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 [...]
What do your kids learn in college? Lots of people ask the question only when they see the tab for higher education. It’s a good question. A better question is, do they learn How?
I’m a big believer in education for its own sake. Anything you learn is something that might “grow you,” and it might [...]
I’ve spent years sharing advice about job interviews. My main advice is to walk into a job interview prepared to stand and deliver: Show the employer how you will do the work profitably so the employer will want to hire you.
But sometimes I forget that that’s the substance of a good interview. A good interview [...]
Honest, I don’t wake up every morning wondering, How can I slam TheLadders today? But TheLadders just seems to keep tripping over its own questionable practices.
I received a query from a reporter who’s working on a story about the perils of job hunting:
I am looking for job seekers, recruiters or hiring managers who can talk [...]
A couple of weeks ago I posted a column on my FastCompany.com blog titled, Gen-Y, the Brazen Opportunist, and Curious Case of Penelope Trunk. It wasn’t until Nicole Crimaldi wrote about it on Ms. Career Girl that dialogue on the topic got interesting.
I just posted a comment on Nicole’s blog. Normally I wouldn’t reprint something [...]
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 [...]
Dear Robert,
I just went to the Jobfox web site to send you an e-mail, but your profile page doesn’t provide an e-mail link. I wasted only about two minutes searching elsewhere on the site but gave up. Figured I’d just post a note to you here on my own blog. (You are welcome to e-mail [...]
Is job hunting a solitary project?
I am currently job searching. My wife, who is in another field, constantly asks me how she can help me with my job search, and I don’t know what to tell her. I consider a job search to be a solitary activity, or an activity where the only help I [...]
About a year ago we first asked the question, How much would you pay for a job?
In this week’s e-mail Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, we’re covering part two. (Don’t get the free newsletter? Oops. You’re missing the full story. Sign up now!)
A reader says:
I recently signed an agreement with a search firm that places people either (1) as a [...]
Paying members of TheLadders often shoot off angry e-mails to CEO Marc Cenedella and complain he never responds. Ask The Headhunter readers sometimes send me copies of these e-mail exchanges (along with their rants about Ladders). Here’s a typical response that Ladders customers receive from customer service, when they complain that Cenedella is not replying to [...]
