Ben Bradlee, the vice president at-large for the Washington Post when asked about the secret to his success responded by admitting to having “compulsive spontaneity.” Hmmmm. At least for this writer, what an absolutely interesting concept: compulsive spontaneity. At… Read More »Compulsive Spontaneity
If I were working for Monster, Career Builder or any of the major or minor job boards, I”d be sweating bullets right about now. Want to know why? Think about the fax machine.
Posting advertisements on a job board is a dying breed.
There is an old axiom that says “whoever brings up money first on a job interview, generally loses.”
Candidly, the money question (or even the conversation about money) can be very awkward on a job interview for both an employer or a job candidate.
For the purpose of this article, the money question is that part of the interview when salary and benefits are discussed.
Who brings it up first? Why is it so often an anxiety provoking “make or break” discussion?
There are many obvious and not so obvious reasons.
If you are the candidate, you obviously want to get hired at the highest salary possible.
If you are the employer, you obviously want to hire the very best candidate at a salary that best fits your organization and cash flow.
1. Always have a current and extremely professional looking resume available. In my work as a professional executive recruiter, very often I will recruit someone that does not have a current resume. In fact, many people do not even have a resume prepared at all. That is outrageous! Having a current resume is critical to all of our careers. You never known when you will need one so here is some sage advice: always be resume prepared.
Ask for what you truly want. What legitimate risk do you take when you communicate your need? When you ask for what you need. Maybe you will hear “no”, but you’ll never hear YES unless you ask. Is hearing NO a failure? Maybe hearing “no” just means that we have to strengthen our resolve to one day hear YES. But why not ask?
2. Believe that you are deserving of what you want. The mind is a powerful tool but sometimes we allow our minds to talk us out of what we want or need. Maybe we can use our mind to talk us into what we need or want?
As an executive recruiter I have witnessed first hand that age discrimination is a factor even on a resume. Employers look at when an applicant graduated college and then do the math to decipher how old someone is and in many cases, will not interview if someone is perceived to be a “geezer.” Over age 50. You read it right over age 50.
This is nothing short of outrageous. Especially in the healthcare field where the average age of an RN is 52 years old.
As a recruiter, sometimes when a candidate is rejected from a job consideration, I am asked- “what could I done differently?”
My response is always NOTHING. Don’t we all want to be accepted for who we are? You can not fake who you are and why would you want to?
We learn that the company that we have poured our blood, sweat and tears into (for years) will soon change forever. The company is being sold. For most of us, this kind of news is enough to raise the hairs on the back of our neck. Unless we benefit from this change, most likely our world could soon turn upside down.
As you probably know, I’ve been around the block a time or two. I have been in the health care staffing industry for a long time and I have garnered my share of wisdom along… Read More »Health Care Staffing: The Top 5 Reasons for Making a Job Change
“Find me a recruiter!” is a very typical request from an overwhelmed executive to the team or to HR. To be crystal clear, HR’s function and training is not in the same league as using a recruiter.
