2019 Annual Salary Report – Emotional Responses from candidates…
There is no other way to put this so I will come right out and say it: “Insurance Agency Workers of the World (WDC region) …
As we close the year out here at Management Recruiters of Fairfax, Inc., I can now reflect on this past year. I look at it from both…
Most hiring decisions are made within the first ten minutes of an interview, but you still have to be prepared. First impressions …
As part of our candidate interview process, I speak to each candidate 24 – 48 hours prior to their job interview with the client…
Last year, the daughter of a very good friend was interviewing with one of the leading global consulting firms in the WDC area. She thought she had the job in the bag, when by surprise, a clever interviewer asked, “So what salary are you looking for? What’s your number?”
There has been a seismic shift in the WDC regional business community regarding working remotely from home. Just three years ago, hardly any of my insurance clients had ‘work at home’ options with their employees. Now the successful ones have policies. They started doing it to retain talent, but now they do it, because it’s the smart thing to do.
Since early summer, I have been devouring Hemingway. No, not the person; he has been dead almost 60 years. His novels. Hemingway is considered by many to be the best writer of the 20th century. But how did he do it? He was a “deep” worker.
It is simple. Grit over Talent. Andy day. Any time. Any place. Recent studies and a best-selling book, “Grit” by author Angela Duckworth make this point. Convincingly. Here are the habits of gritty people. Are you one?
Last weekend, I was returning home from a business trip, and while checking out the magazines at the airport newsstand, I noticed that every other business magazine had a feature article on “Key Performance Indicators (KPI)” or “Critical Success Factors (CSF)” or some version thereof. Metrics, metrics, and metrics!