I’ve recently spoken with several candidates new to the NYC job market, having either just graduated or landed in Gotham. While there are many similarities with a job search throughout the country, there’s a reason that “if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere” is about our [...]
Given that International Women’s Day is celebrated today – March 8, I began to think about female bosses and colleagues with whom I’ve worked over the years. Many have been smart, strong, understanding, thoughtfully critical, and ultimately fantastic people. I count many as friends years [...]
On January 3rd, I skipped into the office ready to conquer the world. I was thrilled to be back in the rhythm of my normal routine after almost 2 weeks off. My business partner, Carmela, on the other hand admitted that she needed a couple days to ease into it. The question is – how to keep these [...]
Not sure why but this has been the week that my colleagues and I are fielding calls from candidates who are currently in seemingly good jobs…but want OUT because they don’t feel appreciated. I get it. You go to work every day. It needs to basically be one of your (relatively) happy places. It [...]
Stumbled across this blog on Indeed and thought it would be relevant to many. Job tenure has changed with the times. Our grandparents might have worked for a single company during their career. My grandfather was with Chrysler from his first job through retirement. Those days are generally long [...]
Everyone knows the old adage: a picture is worth 1000 words. As a part of the modern recruiting checklist, most recruiters and potential employers are taking a look at your social media accounts. Glassdoor had a good blog on this subject that I thought I’d comment upon. While we are looking for [...]
About 90% of the time, candidates who are debriefing us on the interview they just had with our client believe that the interview went well and they expect a job offer to be forthcoming. Many times, the candidate has misread the clues that the client provided indicating they weren’t quite the [...]
I recently came across a blog called “An Introverts Guide to Job Hunting” on Glass Door. Several years ago, I recall sitting in the audience at one of Deutsche Bank’s Women on Wall Street annual conferences and listening to Sarah Cain, author of “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a [...]
There isn’t a platform like Match or e-Harmony to partner recruiters with candidates. It is an important relationship to get right, though, and one that can span years and several jobs. Many mistakenly approach their relationship with recruiters as adversarial. After having been on both sides [...]
In the past few years, our team at Mettler Search has witnessed a gradual increase in our clients either working completely from home or splitting their week between home and the office. I’ve recently started to do the same so have been reading tips on how to be successful in this new [...]