Please join me again this week for LIVE Ask The Headhunter on WNYC public radio on Thursday July 16, 10:40am ET, on the Brian Lehrer Show. WNYC is at 93.9 FM, 820 AM — and ”streaming live” on the web at wnyc.org. This is part of a weekly Ask The Headhunter Series during July… *****UPDATE: Scroll down to listen to [...]
In as few words as possible (but make them compelling), give me 1. and 2. (Gag me with a spoon, but do not give me an elevator pitch, puleeez…) Forget about jobs you’re applying for, the job you have, and jobs “available”… Now, tell me: 1. What’s the one job you really want? That’s the easy [...]
In the Ask The Headhunter Newsletter I introduced a new feature recently: the Readers’ Forum. I ask you how to answer a question, solve a problem or deal with a situation. So step right up… In the July 14 edition, I published a Forum question from a new college graduate. She enthusiastically tells a company she wants to [...]
Yesterday I did 20 minutes with Brian Lehrer on WNYC, New York Public Radio. (I archived the audio on the blog post prior to this one if you’d like to listen.) We’ll be doing an Ask The Headhunter segment every week through July. Hope you’ll join us! 20 minutes is not a lot of time [...]
Join me for LIVE Ask The Headhunter on WNYC public radio on Thursday July 9, 10:40am ET, on the Brian Lehrer Show. WNYC is at 93.9 FM, 820 AM. And on the web at wnyc.org. Topic: Consulting gigs. How to get them, keep them and deal with the crunch in today’s economy. And I’ll (surprise?) Brian by explaining how [...]
Reader Mike Urbonas did a nice post about my 1997 book (not to be confused with the new book, How to Work with Headhunters) … Thanks, Mike! … But that’s not what’s so cool about his post. Mike brings up an old story published by Mr. Angry (Melbourne, Australia) that’s very instructive and a good [...]
Do the math. I keep telling you, just like 95% of HR people aren’t worth spit, neither are 95% of coaches, counselors or headhunters. Bad economies stimulate mutations in the business community that should be destroyed before they wreck the gene pool: In the next mutation, they join with former founders of Monster.com, HotJobs, TheLadders [...]
