It’s the first Friday of the month. For most, it’s just like any other Friday – focused on getting through one more day of the work week to enjoy a short, well-deserved break. For me, it’s another one of those Fridays where I wake up, glued to
Read more →Job Dating. Essentially, that’s what it is, isn’t it? As a recruiter, I hear all of the crazy and outrageous things that people do during the job search/interview process. While it all seems like common sense, you’d be surprised at the things people do to sabotage their
Read more →Over the weekend, I was at a coffee shop with a friend catching-up and doing some work when the man sitting beside us butted into our conversation. Now, I had secretly been observing him and listening to him talk to the other patrons all morning – but
Read more →A couple of months ago, I was working with a very senior-level candidate who was seeking her next big challenge. She had been with her company for more than three years, but over the past year and half, she’d found herself at a professional crossroads. She’d had
Read more →I just came back from a long weekend in New York – celebrating the holiday, spending quality time with family and taking in every last drop of energy from “The City” that I could. Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve spent most of my adult life grappling with
Read more →Every day I talk to people who are contemplating significant changes in their lives. It might be a new job, an entirely new career or even a move to a brand new city (with a new job/new career, too, of course!). They tell me that they are
Read more →Teams are shorthanded. Budgets are limited. Clients are taking forever to make decisions. But, time is of the essence. Competition is high. And there is no room for error – anywhere. We have more and more resources at our fingertips that are supposed to make our lives
Read more →Last week, an article featured on LinkedIn, (via Business Insider) caught my attention -“22 Executives Share The Best Advice They Ever Received” As a professional who is always intrigued by the bits of wisdom that may help me or the executives I work with to be more successful,
Read more →One of the hats I wear as a professional recruiter is that of a career coach. Over the years, I’ve spent many hours guiding candidates, peers and friends through all aspects of the career/job search process (and, boy, do I have stories…). As we’ve seen in recent job
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