Martin Kartin Blog

Riding on the NJ Turnpike yesterday, I listened to a news report heralding the fact that within an hour, demolition of the OLD GIANTS STADIUM, would begin!  Within moments of the broadcast, I passed East Rutherford where both the new and old stadiums were standing side by side the first thing that came to my mind was what a waste! The second and third things that came to mind were  [ Read More ]

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  [ Read More ]

I run a boutique executive search firm in NYC and we recruit for companies all over the US.  Recently, I have been startled by the number of people (at senior levels) who have complained about the rude treatment afforded them by many search professionals.  These comments have been directed toward firms and individuals, mostly the large ones, but not exclusively!  Doesn't any body know that today's Job Hunter is tomorrows  [ Read More ]

Everyone likes to hear good news and in these times when its good news on the economic front things just begin to perk up and seem brighter.  The stock market goes up, retail sales go up, the number of people employed goes up and the good feelings from that kind of news spreads like wildfire.  Well I am a New York Executive Recruiter and just this week, I closed on  [ Read More ]

Poor Ken Lewis!!! Why don’t they tell us what he DID make in 2006, 2007 and 2009!!!…I would like to hear from ANYBODY who wouldn’t take the same deal! “Kenneth Lewis, outgoing chief executive of Bank of America, will get no salary or bonus for 2009. Lewis will have to repay the North Carolina-based bank more than $1 million in salary he has already earned. The move was demanded by  [ Read More ]

I have been trying to figure out the difference between a Job Board and a NY Times Classified AD!I have the answer but I would like to see if anyone out there has any ideas about this before I post the real answer! Tweet

Does anybody know what the Biggest Room in the world is?  Well, whether you are looking for a job or responsible for filling a job, the Biggest room in the world.  Is the ROOM for IMPROVEMENT! Tweet

As a recruiter people often ask me, “What kinds of people do you like and what kinds of companies do you recruit for”?  I saw something written about Google today which really summarizes it better than I ever could!…  I like people and companies where the OLD GUARD never wins internally at the expense of THE VANGUARD!  Wow!..It’s really all about the VANGUARD!  Funny….I can’t think of one company that  [ Read More ]

Smart people need to understand that Good Networking is NOT measured in the number of people that you can reach out to or the number of people who will return your calls. Good Networking is being able to do something for someone who you would like to do something…for you! Example:  A friend of mine, who is a physician, asked me to spend some time with a friend of his,  [ Read More ]

Does anybody read the Wall Street Journal??…this morning that column on the left hand side of page 1, the one that summarizes the top stories, had as its first two items: 1.."The Dow Jones Industrial Average had its best quarter since 1939, up 1,256 points (15 percent)" 2. "The pace of U.S. Job losses slowed in September and GDP shrank (0.7 percent)". Am I an idiot or is this really  [ Read More ]