In the June 4, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader complains about the nagging fear that “the system” will blow up in his face: I follow all the proper steps throughout my job search, and inevitably I hit a snag that I don’t expect. Getting a job is portrayed as this system everybody follows [...]
In the May 14, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader tells how he landed a job with more money, more vacation, in short order — at age 58: I just wanted to tell you that I got a new job. Though I got this job by responding to a posting on LinkedIn, I used some of [...]
In the May 7, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter gets fed up having to pay to “access” jobs online: I have been job hunting for three weeks now and each time I come across a job that I would like to apply for, I get directed to a website that demands payment. [...]
In the April 30, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job applicant invests more than eight hours in interviews and asks why the employer acts like her time is free: The rudeness of employers seems to be pervasive out there. I had interviews with a company recently. The second round involved four finalists meeting 12 [...]
In the April 23, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a loyal employee wonders whether it’s honest to go to a job interview: I’m working for a great tech company on the west coast in a job I enjoy, but I was approached by a recruiter from a large company in the midwest for an interesting [...]
In the April 16, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a parent asks how her son, a new college graduate, can get a job when he’s got no experience. How can he get experience when he can’t get hired? He’s done internships and earned good credentials in school, but keeps losing out to other applicants. How can he [...]
In the April 9, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a transitioning military officer asks how to break through: I have spent the morning drilling through Ask the Headhunter. Thank you for the time and effort you put into that forum. I especially appreciate the reasoned, personal responses you give to select comments on your posts. I would [...]
Fast on the heels of last week’s column, Why HR should get out of the hiring business, I did Gil Gross’s talk radio show in San Francisco (KKSF Talk910 am). We discussed what’s broken about America’s employment system, why good workers can’t get hired, and what HR (human resources) departments have to do with it… What’s [...]
This is a special posting connected to a presentation for Executive MBA students at Cornell: Ask The Headhunter / Be The Profitable Hire Cornell University Johnson School of Management March 23, 2013, in Palisades, NY I’ll add more content here after the event — but the main purpose is to answer attendees’ questions that we [...]
In the March 5, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job changer wonders if his resume is any good: I was terminated along with dozens of other people when my company got into trouble. I’ve had to look for jobs in totally different industries because I want to stay in this city. Attached is my [...]
