Are you frustrated by employers who don’t follow up with you? On tenterhooks waiting for the next interview or the job offer? There’s some excellent advice in this week’s issue of the Ask The Headhunter newsletter. I recommend that you sign up to receive this free resource every week! It’s full of honest (sometimes painfully …
Nice article by Susan Kreimer in the Washington Post – “A Season for Discreet Schmoozing” – I was pleased to be able to contribute some tips! While it’s easy to assume hiring doesn’t happen in the 6 weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, that’s a defeatist attitude that (1) ignores reality and (2) prevents you …
As a contributing editor to RecruitingTrends.com, I like to introduce the candidate’s perspective whenever possible. In my latest article I discussed the candidate’s experience with online application systems. Most job seekers know these are usually time-consuming, non-intuitive, frustrating, and difficult to complete. And I’m certainly not finding that online applications are eliminating the need for …
In the final throes of building a new home, my husband and I are beset by countless things to do, remember, follow up on, buy, return, decide, etc. This often results in one of us waking in the middle of the night as another “thing to do” pops to the surface of our befuddled minds. …