Discussion: March 8, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
From a reader:
I was let go suddenly from a very small business after only one month, despite being told I was doing a fantastic job. (They had me doing three jobs: office manager, paralegal and client intake.) To make a long story short, this two-attorney firm has a pattern [...]
Discussion: March 2, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
The Q&A in today’s newsletter is a biggie: What are the hot spots in your job and your career that present opportunities for you to goose up your compensation? And, when you encounter such an opportunity, what should you do?
This is the topic of a new book I’m writing, and [...]
Discussion: February 23, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
In today’s newsletter, a reader asks for advice:
What’s with the psychological multiple-choice questions in job applications? What are they looking for and what do I do when I don’t “test well” with these kinds of questions? I’m a great employee, but these tests mess with my brain! Are there [...]
Discussion: February 9, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
In today’s Q&A column a reader wonders whether it’s better to be unemployed and job hunting full time, or to explain why he’s underemployed and jumping ship so quickly for the job he really wants. Do managers care? Does it make a difference?
I outline three different risks in my reply. [...]
Discussion: February 2, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
A reader asks for advice:
After several years of being a single mother I am now looking for work. However, due to family obligations I do not wish to work full time; ideally 20-30 hours per week. I have successfully found work using your approach in the past and would [...]
Discussion: January 19, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
In today’s Q&A a reader lost a precious job offer because she let a “headhunter” get involved:
My daughter recently got a job offer from a Fortune 100 company. When her headhunter sent them a bill, the company withdrew the offer. They said their policy excludes headhunters. Something doesn’t sound [...]
Every January, pundits publish their predictions for the new year. I don’t make predictions because I prefer not to be judged when I’m wrong ;-)
But it’s not hard to surmise that if the economy improves this year, the employment shoe will be on the other foot. The personnel jockey who has routinely been spitting rude questions [...]
Discussion: December 22, 2009 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
Usually the Readers’ Forum in the Ask The Headhunter newsletter starts with a problem or scenario posed by a reader. Then we all pile on it, here on the blog.
This week I’d like to pose a problem myself. The current edition of Wired magazine features an article about failure [...]
Discussion: December 15, 2009 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
A reader asks:
I am a mission-driven person (and a turn-around expert) who shares a fair number of beliefs from the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works style of business and project management. Even today, this is still an “out of the box” style of management and is not exactly listed [...]
Discussion: November 24, 2009 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
In today’s newsletter, a reader tells how she’s on a roll… conducting her job search exclusively through personal contacts. She hasn’t sent out a resume but has lined up phone calls with VP’s and CEO’s at her target companies.
How is that possible? How’d she do it? (You’ve gotta subscribe to [...]
