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Working for a Greater Cause: The Distinctive World of Non-Profit Careers
In a world where the bottom line often dominates the conversation, making the leap to the non-profit sector can seem like stepping onto a different planet. Here, success is measured not in profit margins but in lives impacted. If you're considering a career shift or...
Global Economy Meets Global Talent Pool: It’s a Good Thing!
Over the past decade, the landscape of executive talent search has undergone a remarkable transformation, especially in the context of US companies accessing global talent and global companies tapping into the vast pool of talent within the United States. This shift...
Has the Post-Pandemic Era Dented Company Culture? Here’s What the Top Firms Are Doing to Adapt
As the world gingerly navigates the uncharted waters of the post-pandemic era, businesses are grappling with a seismic shift in workplace dynamics. Gone are the days when the buzz of conversation flowed naturally during coffee breaks, or when spontaneous brainstorming...
AI and the Job Market – will there be Winners and Losers?
Artificial Intelligence, or AI has been around for some time, but the release of ChatGPT has the World abuzz, especially regarding employment. What career paths will be negatively affected, and where will there be new opportunities? The Winners and Losers The rise of...
Embracing the Work-From-Home Phenomenon: Why Employees Don’t Want to Return to the Office
The work-from-home phenomenon has been reshaping the corporate world ever since the COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to adapt to remote work. As we navigate the post-pandemic world, many employees in industries that allow remote work are expressing a preference for...
Are you a job candidate heading into an interview? The Questions you should ask!
Whether you are a seasoned interviewee, or this is the first time you’ve been career shopping in decades, there are some basic questions you can ask during an interview that will give you an idea if you are a good fit for the company and if they are a good fit for...
Age Bias – Corporate America is Missing Out
The Great Resignation, the Covid-19 employee exodus, and the explosion of the Gig Economy have left many HR hiring teams mentally and physically exhausted. For some companies and industries they’ve hit a crisis point and are being forced to shift the way that they do...
The Employee/Employer Dance
I’ve been an employee and an employer (a couple of times) and now as an executive recruiter I’ve seen a lot when it comes to the employee/employer dynamic or what I refer to as “The Dance.” The hot topic in my world right now is the phenomenon called “Quiet Quitting”...
Job Seekers: Why Master the Art of Networking?
A strong personal and professional network is vital for career growth – whether or not you are currently looking for a new position! Having a cache of people in your inner circle with whom you can connect, learn from, and expand your horizons is one of the first...
The Telltale Danger Signs of a Bad Employment Candidate and a Bad Hire.
The cost of a bad hire is financial and emotional – because having the wrong person in the wrong seat at your organization can quickly turn into a cancerous situation that will quickly destroy morale and ultimately degrade your customers’ experience with your brand. ...
What’s the Solution for Filling the Great Resignation Gap?
The tidal wave of the Great Resignation continues as more and more employees suffer burnout, a reluctance to give up their work from home status, and discover a need to work less and live with less to achieve a better work/life balance. According to Fortune.com, the...
Thinking of Changing Careers? Remember the Purple Squirrel
If you’ve been following the news of the Great Resignation, you would think it’s a dream market for employees – simple supply and demand economics…or is it? While some industries such as health care and education are experiencing critical gaps, others are just seeing...
It’s Take More Than Just “Show Me the Money”
It’s a fairly safe assumption to make that every late Millennial to the Baby Boomers has seen the iconic scene in Jerry Macguire where Ron Tidwell, played by Cuba Gooding Jr. screams to Jerry, played by Tom Cruise, to “Show me the money!” If you haven’t seen the...
Ask This, Not That – Legal Alternatives to 6 Illegal Interview Questions
During the interview process, you want to learn as much as possible about your top candidates before you make the very important decision of who to extend a job offer to. However, it’s important that you don’t expose yourself or your organization to a potential...
The “Great Resignation” and How to Avoid It
Over the past year plus, many people who had plans to change jobs ended up staying put due to the uncertainty of the pandemic. The “Great Resignation”, coined by Anthony Lotz of Texas A&M University during an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, predicts that...