We have reached a very exciting milestone here at Abeln, Magy, Underberg & Associates: We are proud to be celebrating 25 years in business!
The idea to establish the firm came about in 1996. Then business partners at Career Dynamics (a career management...
You weren’t expecting a key position to become open, but it is happening with greater frequency. In a ‘normal’ economy with low unemployment (think pre-COVID), it is considered a sign of confidence in the market when people leave their jobs voluntarily and...
One of the focus areas of Abeln, Magy, Underberg & Associates is working with family-owned and closely-held businesses. Over the years, we have had the pleasure of working with newer family enterprises, as well as those with long and proud histories. Clients have...
We have had to ask ourselves that same question.
January is that time, when it is natural to think about changes, starting with writing the new year--2020.
And 2020 has already brought about several changes:
Our...
It has been a great year! Busy – thank you to our clients. You put your trust in us – we worked hard to find you the people you needed. We can’t thank you enough for allowing us to be your Retained Search partner.
Our team – we...
I recently had the pleasure of addressing a group of in-transition executives. The presentation title was Marketplace Trends. The presentation covered a multitude of areas (I mentioned in the last post -...
As you know from past posts, I am a fan of ERE.net's articles. Toward the end of last year, there was a wonderful article entitled Why Not Start the New Year by Doing Something Strategic in Talent...
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, ...
As part of some pre-work for a retained search industry conference I helped plan (conference was held at the end of April), I asked a few of our clients about their perspective on the market, and their workforce and succession planning plans. Each of the people on the...
E-mails, magazines, books, etc. We all have too much to read - but great intentions. We put things in piles - with great hope of reaching the bottom some day. As mentioned in an earlier post, I read HR Magazine (SHRM's publication) in 5 minute increments - usually...