Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving provides us the opportunity to reflect on all of the reasons to be thankful. Hopefully those reasons extend beyond worldly goods and focuses on all of the important relationships in our lives. Sure, having a nice car, a beautiful house, the latest HDTV, a PS3, beautiful clothing is nice, but what is truly important?…

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Do You REALLY Want to be Happy at Your Next Job?

Art of the Interview

We have all read the statistics that claim a large portion of our workforce in the US is unhappy on the job. That is very sad; when you consider the percentage of our lives that we spend doing “work.” Having been a professional recruiter since 1981, you can imagine how many unhappy people that I…

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Focus Fridays – Chief Process Engineer

Beginning the tradition of “Focus Fridays”, the Chief Process Engineer is the position that I am devoting attention to this week. My client, Trex Company, is the leader in composite wood decks, railings, and privacy fencing. The Trex product has a 25 year warrantee, never needs staining, never warps or splinters. Wait until you see…

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The Best Qualified Candidate Rarely Gets Hired

That may get your attention. Generally when I present to groups on the topic of interviewing, people ask about the interviewing process. How many times have you sat in an interview and wondered, “How will this person (the hiring manager) be able to determine if I am the best qualified candidate? Instead of probing my…

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