Candidates: It Is Not About You

Most candidates think the job search is about them — to find the next job to escape unemployment or to take that next step in their career. That perspective is wrong and will only prolong a candidate’s search or thwart his/her plans for advancement. Employers...

Can We Talk?

Let’s talk candidly about career management.  More than likely the professionals who should read this probably won’t read this. I talk to a lot of people at conferences, airports and on the telephone.  Executives, especially those in healthcare, are troubled by tough...

A Note To Recent College Graduates

In case you haven’t noticed, unemployment among recent college graduates is at record levels.  In an April dispatch referenced in The Atlantic, the Associated Press reported that more than half of America’s recent college graduates are either unemployed or...