How To Answer Stupid Interview Questions – And What They Really Mean
In my career as a headhunter, I have conducted approx 2,500 job interviews myself and assisted to hundreds my clients led with my candidates. Since 2001, I have learned a lot from my clients on clever questioning that brings [...]
Should You Pay A Retainer To A Search Firm (Teaser: Yes, Especially To Us)
If you want to be sure to find the best talent in the market available, there are many advantages going through an executive search firm. Especially for the executive search firm because this is how we pay the salaries and the rent. Be careful [...]
Salary Negotiation: 33 Things To Negotiate Other Than Money
Congratulations! You have mastered the job interviews, left all your competitors behind and enter the final phase of your job search phase: the salary negotiation. What can you expect? A typical salary negotiation is unfortunately very often minimal to inexistent: you will be asked your expectations - and then, an offer is made. A real negotiation, however, [...]
How To Write A Good Job Description
A compelling job description will help you to attract the talent you need on board to reach your goals in 2025 and beyond. A badly written one will drive top talent to your competitor. But what exactly is a "good" job description? Based on what I have [...]
How To Make A Job Offer That Nobody Can Reject
Crisis? Corona? Where? The job market is overheated. Companies have trouble finding talent anywhere in the world: this is what we see in the Kennedy Executive Search network that spans 4 continents with it's 25 offices. Candidates have the choice. We here at Apollo [...]
Should You Hire That Very Candidate? The 5 Seconds Final Hiring Test
Hiring: I have done it 350 times for my clients and 50 times for myself since 2001! Phone qualification, personal interviews, reference taking - I have seen 'em all. Add personality and motivation tests, role plays or assessments centers for a more scientific touch [...]