Lightbulb Moments

So you grow up. You figure it out or at least you try. Lately I’ve been thinking and talking about getting older. I’m not too old, I’m 31 years old, but just how does one act when they not only turn 30, but 31 years of age? It’s becoming time to start thinking about security,…

Ask anyone who has ever looked for a job what their major gripe about the entire interview process would be and it would be centered around not getting feedback in a timely manner. It falls on your shoulders as a hiring manager to give them constructive feedback. When I give a candidate negative feedback about…

Looking at my career I’ve taken my fair share of risks and have gotten rewarded for those risks with some great successes. I’ve also failed after taking on some risky ideas, but in the end learned more from the failures which ended up encouraging me to take on even more risks. My first risk was…

I placed a candidate recently who was struggling about how to give proper notice to his employer. He is an incredibly loyal person who was terrified that he was letting his manager, team, and company down after spending the last six years trying to impress, support, and inspire them. He asked me for many different…