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It’s happened several times….
I know it can be difficult to justify utilizing the services of an executive recruiter. You wonder what “secret sauce” we have…whether we can identify candidates that are special enough to justify our fees. Sometimes you can find a great candidate on your own through networking, or posting your job online. But something just happened
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Creating focus for your search
It happens quite a bit. We are awarded a search….we are told to identify candidates ASAP. And off we go….. We begin presenting candidates for the CRM Director role. The Hiring Manager asks, “Why are you only presenting people who have implemented CRM Systems?” I say that the President, who awarded us the search, said
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DMA NYC Roundtable – November 2017
Terrific lineup of talent participated in the roundtable discussion held at 4 World Trade Towers: Marc Parrish, CMO of ActionIQ, Mary Rodgers, Director of Marketing at Cuisinart, Josh Ong, Director of Global Brand Strategy at Cheetah Mobile, Sean Lynch, Marketing Manager at Fila, Kyle Csik, Managing Partner at GroupM, Chris McDonald, CEO of Registria, David
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Giving notice via text message??!
The Adobe Consumer Email Survey Report 2017, carried out by Advantis, revealed some fascinating insights about utilizing smartphones, and specifically, giving notice at their place of employment. Although the vast number of survey respondents still quit their jobs in person (76%), 11% feel it’s appropriate to notify their employer they are leaving via email. And
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Ecommerce brands going towards brick & mortar
Great piece by Ilyse Liffreing of Digiday on a trend that nobody expected….online brands are opening brick and mortar stores at an increasing rate. “These efforts may seem counterintuitive. After all, it seems like every day a Fortune 500 company, a Macy’s or a JCPenney, for instance, announces they are closing another set of stores
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Dog Days of Summer?
If there is any pattern to hiring trends, I can’t seem to identify it. We are so busy recruiting direct and digital marketers for our clients that I’m not even experiencing the weather, as I have been at my desk recruiting into the night lately. It is a gift to be so busy, so
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Do you feel like someone is watching your every move at work? You are probably not overly paranoid.
According to the American Management Association, nearly 80 percent of major companies now monitor employees’ use of email, internet or phone: click here for ABC News piece. According to the article, written by Romy Ribitzky: o The figure represents a sharp rise from 1997 when only 35% of companies kept tabs on their workers. o
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Welcoming your new Employee
You have interviewed, courted and hired your new employee. They arrive for their first day on the job…excited, perhaps nervous…and possibly still being pursued by other organizations & recruiters. I call this the “honeymoon phase”. Because this new relationship is a different type of marriage. Your new hire will actually spend more time working for
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Job seekers; please do not respond this way
We often reach out to introduce one of our searches by sending an email to prospective candidates. Some respond to the email, to indicate interest, by saying that they welcome a conversation. Some send a resume. Those are productive ways to initiate next steps! Others respond via email, peppering us with questions: o Who’s your client? o
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The Most Overlooked Area of Hiring
You have extended an offer to a stellar candidate…and they have accepted! Good news indeed. But unless you continue to feed and nurture your new hire, they may not make it to the start date. There is a tendency on the part of organizations to feel that once the offer is accepted, the problem
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