Ask the right questions, hire t…

There are some books that are worth reading, because they enable executives to manage their careers consciously. Additionally, some of them provide a unique insight to the world of headhunters.

One of the books we recommend is “ the right questions, hire the best people” by Ron Fry.

Why? Read more

Case: Media executive

A media executive was reflecting on changing industries as his own segment (TV Production) was looking “not too good”. To be on the safe side, so ran two processes parallel:

Plan A: Production Director for a network
Plan B: Event Producer Read more

Monster Careers: How to Land…

There are some books that are worth reading, because they enable executives to manage their careers consciously. Additionally, some of them provide a unique insight to the world of headhunters.

One of the books we recommend is “Monster Careers: How to Land the Job of your life” by Jeff Taylor and Doug Hardy. Read more

Salary negotiations

What is the worst thing that can happen during salary negotiations?
That you quote too little.

There are actually two strategies to approach that question about your salary expectation:
– Strategy # 1 says: Do not avoid answering this question. Be prepared. Think beforehand what salary realistically would satisfy you. If you do not want to give a concrete number, you can always give Read more

LinkedIN Profile: Instructions

Have you ever googled anyone? Yourself? Every detail on the Internet can work in favor of or against you. You want the former.

While you are reading this information headhunters are searching the Internet for candidates. Why haven’t they contacted you yet? Prior to your first meeting, your potential employer or their assistant will very probably google you. That is why it is very important to have a professional, quality online profile. Read more

Self-handicapping

A person, who is looking for a job, has one main goal: to find one. It would seem that they will do their best and will put the maximum amount of effort in the seeking process to achieve that goal.

However, paradoxically, it is precisely the essence and the importance of the goal that result in
sometimes preferring not to take any action, and – on the contrary – sometimes taking actions that do not bring us closer to our goal, but make it even more difficult to achieve it. This strategy, called Read more

Case: Lawyer

During a lecture at an LLM program, I met a lawyer who had been looking for a job for about eight months without even being invited to a job interview. “Now I understand why nobody replied last year. I had a wrong CV structure, wrong information and a wrong photo. […] As you know, once we started, I did almost everything myself under your guidance. At the beginning of the process I was able to create a better picture of myself as a professional. And once I started applying your advice, I secured 10 job interviews out of which I have so far met with 6 that led to one job offer; Read more

Photo session: preparation tips

When we look at our computer screen while browsing the Internet our eyes tend to scan the website for information rather than read. Therefore graphical elements become even more important. On your online profile that would be your picture.

After a brief analysis:
– only 5% of used pictures on business social media sites would be graded A or B. Read more

After the interview

You have done all you can if you have answered these three questions:

– Why are you interested in the job and the company?

– What can you offer?

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Reference checks

According to Monster.co.uk 85% of employers will check at least one of your references when offering you a position. Do you know whom you can ask for them? What will your potential employer most probably ask about? How should you prepare your referee? Read more