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 [...]

Discussion: January 26, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter A reader’s query: In today’s newsletter, a “less than qualified” job applicant wonders how to shake the interview up. Is it ever proper to tell the interviewer that looking for “exact skills” will result in hiring someone who is likely to get bored easily and move on [...]

When I first started publishing Ask The Headhunter online in 1995, the most popular and frustrating question I’d get from readers was, How can I write a really great resume that will get me an interview? My answer was simple: Throw your resume in the garbage. Don’t use a resume. A resume is a crutch. A [...]

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 [...]

Discussion: January 19, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter A reader’s query: My company has announced a layoff, and it includes me. There has been no mention of severance pay, just “Goodbye and good luck!” Many of us have been here a long time. I want to approach management to ask for some kind of severance [...]

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 [...]

Discussion: January 12, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter In today’s newsletter: A reader without a college degree wonders how to win a job where a degree is required. I have ten years of work experience, but I do not have a degree. What is the best way to answer when an interviewer asks why I do [...]