SFGate recently published an article regarding job search habits. It’s worth a read… http://blog.sfgate.com/gettowork/2012/10/15/do-you-have-these-five-job-search-habits However, the # 1 habit that should be listed prior to all others is research,accurate research. Be prepared before you implement persistence and follow up. We have plenty of people who are mastering persistence and follow up but failed research, meaning […]
Questions to ask an Executive Search Firm
We are often asked by clients what are the best questions to ask in vetting a search firm. The answer is dependent upon type of search. We have seen a great deal of cross over in clients questions from one type of search to another. The best thing to do is to first figure out […]
Hager’s Greg Lamboy interviewed in Silicon Valley Business Journal
Hager Executive Search’s Partner and Vice President of Talent was recently interviewed in the Silicon Valley Business Journal. The article, about former Zynga Marketing exec Padma Rao starting a new role as entrepreneur-in-residence at Menlo Park venture capital firm Foundation Capital, features a quote from Lamboy regarding the specialization of knowledge now required for many […]
The Number One Way to Halt (and possibly Reverse) your Company’s Economic Recovery
Here’s the good news – The economic recovery has started. After years of speculation and stops and starts the economy is actually improving. Consumers are spending, sales are up, manufacturing is growing and finally companies are hiring. And while is certainly isn’t happening fast enough for everyone’s taste or as robustly as we all might […]
Recruiters Rethink Online Playbook
Don’t know whether to laugh or cry at the line: “Rather than sift through mounds of online applications, they are going out to hunt for candidates themselves.” You’re kidding, right? True Executive Recruiters have been “hunting” their entire careers. Just because a new form of social media has made it a bit easier to […]