Candidate Chronicles

I've been asking this question of clients and candidates for years now.  It's amazing how many don't know.  It's an important question.  One that can alter the direction of your life.  It's the difference between success and significance.  Everybody has a reason for doing the things the do.  Not [...]

  A surprising percentage of individuals we call give us a less-than-warn reception to our call.   We get responses that range from a sense that we've just called at an inconvenient time…to annoyance…to taking offense…to being rude…to hanging up on us mid-sentence.  Recruiting is in many ways a [...]

I routinely am told by others that they are too busy.  Too busy for what?  You name it.  Too busy to call back…too busy to think about your career...too busy to look at a job description, too busy to update a resume…too busy to review a resume.  Really?  I [...]

  I had a great conversation with a friend that I hadn't spoken with in a while.  He recounted some guidance I had given him several years ago when he was looking to make a career change.  He's gone on to do great things and is in the midst [...]

  I'm a dreamer.  Always have been.  So I am the last person to rain on another's parade.  What intrigues me is the number of people who have a dream and don't understand that they have no intention of doing the things necessary to achieve it.  Dreams rarely fall [...]

  It's interesting to me how many people are scared of opportunity.   Fears often masquerade as perfectly reasonable arguments, understandable deferrals, and subconsciously constructed obstacles. What opportunities have passed you by while you mulled them over in agonizing detail?  We make idols of our own comfort.  We create these [...]