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Graduation season always reminds me of insights I have gained from my favorite graduation speech of all time. In This is Water, David Foster Wallace begins with this anecdote: “There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming...
Early in my career as a marketer, my best friend, Nancy Bauer and I had a marketing/special events company called Maslow & Pavlov. One day, we flipped a coin for who got what philosopher on their license plate and I lost – Nancy ended up...
Glassdoor’s annual list of the “25 Best Jobs in America” would lead you to believe that all you need to succeed in business today is a degree in computer science, statistics, accounting, or math. Undoubtedly, the list, heavily dominated by tech and finance careers, will...
The holidays have arrived. What a wonderful time of year! Lately, I have been reflecting on the meaning of the old verse “for everything there is a season.” This oft-quoted saying reminds me that our lives are driven by a constant flow of change. I...
For some time now, Frederique Campagne-Irwin of Her Corner has been challenging me to move TalentFront from a personality-driven business – selling oneself -- to the next level of sustainability – selling a solution. I understood the concept, but I didn’t really understand what that...
As a recruiter, I will review over 5,000 resumes this year and talk with over 1,000 candidates. In most instances, I am talking with adults – individuals who have been in the workforce for more than 5 years and who have some work experience. Recently,...
First impressions are made in the blink of an eye according to Princeton psychologists Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov in their ground-breaking research published in Psychological Science (2006). Regardless of whether this is right, let alone fair, one-tenth of a second is all you get...
You can feel the stress coming on as you sit at your desk. Where are you going to post the job description for the new role in your department? What happens if no one applies? Or, worse yet, what if too many people apply? You...
The three top questions I hear from potential buyers of TalentFront services haven’t really changed over the years – Why should I hire a recruiter? Why should I hire TalentFront? How much will it cost? These are basic questions, but more importantly, they are great...
Learning to ride a bike was a transformative experience for me. The bike meant absolute freedom — freedom to cover more ground than I ever dreamed possible in a single summer day and, probably more importantly, freedom from watchful parents at least until the street...