Any executive search has the tendency to flounder unless the executive search professional is experienced in keeping the search on track during all phases. Here are some insights: 1) Kick Off phase-insure that you truly understand the job description and the company culture you are recruiting for. 2) Name Generation phase-make sure that your research [...]
This is a continuing series to highlight clients that my firm admires.Thus far in this series we have written about Kasha Bartholomew, Paul Trylko, Casey Leaman, Karen Ganzlin, Mike Klockenga and Tony Budet. Debbie Mitchell is the President of Velocity Credit Union in Austin, Texas. Debbie started with Velocity 27 years ago as a Lending Assistant [...]
As a Retained Executive Search Consultant, creating final expectations with the candidate you are attempting to close the deal with is very important. Let's say you are in the 7th inning of trying to close a candidate on a company opportunity. What do the next 2 innings look like? One example is a top candidate [...]
Any good retained executive search professional worth his/her salt will tell you that the secret to kicking off a successful search is asking the the right questions at the start of the process. Here are eight questions to keep firmly in mind when kicking off an executive search. There are more questions but these eight [...]
Many candidates today feel that they are not fully respected in the job search process. In the area of saying "sorry" to a candidate and rejecting them for a position with feedback, I agree that they have a point. The recruiting community could do a better job of keeping candidates informed of their status. Candidates [...]
As an executive search firm, our company is known for building long term relationships with both clients and candidates. Executive search professionals and HR professionals know that keeping the candidate up to date with timely communications is vital to building that relationship. They will feel plugged into the process and feel like they will not [...]
We live in very exciting times, especially in the business world and Social Media is changing the way we do business. Phone calling and emailing seem to be the old fashioned way of communicating and it is being replaced by Skype, FaceTime, texting, Twitter, FaceBook mail, instant messaging, Linked in mail, etc. Not opposed to [...]
Recently facilitated a robust discussion with Omaha and Lincoln HR professionals at a roundtable discussion related to dress and image in the workplace. Our guest speaker was my spouse, Bonnie Balistreri of Bonnie Balistreri Image Consulting Two takeaways from this roundtable discussion came from the HR executives in how to engage an employee on the topic: [...]
As a small business owner, I am always looking for opportunities to learn from other successful enterprises. I found myself in my Dentist office last week as a result of a sore tooth. My Dentist is Scott Branyon in South Austin. As I was waiting in the lobby, I began thinking about what a great [...]
On Saturday morning, April 6th, Bonnie Balistreri Image Consulting and my firm, Salvatore Balistreri Executive Search Consulting, will combine talents to create a seminar on an insider's perspective on obtaining the job you want. The seminar will be held at The Alamo Drafthouse-Slaughter location in SouthWest Austin. This seminar is perfect for the just graduating [...]
