I Can't Take It Anymore!

Executive Search Consultant

One of the most important jobs I have as an executive search consultant is to do reference checking.  Hiring a retained search firm comes at a higher cost than using a job board or surfing the internet for candidates and resumes....BUT....there is a real value attached to the additional costs.  I'm not going to get into the detail of all the other services provided to justify engaging a retained search firm.  This posting is about reference checking and how important it is to the hiring process.

I don't know how Nike, Accenture or Gillette decided to use Tiger Woods as their spokesperson.  I don't know what media or advertising genius concluded that Tiger's image in an ad would increase sales.  But I do know that the same search firm that reference checks the executives that these companies are so careful to hire could have saved them a lot of trouble and money...if someone had bothered to do some "good old" reference checking!  That old golf adage.  "Its all in the swing" may have to be changed to, "its all in the reference checking".  But then again you need three things to play the game, A good golfer The right clubs And of course Balls

I find people jobs!

I find people jobs!  I fill jobs that need to be filled within companies, both large and small.  No matter what industry you are in, we seem to have opportunities in the ares of CRISIS MANAGEMENT!  This week you can chose from the following industries!

GOLF

GOLF

GOLF or

HEALTHCARE

If you have the skill these businesses have the crisis!

"Players who make great plays"

I love Sunday in the fall and early winter...that's when Pro Football really gets exciting!  After a good game, some great plays and a game winning catch, I begin to wonder!

Where do they get these players?

How do they find them?

How do they know they're even good before they sign them?

The answer is always the same:  Every Pro Football team has a group of people who are responsible for finding talent for the team's management to evaluate and ultimately hire so the team can win games!  That's what I do!  I'm a HEADHUNTER!  Companies hire me so they can find players who make great plays and win games.  And not just on cold Sunday afternoons.

"CASH FOR CONSUMERS"

Economics has always fascinated me!  My world is divided into 2 economic sectors:  There is the group that makes and sells things you know manufacturers, retailers etc.  Then there is the group that services you know accountants, doctors, lawyers and executive recruiters in NY, like me!

OH!  I almost forgot, that there's the Government that provides financial stimulus to keep some of these groups afloat!  The holiday season would seem to be a great time for all these groups to work together and get us out of this mess!  Everyone is waiting to hear and see how many people are shopping...a lot of shopping will be good for business and good for the mood of the country!  So I have a plan!  The consultants should recommend that the government do something for the consumer so that he/she will shop!

"CASH FOR CONSUMERS"

And they have to spend the money in December in a store or on line!  Don't you think that would work??..The amounts would not matter, finally everybody would be in a good mood!

What were they thinking?

I am a Headhunter, I get paid to do senior level executive search and my specialty is being creative.  Some headhunters know important people I KNOW IMPORTANT IDEAS.  Here's an Important Idea:

GM just fired its CEO and now a really experienced guy from AT&T is the running the place!

Are these guys nuts!....

If they want a telephone guy why didn't they go to APPLE!

Just getting Steve Jobs or one of Apple's senior executives on loan to GM is the right call on the right phone.