Career Advice

It is important to align your expectations by understanding what drives a recruiter.

plan your career and make decisions ask yourself the question: How portable and independent am I? Can I be equally successful in another organization or position? Am I worth what they pay me in the open market? Be brutally honest with yourself. Identify the gaps and make sure you’re portable.

By Jose J. Ruiz | Alder Koten The premise is that the ideal executive does not exist. Our research indicates that there is no such thing as branding a person as an A, B, or Z type since the environment and context drive our behaviors. Great managers and leaders adapt, and their styles tend to […]

If you want to approach an executive recruiter with success and stay top-of-mind, then give them what they need (hint: It’s not always your resume).

Selling and describing yourself in a resume, a presentation, an interview or meeting is a crucial factor in getting noticed, getting promoted or getting hired.

Your potential performance outside of your current organization and your future potential for success can be debated if there is only evidence of success with a single organization, and hence, a single support structure and environment.

Personal branding is about everything you do: every job, every social and personal endeavor will define who you are and what you can offer in the next step of your career.

Take the job interview as an opportunity to perform and as an opportunity to take your presentation and preparation skills to the next level.

True loyalty in an employment relationship takes into consideration what will happen to the other party when the business relationship ends.