With the news that up to 25% of business people check out someone on the web before they meet them you would think that Reggie Fowler the prospective buyer of the Minnesota Vikings and his PR firm might have been a little more careful with what they put out in his bio. Fowler who is looking to spend $625 million buying the Vikings has businesses in real estate, aviation, manufacturing… Read More »How accurate is your bio?
"Change is the law of life and those who only look to the past and present are certain to miss the future" – John F Kennedy Biotech gave me one of my big career breaks, I made the switch from medical devices and proceeded to learn about compounds I could not even pronounce – let alone understand – no science qualifications and I ended up on a 3 week countrywide… Read More »Biotech Memories
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion" – Henry David Thoreau When I lived in the UK I don't think I even knew what a pumpkin was – let alone Halloween. The only reference would have been catching it on a Charlie Brown cartoon. Fast forward a few years and with children and living in North America… Read More »Headhunting Pumpkins
'A man is a success if he gets up in the morningand goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants todo.' – Bob Dylan September is a busy month in terms of both coaching and recruiting – many companies and individuals seem to view the last 4 months of the year as either an opportunity to spend the years budgets or look to make that all… Read More »Whats the definition of success?
'Never hire anybody for anything without a serious aberration in their background' – Tom Peters I believe one of the things that makes me different from many recruiters out there is that I do not forget the experiences that I had on the way to getting where I am now. I remember back to a rookie candidate I interviewed for a sales position, he was awful and after 20 minutes… Read More »There but for the grace of God
"Trahey's Simple Rule: Would You Hire You?" – Jane Trahey The latest employment numbers released by the U.S. Department of Labor showed that the jobless rate remained unchanged at 5.6 percent in June, but most experts see a trend of companies continuing on a pace of cautious hiring in the months ahead. However, cautious is the operative word and the desire of employers to hire only the best qualified people… Read More »To Hire or Not To Hire – That is the Question
“Insecure managers create complexity” – Jack Welch I came across an interesting article this week about the use of simulated work environments to assess people for certain positions. (The link to the article is in the "Whilst you are surfing" section). It was something I used in the UK with a number of recruitment clients as part of the selection process. It certainly highlights to all of us how prepared… Read More »Give us a job!