Maybe you have a job or two open. You’re reluctant to pay more than you have to for a given position. I understand that employers want to get the biggest bang for their employment buck. I once consulted for an organization who had deliberately hired from the “bottom of the barrel.” (That was their phrase.) […]
I like to work with recruiters. I’ve used them in the past. I refer people to them. But I am missing something here. I just got off the phone with a recruiter. He was using some kind of a phone, either VOIP or a cell phone, but it cut in and out. I had to
I read a lot about speakers practicing authenticity. (Huh?) All the suggestions seem reasonable, yet contrived to me: act interested in your audience, use your current location in your speech, remember to thank people at the end of your speech. If you don’t want to be a speaker, don’t. If you do want to be
I was reading, Nervous about an interview? Try this! and thought, hmm, I’ve said something like that before, haven’t I? I have, but in slides (for my Hiring for an Agile Team tutorial and workshop and in my other workshops) and in person, but not on this blog. So, let me say it here: Good
I’ve been talking with a colleague who is looking for a job. He’s comparing two senior engineering jobs. At one interview, it was clear that the manager makes all the technical decisions. No, the manager doesn’t code anymore; he makes all the technical decisions though, for a 12-person group. At the other job, it looked
Andy Lester has written a great book about finding a job you love in any market. He thinks it’s just for technical people, but he’s wrong. It’s for anyone who wants to find a job that he or she can love. The first section is all about preparing to interview: knowing what you want in
A bunch of my not-happily-employed colleagues (some are unhappy, some are unemployed) are in the enjoyable place of considering job offers. One of them asked, “How do I know it’s a good offer?” You have at least two options I know of, to evaluate salary options: Payscale.com and Salary.com. (If you know of other free
A colleague is putting his resume together for the first time in several years. “I’ve been at the same desk, working for the same boss, on the same projects for the last three years. But my company has changed names at least four times in that time. What do I say?” Here’s the way I
Heather pointed to How to Use LinkedIn in Your Job Search. Holy moly. I had no idea.
When I transitioned to WordPress a couple of years ago, I did not go back and tag all the posts with categories. I have finally done so. Oh, I did not change all the links, so some links to older posts go to the archive for that month. If you find one and email me,