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I’m guessing I’m not the only headhunter with thousands upon thousands of LinkedIn connections. Deciding to go through my list, I discovered that about half of them were not directly related to my legal and compliance practice. I had friends, family, all kinds of people who had asked me to connect, as well as candidates and hiring…

My goodness!  This LinkedIn place is loaded with information that purports to help, inform and guide us hapless hiring managers and job seekers.  Many of these articles start with a list that, if followed, is guaranteed to transform our lives:  8 things you should NEVER say on a job interview 12 “tricks” guaranteed to get…

Recently there has been a lot of talk in the news about privacy.  Facebook.  Cambridge Analytica. Will “Zukerberg” become a verb (you’ve been Zukerberged!)?    And those robocalls!  We moved from the East to the West coast, and each month I receive an average of 20-30 calls that use my old area code.  The “Do Not…

As a legal and compliance recruiter for the financial services industry, I spend a lot of time on LinkedIn.  As a born contrarian, I like to challenge the conventional wisdom.  Let’s talk passion!!  Judging by the amount of it being expressed, one might conclude that the invention of work is the greatest thing since gluten-free…

The first question people like to ask in social situations is “What do you do?”  I’m a headhunter.  “Huh?”  I operate an executive search firm.  “You mean you try to locate lost executives?”  I’m a recruiter.  “What’s that?”  Companies hire me to help them find qualified workers to fill jobs that they are having a…

Some of us like to work with blinders on, to shut out the myriad distractions that present themselves to us in this age of (dis)information.  I know I’m not the only legal and compliance recruiter in the financial services sector, but I sometimes pretend I am, so that I don’t get off track and lose…

So you find yourself with a role that needs filling.  Maybe someone quit with no notice and you need to find a new team member NOW, so you cobble together a job description on the fly.  Perhaps your company is in the midst of a slow, planned growth stage and you have lots of time…

There are enough books, articles and seminars on all things business to fill Madison Square Garden several times over.  I recently read an article discussing the difference between TIME MANAGEMENT (apparently, after all these years, not the most productive way of going about your day) and ATTENTION MANAGEMENT (the sexy new paradigm that focuses on…

I love to work the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle.  It’s not the hardest of the week, that honor belongs to Saturday.  It is the biggest, though, and for years, it has been just enough of a challenge to keep me coming back for more.  Every now and then, I complete the puzzle in…