I’m one of those people who pack two weeks ahead of time. The list is made two weeks before that with a different list compiled in the bedroom, downstairs and work since that is when the “don’t dare forget that” comes to mind. A final list is compiled from the three miscellaneous lists before the [...]

I think some of us could use a reminder that we are all really OUT THERE in terms of our [tag]virtual footprint[/tag]. Each week, I post blogs on this site. I send emails to candidates and represent this company in many ways. Anyone who wanted to poke around a bit could find out any number [...]

As in any relationship, communication is the key. We here at Talent Zoo feel that the better we [tag]communicate[/tag] with our clients, the better they can make a hire. What one must first realize is why they hired someone like us to be their search partner.
[tag]Hiring[/tag] a [tag]search partner[/tag] is [...]

It’s tough being Number 14, out of let’s say 15.  Yes that’s right - not No. 1, not No.5, not even No. 10.  But sometimes you are.  When a candidate hears about an opportunity with your group, they say "Who?" and the challenge begins from there.  One of the toughest conversations I have with our [...]

It was only a few years ago when you were basically guaranteed any offer you extended would be taken and the biggest concern was how little you would offer and when to set the start date.  Well, obviously we all know that’s completely changed and the pendulum has swung way, way back to the other [...]

I recently had the pleasure of talking with many CEO’s of some very prominent agencies over the course of a few days.  Most of the converstaions regarding talent were predictable ("We’re hiring like crazy" "We have so many openings I can’t count them" Are we missing something?" "We’re aggressively building our digital department") but a few were [...]

A scary issue which rears its ugly head often in our world is a lack of willingness to take responsibility for hiring decisions.  It’s standard for candidates to interview with a series of employees throughout their meet & greet process.  Sometimes this is a whole day’s worth of meetings when a candidate is flown in [...]

Christina is a Senior Recruiter at The Zoo, focusing on Account Services and Media. She brings with her three and a half years of solid [tag]executive recruiting[/tag] experience. For the past two years she has been recruiting in the Healthcare Finance industry (*Yawn!*) working with acute care hospitals nation-wide. So when an opportunity to join [...]

I’ve got someone interested in taking me out and on paper he’s a 10. He’s good looking, owns interest in several businesses in town, grew up in my neck of the woods up north, went to law school in the same city I went to college - you name it. Well, a friend [...]

Really?  Is it possible anyone can believe they have uttered those words, either recently or in the distant past?  As far as I’m concerned until a former offer is accepted, start date determined, and resignation completed without a counter-offer, there should always be new candidates in the pipeline.
For example, I tried a new online dating [...]