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Tag Archives: executives
Recruiters, Candidates, and Lies
Much has been written about people lying in their resumes. However, a question in Quora yesterday was the first time I’ve seen someone publicly advocate lying about their salary to recruiters. Specifically, the question was around whether his* last salary … Continue reading
Posted in CFO Careers, Coaching Tips, Current Affairs, Recruiters
Tagged CFO Careers, CFO-Coach, CFOs, Cindy Kraft, executives, recruiters
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The Unemployed vs. the Employed Candidate
Recruiters routinely tell us that companies don’t pay them to find unemployed candidates. Recruiter Wayne Mitchell told the Career Thought Leaders at our conference last week that he requires 6 references from unemployed executive candidates and they are checked before … Continue reading
Posted in CFO Careers, Digital Footprint, Networking, Recruiters, Resumes
Tagged CFO, CFO Careers, CFO-Coach, Cindy Kraft, executives, Finance Executive, recruiters, social media, unemployed
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The Executive Job Search Challenge
I was honored to join two of my fellow Career Thought Leaders, Wendy Enelow and Jan Melnik, on a blog radio show hosted by Deborah Shane last week. My area of specialty … reputation management. Of the many interesting questions Deborah … Continue reading
Superstar Executives
An interesting article by John Hollon on ERE inspired my SmartBrief for CFOs poll last week on the quality of the last hire. The results of the poll … once again … triggered more questions on my end since of … Continue reading
Posted in CFO Careers, Current Affairs, Recruiters
Tagged CFO, CFOs, ERE, executives, high-value target, Newsweek, recruiters, recruiting, SmartBrief for CFOs, top talent, unemployed, unemployment
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Ethics and Executives
Perhaps because integrity and honesty are high values for me, I was intrigued by the 2009 National Business Ethics Survey: Ethics in the Recession. Because of my personal branding work, this statement encouraged me to keep reading. “Transparency and accountability, … Continue reading
Posted in CFO Careers, Current Affairs
Tagged CFOs, ethics, executive compensation, executives, finance leaders, governance, transparency
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Four Things Jobseekers Can Learn From Recruiters
Who better for passive and active job search candidates to learn from than one of recruiting’s foremost thought leaders? Kevin Wheeler’s latest article was on the 4 things recruiters should have learned this year and, it’s a wealth of information … Continue reading
Non-Social Social … the New Norm?
My son-in-law and I were spending some time bonding on Saturday, interacting together while simultaneously checking our crackberries. Our society is quickly moving towards being non-socially social. Have you noticed how many people walk around with a beetle attached to … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching Tips, Interviewing
Tagged blackberries, email, executives, interviewing, iPhone, job search, messenger, texting
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Top Recruiting Tools
Recruiting Guru Kevin Wheeler lists the top four required tools for recruiting in his latest article, and they are … Facebook and/or My SpaceLinked InPersonal BlogTwitter Last year, 44% of unique visitors to Facebook were people over the age of … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Coaching Tips, Current Affairs
Tagged blog, blogging, executives, Facebook, Kevin Wheeler, Linked In, MySpace, recruit, recruiting, top recruiting tools, Twitter
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Executive Talent Demand Expected to Increase
According to a new Execunet survey of 138 executive recruiters, and reported in The Fordyce Letter, 64% are confident or very confident the executive employment market will improve during the next six months, despite declining home values and soaring energy and … Continue reading
Posted in Recent Statistics
Tagged Execunet, executives, Fordyce Letter, recruiters, The Fordyce Letter
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Who Knows About You … and What Do They Know?
"According to The Conference Board, “trends indicate there is a greater supply of employees than there is organizational demand; but The Conference Board analysis paints an incomplete picture, as positions with total annual compensation above $200,000 are rarely found on … Continue reading