I have a great story related to the value of networking for your career. Let's go back to 2005. I am having a first lunch with an executive to attempt to obtain some future search work with her. Over the years we lost touch with each other. My bad. 2018 rolls in and I [...]
Clients appreciate candidate assessments that are concise and to the point. Besides sending a resume for the client to review, we send three statements that will help the client understand the candidate's motivation for wanting the position, the candidate's operating style and the compelling reasons that the client should consider hiring the candidate. Here [...]
I have been an executive search professional since 1997 (20 years this October). I could have not made this long term and successful without clients who have believed in me. Think about it: when a client signs an agreement to work with you, they are saying that they believe in your passion and believe that [...]
I recently have been seeing a trend related to candidate resumes. Besides sending a resume, some candidates also send a brief Fact Sheet that describes the executive candidate's summary of experience in a very reader-friendly way. Please follow this link for a Fact Sheet example: Sample 2017 Fact Sheet Consider sending a Fact Sheet along [...]
I recently came across this excellent resume "cheat sheet" that can help executive candidates write a best version resume. Please peruse this link: Executive Resume Cheat Sheet I received this "cheat sheet" from Fatemah Mirza, (Resume Writer, Networking and Interview Coach) who works at Career Tuners.com Thank you Fatemah.
This is an ongoing series about simple and useful interview tips that work well for candidates. Collect these tips in the coming year so that it always improves your chances of obtaining the job you want. Tip #2 Dress one-half step above the company norm when interviewing It is important to understand the company culture [...]
This is a new and ongoing series about interview tips that work well for candidates. I will try to keep the information simple but also very useful. Collect these tips in the coming year so that it always improves your chances of obtaining the job you want. Tip #1 Always exercise before any interview I [...]
As the owner of a retained executive search firm, I am often asked, on a consistent monthly basis, about how to go about searching for an executive position. My usual response is typically found in these 10 points, in ranked order of importance: Set an objective, metric driven goal of at least 3 face to [...]
This year it was my wife Bonnie's turn to pick the location of our vacation trip. When she selected Japan, I thought it would be an interesting place to visit and really did not think much more than that. Wow! Just back and the country inspired us for these reasons: people: on at least four occasions, [...]
Read an excellent article from The Economic Times of India related to HR Challenges in 2014. This article cements the idea in my mind that we are all doing business in a global world as the challenges seem to also make sense for almost all US companies. Here are the HR challenges to look for [...]
