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Counter Offers – What to Do When Your Unappreciative Employer Comes Begging Back! What a great feeling when your company gets wind that you’re “in play” and comes countering back with a vengeance . . . or is it?   For close to 20 years, we’ve seen this scenario unfold like an endless video replay:  “Boy decides to leave… READ MORE
4 Things Every Candidate Must Know About Early Stage Equity Have you ever heard the expression a “Google Dream”?  We throw that around all the time in reference to the most envious of all Silicon Valley experiences – joining a start-up, having it magically become worth zillions of dollars, and parachuting out with tens of… READ MORE
Recruiters Part 1 – Love Them or Hate Them . . . I Feel Your Pain Stephen Covey, in his Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, said:  “'Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”   I’m opening a small window into the lives of our recruiting partners in the hope that candidates will seek to understand us better before jumping to… READ MORE
Recruiters Part 2 – Please Don’t Shoot the Messenger! As mentioned in our last blog post (“Recruiters Part 1 - Love Them or Hate Them . . . I Feel Your Pain”), I was schooled early on in my professional life about the realities of the executive recruiting industry.  And as technology has evolved… READ MORE
How to Stand Out on a Resume . . . Every Time!   Perhaps the single greatest request I get from candidates is for feedback on their resumes.  Now, when I say “resume,” I’m really talking about any candidate-generated personal communication piece, which is often in the form of a social media profile, a traditional C.V., personal… READ MORE
The Optimal Way to Present an Offer to a C-Level Candidate CEOs are constantly surprised when candidates – after months of endless courting and mutual interest – end up rejecting their offers.  If you take only one thing away from this blog, let it be the following:  “HOW you present the offer is as important as… READ MORE
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