Steering Freedom toward Righteous Calls For many, the notion of freedom is the ability to do what we want, when we want. Seems self-evident, yes? Well, let’s take a look under the hood. It could be fairly argued that America is the ‘freest’ country in the world. And yet it could be also fairly stated, [...]
Avoid the Negative Drama at Work So you want to improve the workplace and neutralize the negativity? The distraction of negative energy in the workplace can sometimes drag an otherwise nice job into the depths. To make things more difficult, we are in the midst of cultural turmoil and a presidential political season…both of which [...]
Don't let the Next Candidate Slip through your Hands If your company is trying hard to secure the services of top talent, but is having trouble closing the deal (i.e., too many offers being turn downed), perhaps an evaluation of your interview process is in order. Many companies are working harder than ever to properly [...]
Asking the Right Questions during the Interview Of the millions of questions ever asked in an interview, virtually every one boils down to these three questions: Can you do the job? Simple and obvious right? Well not necessarily. Companies have different hiring philosophies. Some want a person who has virtually done the exact job in [...]
Four Key Elements to Changing Jobs The process of changing jobs is complex, with many variables. Among the most common of the important factors that should inform one’s thinking are job content and challenge, opportunity (or ramp - future potential), culture, location, benefits and of course, compensation. A common sense approach to properly valuing each [...]
Coping with Evolving Technology In the increasingly competitive job market, with off shoring, layoffs, downsizing, right sizing and job eliminations the new normal, what is the best path to insuring your ability to work in a high paying role? Great, question…glad you asked! There is a current of perception which informs us that the company [...]
Resume 101: Creating an Effective Resume Impactful Resume: As a 30 year technical recruiter, I have conservatively read 800,000 resumes. Printed out they’d fill a good size room. When the vetting process is complete, I have ultimately represented approximately 1% of those resumes / candidates to our highly selective clients. Approximately eight thousand introductions have [...]
Five Important Traits for the IT Professional If you have a technical career of any form, be it Information Technology, Engineering, R+D…doing, teaching, managing or supporting…here are 5 tools you should be using as much as possible! Phone: So what is THE most efficient form of point-to-point communication today? The phone, of course! In an [...]
Job Security: Large or Small Companies? In the seemingly endless days of this challenging economic climate, job security and stability are rising factors when making career choices for many job seekers. The question is where to find it and how to best secure it? A prevailing myth is larger companies offer better career opportunities, pay, [...]
Staying Competitive in Today's Job market Three simple career suggestions for our challenging times… With a great number of once monolithic structures of society showing signs of stress, it is not hard to find oneself experiencing varying degrees of alarm. What is going on? Who can we trust? And for the career minded, what must [...]
