CAUTION! YOUR COUNTER OFFER IS A STALL TACTIC

CAUTION! YOUR COUNTER OFFER IS A STALL TACTIC After sending out numerous resumes and going on countless interviews, you have found the perfect job. The only thing left for you to do is to resign. Although you probably rehearsed what you would tell your boss 100 times, did you plan for the possibility of a […]

5 HABITS OF A HIGHLY INEFFECTIVE JOB SEEKER

Whether you are an executive-level professional at the top of your field, or up-and-coming talent looking to reach the next level, a job search can quickly be stymied unless you avoid these bad habits.

WHEN BAD JOB INTERVIEWS HAPPEN TO GOOD CANDIDATES

Cringe-worthy moments during job interviews are going to happen. What happens after the awkwardness subsides can be a learning experience for job seekers. Or, they can just be funny stories to share with friends.

3 MAJOR ADVANTAGES OF PARTNERING WITH EXECUTIVE RECRUITERS

3 distinct reasons why top professionals should consider using executive recruiters or professional headhunters when searching for a new career path.

JASON DALTON, NEW LEGAL RECRUITER AT SRS

Strategic Recruitment Solutions, LLC has opened up a new Baton Rouge location at 6160 Perkins Rd., Suite 132, and has hired Jason Dalton as their new Legal Recruiter. The team at Strategic Recruitment Solutions, who also have an office at 1555 Poydras St., Suite 145, in New Orleans, has been matching top companies with top […]

HAPPINESS IN THE WORKFORCE

“IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT/THEN YOUR FACE WILL SURELY SHOW IT” Does your face radiate happiness when you are working? Well do you at least look satisfied?? Perception is everything. How do your coworkers and superiors perceive your contentment? Are you happy and does your face show it? Popular wisdom would have us […]

ODE TO CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTIES

The dreaded much anticipated holiday season at work Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer – O Holy Night!!!! Happy Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Diwali, Merry Christmas The holidays are a minefield of emotions, stresses, and demands on the budget and time of everyone this time of year. Family requirements are always a concern but even […]

15 TIPS TO GAINING LIKABILITY IN THE WORKPLACE

Likeability   Are you – friendly – agreeable – amiable – appealing – genial –good natured – sociable affable – pleasing??? Who cares? Bosses supervisors and fellow workers do. Here’s a thought to ponder: What valuable skill will help you secure that long sought after position and once you get it thrive in the environment […]

TOP 3 THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE COMPLAINING AT WORK

Think before COMPLAINING – Work is a No Whine Zone! “Never tell your problems to anyone—20% don’t care and the other 80% are glad you have them.  Lou Holtz Complaining on the job can be a slippery slope – addictive and resulting in one being perceived as negative, especially if there is never a presentation […]

GIFT GIVING AT THE OFFICE

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas Christmas is indeed a special time of the year – a time of anticipation and unfortunately for most of us high anxiety. The stress/anxiety of the holiday does not just revolve around family obligations but includes that area of life where so much of our waking time is spent – […]

YOU’RE FIRED!

IT’S A DIRTY JOB BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO DO IT!!  THOUGHTS ON TERMINATING AN EMPLOYEE “Getting fired is nature’s way of telling you that you had the wrong job in the firstplace.” Hal Lancaster in the Wall Street Journal “You’re fired!” No other words can so easily and succinctly reduce a confident, self-assured executive to […]

WHEN TO COUNTER OFFER AND WHEN TO RESIGN

“WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER” – How to handle counter offers After great thought and mental anguish, after pondering the pros and cons, you have made up your mind.  You began a job search in earnest or listened to opportunities that you believed represented a better situation than you currently have.  You are […]

QUITTING YOUR JOB WITH STYLE

Quitters never win and winners never quit – Hmm not exactly, but quitting your job is one of the most difficult life decisions you ever make and should involve a great deal of soul searching and planning. BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO The next best thing to quitting your job is fantasying about quitting […]

BOSS OR LEADER – WHICH ARE YOU?

WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT TO WORK FOR? “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things.  He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”     Ronald Reagan “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart”   Eleanor Roosevelt “In most cases being a […]

BULLYING IN THE WORKPLACE

BULLYING IN THE WORKPLACE “If you’re horrible to me, I’m going to write a song about it, and you won’t like it.  That’s how I operate.” Taylor Swift –“Why You Got To Be So Mean?” You probably aren’t a songwriter or a singer but I’ll bet you can identify with being in the position of […]

REMEMBER IN BUSINESS – YOU CAN’T RAPE THE WILLING

Malcolm Ford once said that, “only a handful of companies understand that successful business operations come down to 3 basic principles: People – Product – Profit. Without top people you can not do much with the others.” In a capitalist or free market economy, companies often retain the services of search firms to bring talented […]

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE JOB INTERVIEW

 Newsflash from SRS –   No one will pay you for being JUST book smart!!! Let’s talk about Emotional Intelligence.   There is, in fact, a kind of smart which can pay off in the job market,  and it has nothing to do with IQ (a measure of a person’s ability to learn which – […]

HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTY MISHAPS

Tonight we’re going to party like its 1999!  Let’s NOT.   You moon the wrong person at an office party and suddenly you’re not ‘professional’ anymore. How come stupid things seem so smart while you are doing them?   Haven’t gone to your office Christmas party yet? Awaiting an office New Year’s Eve Party?   Take […]

TALENT WARS

                                                                              War on Talent “War is Hell.”  William Tecumseh Sherman wrote in a letter to the Mayor of Atlanta warning him that his war plans make it necessary for the inhabitants of the city to “make their exodus in any direction as easy and comfortable as possible.” We know the devastation Sherman caused in his march […]

TMI – CAN YOU SAY TOO MUCH IN AN INTERVIEW?

TMI – Can you say too much information in a job interview?  “The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it”.  Frank Garafole Let’s face it – interviews are STRESSFUL.  Do you tend to talk […]