Laid Off? Take Stock of Your Skills!
This is my series of blogs on what to do when you are laid off. Look for a new blog every other day. Based on my experience as RecruiterGuy and my personal experience, there are a number of check list items that you need to prepare. One of the most important is to understand that…
Read MoreMormon Tabernacle Choir and RecruiterGuy
Most of my blogs have targeted the recruitment business from the corporate side, the candidate side, the recruiter side, and even the ethics side. This blog is going to my personal side. In December we flew to Salt Lake City with the goal of going to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s Christmas show. Unfortunately we were…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving! And the RecruiterGuy Recipe for Thanksgiving Turkey!
This year we have much to be thankful for despite the financial crisis. Record numbers of people turned out and voted ostensibly for Change. President elect Obama represented change in so many ways and his eloquence is one of them. Hopefully he does not fall into the same traps as other politicians and then give…
Read MoreJob Search Advice for “C” Level Candidates
I have been recruiting since 1981 and called many Presidents, CEOs, CFOs, and CIOs. Most never took my call. That’s okay. They were extremely busy. When I called them, I asked for them by name. The times that I wrote to those executives I always researched who they were because I knew if I began…
Read MoreSIFE (Students in Free Enterprise)
I just saw the special advertising section for SIFE in the September 29 Forbes magazine. While never a student member of SIFE, I have been active as an advisory board member on and off for the Mt. Mercy SIFE team. These students are both learning how free enterprise works and teaching Free Enterprise to younger…
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