Have you ever hired someone directly from your competitor, feeling righteously proud about your new trophy hire, only to discover after it was too late that they were a seriously wrong fit? You’re not alone. We’ve all been there, wooed by hearing all the right things, only to learn that…
LIFE LESSONS OF A HEADHUNTER: The 3 Irrefutable Laws of Trusting Relationships
Our greatest good in life can only be realized when we are in trusting relationships. I recently had an acquaintance respond to a favour I had asked of him about a month ago. He’s a brilliant business man who I have watched and respect very much for his razor sharp mind, and…
Social Recruitment & Executive Search: The Art Form of Personal Relationships
As recruiters the one question we get asked a lot is: where do you find your people? Even though we are increasingly reliant on the internet, building relationships is essentially the how, the what, the where, and the why of our business at Ashton & Associates Recruiting. A recent interactive conference headed up by a…
LIFE LESSONS of a HEADHUNTER: The Difference Between Difficult and Demanding Employers
There is a distinct difference between DIFFICULT and DEMANDING. Pray you don’t find both in any one person you are working for. Demanding employers are just that. Demanding. But employees at least know where they stand in terms of what’s expected of them, challenging though that may be. Generally speaking, demanding employers…
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