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By: Bill Wednieski If you’ve known me for a while, you’ve likely heard me use this phrase in both professional and personal situations. It’s one of my favorites. During every March Madness basketball tournament, there are upsets. This year during the men’s tournament, the #16 team Fairleigh Dickinson beat the #1 team Purdue University. This […]
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By: Sam Starrett Frequently, hiring managers and business owners engage the services of a headhunter without a full picture of what we do and what we can offer to them. In part, this is our own fault; too often, we sell ourselves purely on our ability to bring in strong candidates. It’s understandable why we […]
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By: Bill Wednieski If you keep up on the current job market and economic news, you’d be aware of the dizzying swirl of opinions and trends, plus industry winners and losers. On the one hand, big tech companies like Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Amazon, Salesforce, and plenty of others just laid off a few hundred thousand […]
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By: Anna Wierda Prior to joining The Headhunter’s team, I had the opportunity to work with at-risk youth, families, dedicated volunteers, and coworkers who have evolved into lifelong friends. After graduating from Michigan State University, with my bachelor’s degree in Psychology, I knew I wanted a career where I could make a positive impact on […]
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There are some things you just wish you knew sooner. About fifteen years into my career, a prolific commercial real estate broker I was engaged with for a project broke down the Four Stages of Competence. To this day, I still remember it. Though it helped that he was a great storyteller to make me […]
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By: Sam Starrett Like a lot of people, I came into recruiting almost by accident. Before starting what I considered to be my “real career,” I had several jobs in customer service, first at a call center, and then in the phone room for the legendary Powell’s Books in Portland, OR. As I began to […]
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The term recruiter is broad. Too broad. There are many types of recruiters such as internal recruiters, external recruiters, RPO or recruitment process outsourcing, and then there are The Headhunters! Internal recruiters are straightforward, these people work directly for a company and frequently have a title that includes “talent acquisition.” External recruiters, RPO, and headhunters […]
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By: Bill Wednieski Cannabis is getting crushed. In the investing world a bear market is defined as a prolonged period of depressed pricing. Bear markets come about in weak or softening economies. The cannabis industry in general is currently in this predicament, and acutely so in Michigan. The good news about being a recruiter, CPA, attorney […]
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By: Bill Wednieski The Headhunters, LLC is only a few years old but we are racking up some truly entertaining and head-scratching personal stories from our clients. All of the stories compiled below are real. Some of the stories led to clients reaching out for help on a new search, some are from executives […]
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By: Bill Wednieski Last March I was reading in Crain’s Detroit Business that the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) was conducting an executive search for its next CEO using the large national firm Korn Ferry. This really irked me. The very core principle of the MEDC is to drive Michigan economic activity, and no less […]
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