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5 Business Lessons From 5-Year-Old Me
Growing up, our parents teach us a lot. Lessons that we learned before we began school, or that were reinforced in school; lessons that we had to re-learn on our own as we grew up; and most importantly, lessons that we still live by every day. Let me share with you...
Why I Focus On Recruiting Millennial Leaders
A lot of recruiters in this industry call themselves “executive recruiters.” It makes them sound high-level, experienced and important. The truth is, most of them aren’t executive recruiters. In fact, I know I am not yet an executive recruiter - but I will be. It...
Candidate Perception is Everything in a Candidate-Driven Market
Finding talent for your business can be hard right now, being in a candidate-driven market. Not only are the most talented workers currently employed, but they also know that they don’t have to take just any job. The talent gap is widening, and candidate perception is...
A Recruiter’s Take on “The Truth About Recruiters”
The truth is, it can be tough to be a recruiter. The stigma around the profession is oftentimes still negative and hard to work past when attempting to build new relationships with clients and talent. I get it. Some recruiters are bad - just like some lawyers, some...
Recruiters: How to Develop a Timeline to Better Serve Your Customers
There are many important factors that go into matching top talent to the right career. There are a lot of details for a recruiter to gather about a position, such as the culture of the workplace, ideal candidate profile, position basics, compensation, positional...
Emotional Intelligence: Do You Have What it Takes?
Your intelligence quotient, or IQ, used to be the number everyone wished was higher. Employers took IQ heavily into account when interviewing new talent. Determining intelligence with a standard test and set scale seemed reasonable. Recently, a new intelligence score...
What to Do When Opportunity (or a Recruiter) Knocks
The definition of opportunity is “a set of circumstances that make it possible to do something.” I received an email recently that made me reflect on this definition.
10 Hilarious Movie Quotes to Help Your Job Hunt
When I was growing up, my brothers and I rarely spoke our own thoughts. Instead, we spoke in movie quotes probably 90 percent of the time. This tormented my mother to the point where one night at dinner she yelled, "WHO IS BILLY MADISON?" She had thought it was a...
4 Reasons Your Recruiter Is Asking Personal Questions
When enlisting a recruiter in your job search, a lot of questions will be asked. Where do you currently work? Why are you looking for something new? What is your current salary? This will most likely be overwhelming. Being asked to disclose such personal information...
