Job Search

During a job search, the question of salary expectations will eventually arise. For most interviewees, this is an uncomfortable conversation. Negotiating a competitive compensation can be tricky, and one obstacle interviewees face is setting their salary requirements higher than what the organization is willing to pay. In other words, pricing themselves out of the job. Salary negotiation…

Though you spend hours fine-tuning your resume, research shows that recruiters will typically spend only 6 seconds reading it. As executive recruiters, we see thousands of resumes—and more often than not, the resumes in our hands are incomplete or difficult to follow. These are discarded after only a few seconds. How do you keep your resume from being forgotten…

Once you’ve started to navigate the open job market, polished your resume, and applied to positions of interest, the most important step is on the horizon: the interview. We’ve conducted and heard about thousands of interviews, and nothing surprises us anymore. As bad as you think it can get, someone’s done worse. Don’t be the next…

Whether you’re moving up from middle management or making a lateral C-suite move to anew industry, there are some crucial aspects to remember about an executive interview. Executives are often held to a different standard than other employees and shoulder much more responsibility. To prove that you’re capable of the job, keep in mind the…

A follow-up or thank-you letter is an essential piece of the interview process. In some cases, it may even make or break your chances of getting the job—if there is an equally-qualified candidate competing for the same position, employers will often choose the person who expresses the most interest in the job. Not only does…

Resigning from your job can be an emotional and stressful decision, but it’s usually the right one. People choose to leave their jobs for a number of reasons, but one fact remains constant: it’s common, and even encouraged, to move from one position to another throughout one’s career. In fact, the average person changes jobs 10-15 times throughout…