Interview Tip #1: Do You...
This is the first in a series of interview tips that I have assembled over my many years as both a marketer and talent guide. My hope is that these tips give some insight to candidates as they…
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A Career Limiting Decision
A Career Limiting Decision? I thought that I would have a little bit of fun with a phrase a marketing leader used when talking about a colleague’s poor hiring choice. As a young marketer, I laughed at the…
Get Ready For A New...
Like most of you, I am so eager to get to put 2020 behind me. The disease, the division and the separation have made for a year unlike any other in most of our lifetimes. But as we hit the…
Don’t learn how to shave...
As the son of an old school barber, this phrase has particular relevance for me. I remember well the leather belt for sharpening the straightedge razor, the hot towel and the shaving cream dispenser. This simple act that…
Your Marketing Recruiter Doesn’t Know...
So Why Are They Your Marketing Recruiter? Believe it or not, over my 10+ years of marketing search, I have heard the following: • Our retained recruiter told us there is no such thing as a senior product…
Passive-Aggressive Interviewing (And Why It...
Let’s face it, we Minnesotans have a reputation for being passive aggressive. Minnesota nice often means that I will not tell you what I really think or want but I will be deeply disappointed in you if you…
The Haystack Just Got Bigger!
In my role as a serial networker (aka MedTech Recruiter), I am accustomed to senior MedTech leaders asking me what I am seeing / hearing in the employment market. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 Crisis, this has…