When I graduated college ("back in the day" according to my kids), finding a job was as difficult as it is today. Would I have relocated for a position? This was something my wife (fiance at the time) and I discussed and the answer was a definite YES. After we married...
It can be on the same day; it can be reported within the same publication (but of course from different sources). The news on the economy is confusing at best and certainly conflicting. The same can be said of the news and resulting implications of employee...
We all get multiple e-mails everyday . . . . . some we sign up for, some are random. I read them in batches as a time management tactic . . . . . they seem to come in endlessly. Candidate and client e-mails get priority; e-mail sources to which I subscribe get read when...
I am a bit of a news junkie - and constantly listen to news and/or talk shows instead of music channels when in the car (insert groan here). I heard a recent news story about Wordle (see www.wordle.net). What caught my interest was the reference to job postings.
I...
When my three children (now all young adults) were applying for part-time positions, I always made them send follow-up thank you notes. Initially, they were by snail-mail; later they were by e-mail. Either way, the volume of the groans I received after my 'suggestion' was...
Why would the word Tombstone be in an Ethics blog entry? The word Tombstone is a common custom with some retained search firms. In practice, it means sending an announcement to all of the firm's clients...
August 1, 1996 - the day we opened our search firm. The original team, Ken and Mary Abeln and I (David Magy), had a plan for creating a high quality retained search firm with multiple goals/objectives. At the end of year 14, we look back and smile (for the most part). ...
I just called a candidate about a President search we are conducting. He answered the phone on the second ring. I heard multiple voices in the background; I also heard a strong wind. I asked him if I had caught him at a bad time. He said no - he was simply at the beach....
We, as a micro-version of the retained search industry, is seeing some interesting trends. While the data from varying studies is all over in terms of direction, search firms like Abeln, Magy, Underberg & Associates that work in different locations/cities are seeing...
Yes - we are a retained search firm. Yes - we work with people who often have substantial work experience (a typical search requires 10 or more years of experience). No - we do not work with entry-level positions. That said, many of our clients and contacts seem to have...