The week between Christmas and New Year is typically quiet (not dead, just slow). I use it as a time for an annual and complete office cleaning. One of the areas I have put off for years was going through old presentations (from my Career Dynamics days . . . . 1989 -...
As a search firm, candidates often come to us asking for assistance in their job search. While we don't do anything proactive for the job seeker (we are retained by employers to fill their management and leadership positions), we do keep up on the latest in job search...
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:...
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...
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...