29 Sep Death, Taxes, and Great Candidates Have Short Shelf Lives
Death, taxes, and great candidates have short shelf lives...
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22 Sep Understanding The Role You Are Interviewing For
Last week one of my client shared with me a story of a recent candidate who they had interviewed. The candidate had experienced some tremendous success in his five year career thus far that he was very proud of, and rightfully so. His goal was to...
08 Sep The Trickle Down Effect of Employer Ghosting
Earlier this year I had a client interview a candidate. I immediately received feedback from the candidate and proceeded to follow up with my client to swap notes. This was phone interview between an engineer with five years of experience and the hiring manager…not overly...
17 Aug PERSEVERE
"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did." ~Newt Gingrich 📌To my fellow #recruiters with much smaller work loads than normal: be laser focused in your recruiting efforts and be grateful for the searches you do have,...
07 Jul Offer: $2000.00 Referral Fee
Have you ever: 📌 Referred someone to a great restaurant and they loved it?📌 Referred someone to a great hair stylist who they now go to every time?📌 Referred someone to your mechanic who they now know they can depend on to do a top notch...
03 May What Will the “New Normal” Look Like for Consulting Engineering?
As I speak to civil engineers across the country on a daily basis, I have been trying to understand what the "new normal" will look like when it comes to the physical work environment within the consulting engineering community. Of course a lot of...
30 Mar Video Interview? No Problem!
Let's just start with this, shall we? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4f9AYRCZY I'm not sure how long Zoom and SKYPE job interviews will be the new norm, but until we beat this pandemic, or at least until #socialdistancing policies relax, get used to it. 6 TIPS TO HELP YOU MASTER...
02 Mar The Art of Candidate Care
No matter how great your projects are, no matter how many awards you may have won, no matter how fancy dancy your website may be, recruiting candidates is TOUGH. It requires a lot of work. It requires a detailed plan. It's really tough to...
02 Mar Your Boss is Leaving – Should you Follow?
Three reasons why you should not follow your boss from job to job...
03 Feb Don’t Fall Suspect to Career Change Anxiety
When I coach my candidate’s through these life changing decisions, I let them know what they are feeling is normal. It’s human nature. But then I ask them to close their eyes and envision themselves STAYING with their current employer because: 📍They did not want to let...