— Archive for 2010 —

• What’s a Twitter for?

  ** From my weekly newsletter to TheLadders.com subscribers ** Twitter has been in the news this month for raising money at a $3.7 billion valuation — a number that clearly shows its backers think Twitter has a bright and important future ahead of it. One year ago, during this sleepy week between Christmas and New [...]

  Dec 27

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• I think a recruiter is reaching out to you

  ** From my weekly newsletter to TheLadders.com subscribers ** We’ve added a great new feature to TheLadders.com web site this week. We’ve heard from you that you’d like to hear more from recruiters and, with this new feature, connecting with recruiters becomes a whole lot easier. Now, each time a recruiter finds your resume on [...]

  Dec 20

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• How I hire

  I sat down recently with Adam Bryant of The New York Times, who writes the “Corner Office” feature, to discuss management and hiring. I thought I’d share a bit of the article below, and you can see the entire interview at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/business/12corner.html (registration required). Q. What was your approach when you started TheLadders seven years [...]

  Dec 13

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• Don’t ignore the December recruiter

  ** From my weekly newsletter to TheLadders.com subscribers ** We hear the same complaint every year: “I can’t get candidates on the phone. I can’t get candidates in for interviews. I can’t even get a response.” We hear it from Fortune 1000 recruiters, HR departments, executive search firms and agencies. We even hear it from [...]

  Nov 29

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• I took your advice!

  ** From my weekly newsletter to TheLadders.com subscribers ** Readers, we work awfully hard to get you the advice you need in your job search. We interview hundreds of recruiters, speak with thousands of job-seekers, and underwrite research at a half-dozen universities each year in order to provide you with the best tips, tricks, and [...]

  Nov 22

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• Twenty Questions

  As I’ve met with TheLadders subscribers across the country, I’ve heard that the interview questions in this newsletter from February were very useful to you in preparing for interviews, and what you should ask in those interviews. And of course, unless your job is to ask questions, it’s no surprise that cooking up good ideas [...]

  Nov 15

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• It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

  ** From my weekly newsletter to TheLadders.com subscribers ** Yesterday was the New York City Marathon here in TheLadders’ hometown. For anybody who has watched the marathon, you know it is an inspiring glimpse into amazing achievement by ordinary people. Some 45,000 runners make their way through the streets of the five boroughs to the [...]

  Nov 8

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• Seeking VP, Anything

  ** From my weekly newsletter to TheLadders.com subscribers ** As I travel around the country speaking with job-seekers like you, I’ll ask: “So what are you looking for?” And all too often I’ll hear back: “Oh, I’m looking for anything.” Which is a problem. Because in today’s economy, no employer is looking for a “VP, [...]

  Nov 1

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• The Intelligent Job-seeker

  ** From my weekly newsletter to TheLadders.com subscribers ** In “The Intelligent Entrepreneur“, a new book out from author Bill Murphy, Jr., Bill distills 10 rules of successful entrepreneurship from the stories of several Harvard Business School graduates from the Class of 1998, including yours truly. As I read through the stories, and looked at [...]

  Oct 25

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• Two Terrific Tips To Try

  As we travelled across the country on our national book tour these past few weeks, two bits of advice that we’ve shared with you over the years stood out as being the most useful for professionals looking to make their job search: – Ask for a reference, not a job – In the interview, ask [...]

  Oct 18

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