Today, companies have a variety of methods of filling executive positions. They can use social media such as LinkedIn and Twitter, internal sourcing, employee referrals, word of mouth or viral recruiting, company website, job boards, newspaper ads and trade publication ads. I am sure I have not exhausted the list of options. Why would a [...]
Dear President Obama & Speaker of the House Boehner, Today our US Government sharply revised the GDP growth estimate for the 2nd Quarter of this year from 1.7% to 2.5%. This is a great sign that our economy is truly coming back. You both have a critical role in shepherding that our economy continues to [...]
Probably the one thing that I enjoy more than anything related to my search practice is business development and seeing clients or future clients face to face. It is that one time you can check the barometer on the market place and also catch up with clients on their personal and business lives. I have [...]
This is a continuing series about clients I have worked for and admire. Thus far in this series I have profiled Kasha Bartholomew, Paul Trylko, Casey Leaman, Karen Ganzlin, Mike Klockenga, Tony Budet and Debbie Mitchell. Vickey Thayer Kleinsmith was the former and now retired VP of Human Resources for Lozier Corporation. Our excellent business [...]
LinkedIn recently published a white paper on "2013 Global Recruiting Trends" with these five findings and action items: 1) Recruiters are relying much more these days on social media to engage top talent 2) Take the opportunity to engage your employees and candidates on your employer brand and how you are different from the competition [...]
Played tennis this morn with a much younger Man than me. In fact I am almost twice as old as this great family friend. Recently he has been beating me in matches and although they have been close, I had to think about how to gain an edge this morning so I could be more [...]
Providing candid feedback to candidates on their interviewing experience is vital to developing a relationship with the candidate so they will remain interested in the client opportunity. I attempt to paint a picture for the candidate so they can truly understand where they stand with the opportunity. For example, I may use an analogy such [...]
I keep thinking about Andy Murray. What a phenomenal win at Wimbledon. He became the first British tennis player since 1936 to win that trophy. What can we learn from this very big win? 1) The British press can be mean and the entire country put a ton of pressure on Andy Murray to end [...]
Just read a very good summary that explains the difference between retained executive search (what my firm offers) and contingency search. This article appeared in the Executive Trumpet via <www.executivetrumpet.com> The Difference Between Retained and Contingency Executive Search Firms You're interested in getting involved with an executive search firm, but you aren't really sure [...]
The art of asking for a networking meeting is contingent on obtaining a referral of someone who knows your networking target. Always use "referred by _______" in the email subject heading as it will alert the network target that someone has offered up their name as a valued contact. The email to the networking target [...]
