If you are an experienced executive recruiter, you know that the time between a new hire's acceptance and the actual start date can last from 2 to 4 weeks. I call this the "Twilight Zone" as anything can still happen i.e. the candidate decides to stay with their current employer or they decide that the [...]
So your candidate just interviewed for the last time with your client company and you are waiting on feedback from the company. Will it be a "yes" or "no" related to the next step offer stage? In this particular situation (that I am actually working on today), the candidate interviewed yesterday and his feedback was [...]
Seemed to me that the 50th anniversary of that terrible day in Dallas struck a nerve with most Americans (especially of my generation or older than my generation). I was only 9 years old that day but I remember the tremendous sadness of my parents and brother that entire miserable weekend in '63. If you [...]
When candidates interview with our firm or directly with our clients, we always close the loop with them. Obviously, if there is big interest, we will work with the successful candidate all the way through the offer and hire with our client. How about candidates that don't do as well i.e. candidates that don't make [...]
Almost everyone wants to be successful in what they do for a living plus successful with their personal life. In my opinion and based on 59 years of trying, success in life actually comes down to some simple tenets. Of course, this is a journey and I am totally a work in progress. Here are [...]
As an executive search professional, I am often asked how to get the attention of people in my field who are working on VP and Chief level positions for clients. One area to make clear is that executive search professionals are similar to realtors who look for the listing. "Headhunters" or executive search professionals work [...]
Just yesterday I was following up with a potential client on a new executive search opportunity. I was emailing with the Administrative Assistant to the CEO. I had reached out to her this past Monday and was checking in again Thursday because I had not heard any feedback on status of the project (as I [...]
This is a continuing series of clients that I truly admire and have made a big difference in my business and my life in general. The first 8 parts of this series have highlighted the following clients and friends: Kasha Bartholomew, Paul Trylko, Casey Leaman, Karen Ganzlin, Mike Klockenga, Tony Budet, Debbie Mitchell and Vickey [...]
Just read a terrific interview in The New York Times Business Day page. The interview was with Robin D. Richards, leader of the Career Arc Group. Here is the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/business/robin-richards-of-careerarc-on-respecting-employees.html I truly liked Robin's answer to the question, how do you hire? "We try to hire nice people, kind people. Kind people matter. One, [...]
I know. This sounds very boring and dry. However, there is an "art" to making the job description interesting so that it sells in a genuine way to candidates and it informs them. The job description (if a non-confidential search) that is publicized to candidates should include the following: 1) Position Title, Reporting To Whom, [...]
