Perspectives
Thoughts from Industry Thinkers
Enough Already About The Job-Hopping Millennials
3:10 PM By BEN CASSELMAN Re-posted from FiveThirtyEight.com website As more and more millennials enter the workforce, companies are scrambling to figure out how to retain their younger employees. Or at least so says The Wall Street Journal, which is the latest...
Marketers: Your Mission is Growth (by David Edelman)
(Reposted from David Edelman; April 24, 2015) Marketing is going through so many changes that I find I need to remind myself (and others) that marketing needs to be focused on the big picture. And that big picture is driving growth for the business. If marketing isn’t...
Answering the Question “Why Should We Hire You?” (by Liz Ryan)
(Reposted from Liz Ryan, CEO and Founder, Human Workplace; June 17, 2013) There are job interview questions that strike terror into the hearts of job-seekers, and then there are interview questions that are merely depressing. Certain interview questions are depressing...
Mastering the Executive Search Process (by Daniel Goleman)
(Reposted from Daniel Goleman, author of The Triple Focus: A New Approach to Education; February 14, 2013) Any organization can greatly benefit from hiring the right people in the top positions. But how do you do it right? Desperate or haphazard hiring of executives...
Searching for Answers: The Executive-Search Business
(Reposted from The Economist; August 24, 2013) Times are touch for some headhunters. IN 1953 Gardner Heidrick and John Struggles left the management consultancy for which they worked, to found a new company which would focus on recruiting corporate bosses. It was the...
How to Work with an Executive Search Firm
Finding top-level talent can be tough, and sometimes requires hiring an executive search firm. Here's our guide to working with a professional headhunter. (Elizabeth Wasserman; Reposted from Inc. Magazine) The search for great talent for your business often requires...