Dear (insert the name of any HR person in any agency),
I appreciate you getting back with me in regards to my [tag]candidate[/tag]. I know your schedule must be pretty busy as I’ve not been able to get in touch with you via phone, email, fax, smoke signal, messenger pigeon or Wells Fargo Wagon. [...]

Everyone has a nemesis…EVERYONE! When I was younger my nemesis was a guy named Lane. I learned how to sing in the kid’s choir at a southern Baptist church when I was in the 1st grade. I was freakin awesome! No, seriously, no one could sing better than I could…not even [...]

We all know that [tag]courting[/tag] a candidate is like dating. You have to keep the momentum going and keep it exciting. When you are chasing a candidate, tell them all the exciting things that set yourself apart from your competitors or the ones they may be interviewing with. For example, here at [...]

A friend of mine to this day hates to ride a bike. She is coordinated enough–and very adventurous–but has a fear of the handle bars. Why you may ask? Well we have to go back to where all fears originate – childhood.
It was Christmas in the late 70’s and “Mary” wanted one [...]

If You Get Caught
between the Moon and NY City
or
The Day the Music Died
(well, lost weight anyway)

MTV killed Christopher Cross’ career! It literally reigned down upon him like the hand of God and crushed his hopes and dreams with one fell swoop! You, know Christopher Cross…the guy that sang the “Theme from Arthur”!?!? [...]

This post originally ran in September 2005. I was reminded
of it after receiving a few emails from Clients who protested Lance’s post earlier this week regarding HR. We can, in fact, get along when we are working toward a common goal. I think the post stands the test of time. Lea, [...]

Being young there are always initiations into adulthood by the older and more experienced. Now they call it hazing and it is illegal. For me, one such initiation was going snipe hunting. For those of you who have never been, here is a brief description:
Supplies: Stick and bag
Location: Desolate and dark area of woods [...]

Currently I have several clients who seem to have some sort of [tag]phone phobia[/tag]. Call me old school, but I prefer to communicate over the phone. It’s faster than dealing with emails, I’m able to clearly get my point across, address issues, and solve problems much easier than through a long string of emails. But [...]

I just started reading John Sullivan’s recent tips on strategically scheduling and conducting interviews to help insure 1) the people you want are agreeing to interview, and 2) more likely to accept your offer if you choose to hire them.  In this candidate-driven market (yes I wrote that phrase again, soon to become more overly [...]

This past week we had a client who could not comprehend why it was taking more than the usual few days to find top Interactive talent to move to Missouri. When discussed, it was explained that this is an intensive search because it is a candidate driven market. Most of our interactive people [...]