By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter I worked as a recruiter for more than 40 years before switching to career coaching. I did not make many job changes because I did very extremely well in the boom times. It was only under the busts of the economic cycles when clients disappeared (and a lot of … Read more
Be good against the recruiter: Care and Feeding Counseling By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter In 1972, I began my career as a recruiter. For the past five years I have been a career and leader coach. My coach, the man I referred to as “Swami” because he knew so many things that it seemed … Read more
By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter The start of a new year is the perfect moment to sit back and think about where we are in our career. It’s like doing a mini-self audit and checking if the job we are doing is setting the goals we’re hunting. In the midst of daily grinding, this … Read more
By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter In the early era of American television was one of the most popular TV shows hosted by Art Linklets, “Children say the Darndest things.” During the show, links would ask very young schoolchildren very simple questions like “What does your mother do?” A child actually replied, “She is doing … Read more
By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter 1. A high pressure interview. If questions are thrown at you as a machine gun fire, or they explain their expectations to you, and the results they want seem unreasonable, you go into a toxic environment.2. If you look up at people on LinkedIn who have done the work … Read more
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter There are only a few more days to take advantage of my free Insider membership offer JobSearch.Community. Offer ends February 1, 2025. I will not be offering this again this year. Go to the site, click on become an Insider, select the Insider service level and enter the … Read more
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter I answered your questions about #jobseeking. If in the future you can’t participate live, mark that you want to participate on LinkedIn, send your question to me there, and watch the replay 00:00 Intro and free offer 05:13 What makes a candidate memorable in a closing interview? 07:18 … Read more
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter Have you ever been in the situation of having to negotiate or renegotiate your salary? Whether you’re starting a new job or asking for a raise at your current company, the process can be daunting and invoke fear. After all, you are asking for a higher salary, and … Read more