Business leaders sometimes forget about selling the location of the job opportunity or don't take the time to do that. This week's recruiting activities brought this squarely in mind for me. We had an excellent, top executive fly down from another state to Austin for an interview. I took the lead to pick up the [...]
As an Austin retained executive search consultant, there comes a time in the hiring process with a very good candidate that you must assess whether they have a true interest in the opportunity you are attempting to fill. I like to use a simple exercise to understand their interest level. If the candidate has interviewed [...]
One area that most executive search firms and staffing agencies do not do particularly well in is saying "thanks but no thanks" to candidates who do not receive the offer. Personally, I consider this as part of our job and a way to establish a long term relationship with the candidate who was unsuccessful. If [...]
That was one bad recession. As an Austin based Executive Search Firm, all signals look like the USA is finally pulling out of it. My sector tends to be a great barometer for measuring economic health. In a very robust year for my firm and the economy, if we receive one new executive search per [...]
I am going to start a series about clients I learn from that help me become better at what I do as an Austin area Executive Search Firm owner. I am blessed with some wonderful, long term client relationships since I started in the Executive Search business in 1997. Kasha Bartholomew is the VP of [...]
I do best my thinking in the shower. Heard the song 1999 by Prince this morning and that song led to a thought about the current economy. It suddenly feels like 2007 from an economic perspective. My Austin based Executive Search firm has received five executive searches this year and it is only early March. [...]
As an Executive Search Firm in Austin, I have something different to offer worried parents who are concerned that their Son or Daughter will not find a job once they graduate from college. I am honored to be one of the speakers of ACT2 Career Camp that will take place on March 31 @ 9am [...]
I have met and connected with a local Austin consultant who has become a role model for me. This person is younger than me (may be wiser too) and leads by example as a consultant in our community. He is always available to help and adds value to any issue I am working on. His [...]
I was encouraging a laid off executive this morning with his job search plan. It was gratifying to me that because he is a sales executive, he really connected to what I was preaching in the area of face to face contact. I told him to keep a specific metric very simple: obtain three to [...]
When recruiting executives, it is important to build trust with each and every bonafide candidate. I explain in the beginning of the search process that my role is like a "bridge" between the company and the candidate. Although I am hired by the company, it is my job to ensure that the candidate deeply understands [...]
