When executives began their most recent job search, they thought it would take just over six months to land their new position, according to new ExecuNet research. But when a new job didn't materialize after that period of time, our survey respondents estimated it would take almost another...
5 Comments | Posted February 29, 2012 | 2:10 PM
A few months after losing my beloved dog, Moca, of 12 years, I began looking for another companion. A friend who worked with a shelter in Puerto Rico sent me some pictures, and I was immediately drawn to Hope, a year-old mix...
5 Comments | Posted December 29, 2011 | 3:50 PM
Month after month through 2011, ExecuNet's surveys of executive recruiters revealed increases in hiring at the senior management level. Search firms are entering the new year with rising confidence that the marketplace will steadily improve.
But those high-level jobs aren't openly advertised;...
0 Comments | Posted October 12, 2011 | 5:34 PM
Bill Clinton is uniquely qualified to offer perspective and potential solutions for bolstering the American economic system. His eight years in the White House have been followed by global volunteer work in places like Haiti, while his wife, Hillary Clinton, attends to her duties as Secretary of State.
"I'd like...
4 Comments | Posted March 1, 2011 | 12:11 PM
Like syndicated sitcoms, Charlie is suddenly ubiquitous, eager to tell his side of the story about unfair treatment at the hands of the producers of Two and Half Men. Apparently, they found Sheen's alleged illegal drug use, partying with porn stars and erratic behavior detrimental to the prime-time hit and...
2 Comments | Posted December 6, 2010 | 2:51 PM
Executive job growth in the private sector might be the bright gem found among the lumps of coal in the most recent employment data from the Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). According to the employment trends ExecuNet monitors monthly, the percentage of expected...
0 Comments | Posted November 9, 2010 | 9:36 AM
You are who the Internet says you are.
"Googling" someone is routine nowadays, but when we first researched how recruiters were using the Internet to influence hiring decisions in 2005, few were aware of this practice. Executive recruiters have since made Googling a vetting standard: 90 percent of search firm...
62 Comments | Posted October 8, 2010 | 2:30 PM
Not on stage at Radio City Music Hall during the two days of the World Business Forum but omnipresent, was the economy, and with an upcoming election, President Obama took a few jabs from Jack Welch and political advisor David Gergen. The former CEO...
1 Comments | Posted April 24, 2012 | 10:31 PM