

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  • Conflict of Interest or Good Business Model?

    Ethics has been a topic of this Blog at least nine times in the past.  Let's make it an even 10. An interesting debate in the industry. Earlier this month, one of the world's largest retained (executive only) search firms bought a very large assessment...

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  • Research - and how to be Visible

    Our last Blog post was about networking at this time of year.  (Interestingly, the Wall Street Journal Report carried a story about the importance of  job hunting and networking this time of year just this morning.) While networking is clearly the number one way in...

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