A reality in our new post-recession economy which employers will soon have to face is that a large portion of the current workforce, the so-called “Baby Boomers”, is steadily nearing retirement age…“The baby boomers are retiring! The baby boomers are retiring!!…”
For the last few years there has been a trend in blogs, social updates, slideshows, and all forms of media concerning the millennial generation. Statements such as Millennials hop jobs too often, that they are inexperienced and uneducated, too philanthropic and that they care more about their friends and home life than their careers.
I’m sorry I can’t help you but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to help you or that you are helpless…oh hell!
My boss calls me a “classic people pleaser.”
I counter with the lyric from Jewel’s 1990’s ballad, “In the end, only kindness matters.” My boss says Jewel was high and that people pleasing will make a recruiter crazy. Or broke. Or both.
You are under a microscope in those first 90 days. You could find yourself out of a job.
Just as you are often remembered at your old company for your last few weeks, you are also known for your first days as a new employee and you may never live down some real blunders. Here are some real Don’ts of the first 90 days (and beyond).
I returned home from a busy day in executive search to watch the drama I engage in on a daily basis unfold in reverse. It all started when my overworked wife who heads a successful public charter school came home from work late with a gleam of hope in her eyes.
I’ve become a better recruiter because of my Tinder App.
I used to sift through LinkedIn looking for a candidate for my client’s search the way I looked through Tinder, hoping for a model, but then wondering what a model would see in me! There are a lot of fabulous people on LinkedIn with amazing backgrounds.
In the last week, I polled some CEO’s I know and respect about their hiring preferences in Sales. Eavesdrop at your leisure.
“When it comes to hiring a Sales staff, what is most important?”
You get a lot of calls from recruiters. Well, guess what, I make a lot of those calls. Every morning before donning my headset I down a thermos of hot coffee. (Because showering in it would be scalding but kind of awesome.) Caffeinated and retained by an excellent client with a compelling story and value prop, I enthusiastically start talking to candidates, and I am genuinely excited about the possibility of changing lives! Maybe yours!
I sent out an email blast to my executive HR contacts last week. The position was a top rate, top level Ex-Pat job on an island in the Mediterranean. Great pay, benefits and a company paid villa on the sea. Response was overwhelming. The vast majority of respondents asked to set up a meeting.
The country is at 6.2% unemployment. The talent you want is 100% employed and happy! So please stop hiring and start recruiting.
What’s the difference? Most companies think they are recruiting, but act like they are hiring.