657 results for author: William Flamme

Recruiter’s Winter Job Search Strategies

Winter is coming... but that doesn't mean your job search has to go cold! If you think the holiday season is the time to put your job search on hold, think again. In this video interview with executive recruiter Ann Zaslow-Rethaber, President of ...
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Back to Human: How Great Leaders Create Connection in the Age of Isolation

Technology has impacted our workplaces in ways that weren’t possible a decade ago. We feel "highly connected." But are we, really? Instead of strong bonds, we have weak ties. Instead of productive meetings, we have distractions. Despite the illusion of ...
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Presenting One’s Best Identity

How does one shift away from the negative aspects of their identity? We always want to present our best self at work, but we all have personality attributes that can't come out at work. Are they actually part of our identity? How to we project only our ...
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Right Job, Right Company, Right Reasons

Our uniqueness, what makes us special, is it a constant or just relative to other people? It really comes down to one small, yet very powerful, word. Listen to Larry Ackerman, a leading authority on organizational and personal identity and a pioneer of ...
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Understanding Your Identity Will Carry You Through a Career Crisis

We all have times in our career when we feel stuck. It may manifest as unhappiness with compensation, lack of new challenges, co-worker conflict, etc. Maybe you are in the right job but in the wrong organization. Having clarity on what makes sense for you is ...
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What You Do isn’t Who You Are

Many of us allow our job to define our identity. There is a danger to allowing yourself to think how you spend 40-50 hours a week is who you are. We put so much of ourselves into our career, but boil what you do down to a deeper level and verbalize the ...
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How to Get Noticed on LinkedIn When You’re Job Searching

Wondering how to use LinkedIn effectively as a part of your search? Have all the recent changes to LinkedIn left you more confused than ever?? LinkedIn is a highly useful tool for every working person, not to mention every job-seeker. Yet most of what’s ...
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From the Saddlebag: Recruiter Perspective on Hiring Manager/Recruiter Silence

From the Saddlebag: Season 1: Episode 17 The job search trail can be lonesome and treacherous. To help you through the dark and dusty parts, you’ll want to take along a guide you can really trust. In our From the Saddlebag series, Master Class Host Tony ...
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From the Saddlebag: Recruiter Perspective on Career Marketing Companies and Resume Writers

From the Saddlebag: Season 1: Episode 16 The job search trail can be lonesome and treacherous. To help you through the dark and dusty parts, you’ll want to take along a guide you can really trust. In our From the Saddlebag series, Master Class Host Tony ...
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Recruiter Straight Talk on the Unemployed Executive

It's a very good market for job seekers. That being the case,  take a breath before you up and quit your job. There's still some stigma attached to being an unemployed job seeker, and being employed gives you a better position in compensation negotiations. ...
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From the Saddlebag: Recruiter Perspective on Age Bias, Employment Gaps, and Other Common Resume Challenges

From the Saddlebag: Season 1: Episode 15 The job search trail can be lonesome and treacherous. To help you through the dark and dusty parts, you’ll want to take along a guide you can really trust. In our From the Saddlebag series, Master Class Host Tony ...
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 From the Saddlebag: Recruiter Perspective on LinkedIn Profiles

From the Saddlebag: Season 1: Episode 14 The job search trail can be lonesome and treacherous. To help you through the dark and dusty parts, you’ll want to take along a guide you can really trust. In our From the Saddlebag series, Master Class Host Tony ...
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