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 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 [...]
Three Reasons To Accept A Counter Offer
Counter offer! A candidate who has accepted a new job is "sold back" by his employer. The nightmare of the recruiter! What has happened until we got here? We have done a full search and talked to 150 candidates, sometimes more to identify those [...]
How To Quit Your Job With Style
You have taken the decision to quit, to leave your current employer. This means that you have lost the faith to change your job for the better. Here are 5 tips on how to quit your job with style, ensure a clean departure that does [...]