Jeff’s Tips

Soft Close – Candidate Always go for a soft close at the end of an interview. Traditionally you would have been told to ask for the job. Say, something like, “thank you so much for your time today. I want you to know that I’m very interested in this position.”. So, that’s a little outdated.…

I can’t begin to count the number of times, over the 20 plus years I’ve been involved with recruiting, of when I call someone about an opportunity, which might involve relocation, they think about it for a day or two and come back to say: “You know Jeff? It sounds like the perfect opportunity; great…

Resumes & Interviews: think about a resume as marketing, the interview process as the sales process or even market research, and you’ll be quite successful.

Jeff’s Tips (Pursuing Your Passions) Once again, today I heard someone give a young student the advice –“find out what you love or what you have a passion for and decide to pursue that”, in terms of a career. And, I don’t think that’s good advice to give young students or even maybe young professionals;…

Jeff’s Tips: I was helping a candidate prepare for a phone interview today. The most important thing that I wanted to make them aware of is that you have a very limited time to make an impression. A phone interview, you of course, can’t see the body language, know if you’ve said enough, or if…