Since I returned from working in Belgium a year ago, a few themes in the world of recruiting have emerged. One is the propensity of firms to select the temp to hire avenue, in lieu of straight permanent positions. Another theme is that firms are exercising caution in choosing the most ideal [...]
In a July 27th NY Times article entitled “In Job Hunting, the Pas de Deux of Seeker and Offerer,” a job seeker likened the search to “playing chess on a board I can’t see against people I don’t know.” I am quite confident that many of the consultants who have stepped [...]
We are being barraged by bad news on the economic recovery. The jobs report released on Friday, June 1 confirmed persistent fears that the recovery has slowed to a crawl and indicated that a global slowdown is well underway. Per the New York Times article, “Worst U.S. Job Data in a Year Signals [...]