Are you prepared to Enter the Dragon

Interview Tip #5: Interview Jiu...

Are you prepared to Enter The Dragon? Jiu Jitsu students learn to use their opponent’s energy to defeat them.  Savvy candidates can use a similar technique during their interviews.  I am not advocating throwing your interviewer to the…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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