by Barbara Safani | Jan 19, 2009 | career management, cover letters, interviews, resume, thank you letters
For this week’s Ask the Recruiter series I interviewed Laura Lashbrook of Clarity, a boutique staffing firm in New York City specializing in temporary and permanent administrative, support, and entry-level positions. What are the three most important interview...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 12, 2009 | career management, cover letters, interviews, resume, thank you letters
For this week’s Ask the Recruiter series, I interviewed Lorri Zelman, Managing Director, Human Resources Practice for Solomon-Page Group, a permanent recruitment and temporary staffing firm in New York City. What are the three most important interview questions...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 5, 2009 | career management, interviews, resume
During the month of January, I will be interviewing recruiters each Monday to ask some of the questions job seekers want answers to. My first interview was with Allen Geller, Managing Director of Raines International, a premier retained executive search firm in New...
by Barbara Safani | Dec 31, 2008 | career management, networking, resume
I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers, The Story of Success. In this fascinating book, Gladwell links how people spend their time to the success they experience and examines how some of the most famous business icons got to where they are today. He...
by Barbara Safani | Dec 23, 2008 | resume
I’m on vacation in Egypt this week and I spent the day in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The art here is nothing short of amazing and the condition of the art is such that it is hard to believe that some of these pieces are over 4,000 years old. But the way the...
by Barbara Safani | Nov 13, 2008 | career management, interviews, resume
Last night I presented a seminar on career branding to Pace University students and alumni in conjunction with Pace University’s outstanding career development programming under the leadership of Dr. Barry Miller. Career branding is the art of creating a clear,...
