I’m currently an executive recruiter—haven’t always been and might not always be. For the last decade or so, however, it’s what I’ve done every day. In 2004, after spending the previous seventeen years as an Information Technology and Management Consultant, I opened an executive recruitment firm called milewalk. The important thing to
As part of Interview Intervention: Communication That Gets You Hired, I included what I consider the 14 most effective job interview questions an employer can ask a job candidate. While there are loads of great interviewing techniques and questions, I feel it’s important to balance time and effectiveness when determining whether a
For those who’ve been following, you’re aware that many of my posts focus on strategic and tactical ways to navigate through hiring, employee management, job searching, career management and so forth. What about those that simply want to make a change? Well, here are some words of encouragement for you! I’m not
Accepting a counteroffer grants you a shelf-life of six to twelve months. You are extremely thrilled with yourself. You just accepted a great offer of employment from a wonderful company. Now, all you need to do is resign. You plan it out, write your resignation letter, and get ready to discuss your
Last year I had the chance to speak with FM WRHU in New York. The station is affiliated with Hofstra University, so as you can imagine the topics centered on recent college graduates and their ability to find work in their field of study. I carefully monitor the Bureau of Labor Statistics’
I’m currently an executive recruiter—haven’t always been and might not always be. For the last decade of my 26-year career, however, it’s what I've done every day. Through securing and facilitating thousands of job interviews between companies and their prospective employees, I’ve observed many idiosyncrasies that contribute to the successes and failures
We recently conducted milewalk’s Annual Employment Survey for 2014. The results showed interesting trends, some that held from 2013 and others that changed. One of the major statistical categories we capture is how people found their most recent job. We think this information will be extremely helpful to not only job candidates
Admit it. You’ve done it before. You interviewed with a company and well into the recruitment process found a few extra pennies under your compensation mattress. There they laid peacefully only to surface once you received the job offer—the expense reimbursement for your cell phone or that 401K matching you forgot. Employers
I often argue one of the biggest mistakes people make when they change jobs is that that don’t know themselves. Specifically, I don’t think they have a complete handle on what makes them happy in their professional lives. Beyond that, I also feel it’s important for employees to fully understand their overall
In Part One of Overcoming the 2 Greatest Job Changing Challenges, I highlighted what I consider those challenges to be and how to overcome the first (self-awareness related to your career). In this post, let’s address overcoming the second challenge related to eliciting information from the potential employer to determine if the
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