Frankly, I often hope that interviewers will come up with more engaging questions than, “So, tell me about your greatest weakness.” Nevertheless, as a recruiter for 20+ years, I have to say, that staple question doesn’t seem to be going anywhere fast. As you look for a job, you should have a good answer for this one in your back pocket. There’s nothing [...]
No one disputes the value-add of a mentorship program, but these types of programs often get deprioritized amidst pressing day-to-day business imperatives. Yet, mentorship is just as important to the leaders mentoring as it is to those being mentored — and to company culture as a whole. To that first point, being a mentor gives people an opportunity to practice leadership skills. [...]
So how to stay visible when your face is on a screen in a room full of actual bodies? Harvard Business Review suggests remote workers “overindex on creating perceptions of rock solid reliability.” In other words, overdeliver on the amount of work you do. But expecting remote workers to bend over backwards to prove they’re being productive is what got us to this [...]
The topic of culture arises in nearly every conversation I am having with both clients and candidates. That said - culture comes from the top, as they say, and so does innovation. For a lot of leaders I talk to in my role as Executive Recruiter, innovation is a critical characteristic for their companies. And without a strong leader in the CEO position [...]
It might surprise you to hear a recruiter tout the advantages of advertising your open jobs on social media, but here we are. The fact is, in today’s market, a recruiter might be your biggest advocate, but you should use every medium at your disposal to network for the right candidates. At the very least, expect candidates to peruse your social media profiles [...]
Florida gained over 479,000 jobs in 2021, an increase of 5.6%. Nationally, the number of jobs increased by 4.5% in 2021. Plenty of interesting data attached! 2021.December.Florida
97% of employees would learn a new skill if given the opportunity, according to a recent Gartner report. And that’s good, because Gartner also reports that the number of skills required for any particular job is increasing by the year. A tech job that once required 15 skills might now call for 20 or more. As employees are expected to know more and [...]
Read the recruiter rags these days, and they’re full of advice for us Executive Recruiters. They’re saying to be choosy about the clients we work with, and focus only on the ones that are the best prospects for the smaller, pickier pools of candidates in the workforce today. Personally, I’m not aiming to get any snobbier about which companies I support with my [...]
People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. - Thomas Sowell Remember the good ol’ days of 3 meetings a day? Before the pandemic, that was the average for most professionals. Today, that number has increased to 5, according to at least one study. Why the extra two meetings? And even more alarming is the fact that these meetings take [...]
Want to know how your employees are feeling? Just look at them. Oh wait, you can’t look at them because you’re all working remotely? This has been the conundrum of a lot of leaders in the last year or two. And they — and perhaps you — have come up with plenty of new techniques for gauging both worker wellbeing and productivity. Things like: ✔️ Creating [...]