A few weeks ago, I had a coffee catch-up meeting with a long-time client. He was downsized last fall for the first time in his career and I invited him to coffee to find out how his search was going. As the barista made our lattes, he said he had taken his MBA off his ...
Tag Archive: Careers
Is your HR vetting process attracting or repelling your best candidates?
Hiring and training is a drain on a budget in the best economic conditions so companies want to do it right the first time. Candidates are in abundance right now so HR and management have an open ...
Cultivating Networks —> Stand Out from the Crowd!
Optimizing your Career Fair Experience #3 Dress the Part! One of my clients was recently preparing for an interview. This ...
Plan Ahead or Prepare to Fail
Job Stickiness #5 a series to help you keep jobs or tips to make you sticky in the next one. Today's challenge was the bathtub drain, a reoccurring problem ...
Job Seeker or Job Keeper?
Choices? You face them everyday! Sometimes we think about customer service as it relates to Breaking All the Records. Jim Connolly wrote about customer service in What's your Experience, asking you to analyze what makes you choose one service or business over another ...
The Christmas Roast – Prime Rib
Just for fun today, I thought I would let you know of our Christmas tradition and the recipe that goes with it. When I married into the family, ...
End of an Era, New World Ahead
I made a decision this past week (December 2009) that will change my world. I resigned as Wausau Whitewater's Operations Manager, a position I have held since 1997. Wausau Whitewater has been my passion. It's the whitewater course in downtown Wausau, Wisconsin that has hosted ...
Facebook No-Nos – Social Media & Job Search #5
Let me begin by saying, I like Facebook. My adventures into social media expanded into Facebook in a different order than some people. My first introduction was to LinkedIn, blogs, Twitter, and after that Facebook. My Wausau Whitewater role as Operations Manager initially ...