Archive for December, 2009


How to Say It: Women need not apply

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Discussion: December 8, 2009 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter A reader asks: I’m an award-winning sales rep. I’m also a woman. I applied for a job at a company whose #2 sales rep is female. After interviewing with the head of sales, I contacted the HR person to follow up. She dismissed me, saying, “We’ve found [...]


Job Boards? BNET sez fuggetaboutit.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

BNET’s Sales Machine (Geoffrey James) asks the question one more time with vigor: What’s the best way to job hunt? I asked Nick Corcodilos, author of the professional’s job hunting classic “Ask The Headhunter” what he thought of job boards like Monster.com, Careerbuilder,com, and TheLadders.com.  His observation: “Job boards are a rip-off.  Companies only hire [...]


The helpful (?) spouse

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

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 [...]