A few months ago I had a candidate who we recruited a year ago resurface indicating that the time was now right for him to make a move. This candidate was a five-star candidate. Within three days of that candidate’s resurrection, the Executive Vice President and Sr. Vice President of my client orchestrated an hour-long conference call….
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It’s Not About The Title or The Money: Stop Lying To Yourself!
If I had a penny for every time a job seeker told me that they would not reject a job offer based upon the title or the money, I could have bought an island years ago! Stop lying to yourself. Inevitably, 95% of job offer rejections center around money or title. That is acceptable and sometimes even reasonable. However,…
CEO or Project Engineer: Value Of Behavioral Assessments
More A/E firms are adding behavioral and personality assessments to their interview process. These tests or inventories “show” tendencies or ways that you are most likely to respond to your surroundings. Proponents say results from the assessments when used with a face to face interview will help predict a good “fit” between you and the…
A/E Firms: Is Your Competitor Better At Dating?
By Carol A. Metzner President, The Metzner Group, LLC and Co-Founder/Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com Imagine that you are asked to interview with an architectural or engineering firm. The corporate recruiter tells you “The interview will last 45 minutes. There are 5 candidates coming in to interview for 1 opening. You have…
What Can An Animated Squirrel Teach You About Hiring?
By Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc. Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC, home of CivilEngineeringCentral.com If You Have a Minute-and-a-Half… What you just witnessed was Scrat, from Ice Age 2, working his tail off to get his prized acorn…he came SO close, but in the end he failed. How many times have…
Compensation Revelation
By Matt Barcus President, Precision Executive Search, Inc. Managing Partner, A/E/P Central, LLC CivilEngineeringCentral.com Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to Shifter. I know, I know, who the heck is Shifter? Well, Shifter is a member of the forum on the CivilEngineeringCentral.com website and he recently posed some comments and questions that…