Robert Hebert
The Talent Jungle
Strategies for those wanting to make a career or sector change
Many transitional executives contemplate career changes. It may be a career auto or general manufacturing sector executive questioning its future, or a large-company type who covets the chance to work in a smaller organization. Often, it is simply individuals longing to shed unfulfilling careers for exotic destinations as yet unknown. While such transitions are achievable, they are tricky and must be planned. It certainly will not happen simply by informing a headhunter of your ambitions.
Robert Hebert
The Talent Jungle
Executives in Transition - Why a rifle beats a shotgun in nabbing that perfect job
As a headhunter I am an obligatory stop on the networking circuit of many executive job seekers. I hold the promise of a barometer on the employment market, contacts, ideas, and even suitable ongoing searches. I am always happy to participate in courtesy interviews as I neither envy the job seekers’ circumstances nor take lightly their courage in reaching out to me.
Robert Hebert
The Talent Jungle
The Perils of the Successful Matchmaker
What is a successful matchmaker?
Last week, the Wall Street Journal published an interview with Patti Stanger who runs The Millionaire’s Club, a Los Angeles-based “elite” matchmaking service and reality television program. In it she confides that the secret to her success is going beyond run-of-the-mill matchmaking to actively coaching clients on how to ‘win’ the dating game. As she clarifies, “Successful matchmaking is not really about just getting them on the date. It’s making sure they know what to do and say on the date. It’s asking ‘How was the date?’, ‘What did you wear?’, ‘What did you eat?’, ‘What did you do?’ and “How did you ask her out for the next time?’.