Who can criticize a company for growing at 30% a year? … A few that know it could be growing at 50% a year.
Who would support their spouse to leave a job during their best year ever? …The one that knows that they could be leaving $100K/yr on the table by not being opportunistic.
A few months ago a colleague told me, “I don’t know how you do it – you’re chipper and upbeat every single day!”
According to researchers at Germany’s Aachen University, only 27% of people are in fact “morning people” – and I’m NOT one of them. I’m just…HAPPY, and it makes me a better Recruiter,Teammate, Friend and Husband.
Calm down, and definitely don’t send me any pictures, that’s not what I was referring to. (And if it IS that big, why so testy?!)
What I mean is we recruiters hear this all the time from our Clients: “Why should I pay you a search fee? I am very well connected. My Network is HUGE!”
In some ways, Silicon Valley is a world of its own, where the brightest and geekiest minds get together to work on the next Facebooks and Googles.
But that could create a big gap in the language they use from the rest of the world.
I have some good news and bad news…The good: The market is back in a BIG way, and organizations are spending money to make money- anywhere from expanding their staff, to upgrading equipment and investing in new software. If you’re in the software business- your company is probably growing by leaps and bounds!
If only we had some sort of magical power that would prevent us from making bad decisions. Seriously, if I had to choose a superpower, that would be on the top of my list.
“Just look at our online job posting and start sending us candidates” is one of the least favorite phrases a headhunter wants to hear from a company they’re recruiting talent for. You might as well ask me to clean your house and just hand me a rag. Where’s the mop? The Windex? The OxiClean? (Or for those of you over 40, the Pine-Sol?)
Don’t get me wrong-I understand that recruiting may be a small part of your job, but how well (or poorly) you hire can surely account for a percentage of you and your company’s success, so why not do it right?
Anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that I am an independent thinker. My interests reflect this- from building things with my hands, to my passion for music. (I’m a percussionist on multiple instruments from playing drums in a Christian rock band to a cajon [drum box] in acoustic settings, with shaker and cowbells- and now I’m learning the piano.)
Welcome to our newest post in our “I wish my recruiter knew” series…
We polled our clients, candidates and social media followers, asking them to answer a question that most search firms don’t dare ask-- what’s on their minds!
Life is pretty good at the moment. I have some really fun things planned for the summer (my FAVORITE season), and things are great at work. I’m currently at 266% of goal for the month and 137% of goal for the quarter. So why do I feel a bit melancholy?…