Is a thank you letter a nicety or critical business protocol? In days gone by, guests of dinner parties penned thoughtful little thank you notes to their hosts and hostesses, in gratitude for their hospitality. Nowadays, those notes have gone the way of the fifteen-cent subway token, as have most of the genteel manners that […]
Do you remember this scene from the great old movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? Pursued by the law, anti-heroes Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Robert Redford) arrive at a bluff overlooking a long drop ending in churning waters.  Butch screams, “Jump!” And his partner hollers back, “I can’t swim!” Confronted with personal questions […]
Whether you serve as consultant in the field of IT, Healthcare, or myriad other industries, your status as a consultant can prove to be a conundrum during the interview process. As any consultant knows, one of his/her greatest hurdles is employers’ prevailing perceptions that: a) the consultant’s skills sets are not worthy of permanent employment, […]
Even before the economy soured, telephone interviews were becoming prevalent as a hiring practice. Office politics and governmental regulations often demanded that managers give a voice to applicants whose resumes painted them as anything other than perfect fits for the available positions. Telephone interviews became an expedient means of separating the wheat from the chaff. […]
In forcing job candidates to run a rather daunting gauntlet, renowned chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay always tosses in an extra monkey wrench. As his reality TV series Hell’s Kitchen winds down, the final two contestants invariably confront some culinary horror for which they have never bargained — or been warned. Is Ramsay a sadist? […]
Job seekers, gird your loins: you are about to learn an ugly truth. As one of thousands vying for the same position, the skills highlighted on your resume are the same skills highlighted on the resumes of your competitors. With so many individuals demonstrating the same core competencies, how do employers select the right person […]
