Ask The Headhunter® | Nick Corcodilos

Who says 58 year olds can’t get a job?

Nick Corcodilos — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:21:05 +0000

In the May 14, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader tells how he landed a job with more money, more vacation, in short order — at age 58: I just wanted to tell you that I got a new job. Though I got this job by responding to a posting on LinkedIn, I used some of [...]

Job Boards: Take this challenge or F off!

Nick Corcodilos — Tue, 07 May 2013 01:19:58 +0000

In the May 7, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter gets fed up having to pay to “access” jobs online: I have been job hunting for three weeks now and each time I come across a job that I would like to apply for, I get directed to a website that demands payment. [...]

Why employers should pay to interview you

Nick Corcodilos — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:09:31 +0000

In the April 30, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job applicant invests more than eight hours in interviews and asks why the employer acts like her time is free: The rudeness of employers seems to be pervasive out there. I had interviews with a company recently. The second round involved four finalists meeting 12 [...]

Is it ethical to go on this job interview?

Nick Corcodilos — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:46:02 +0000

In the April 23, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a loyal employee wonders whether it’s honest to go to a job interview: I’m working for a great tech company on the west coast in a job I enjoy, but I was approached by a recruiter from a large company in the midwest for an interesting [...]

New Grads: How to get in the door without experience

Nick Corcodilos — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:01:48 +0000

In the April 16, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a parent asks how her son, a new college graduate, can get a job when he’s got no experience. How can he get experience when he can’t get hired? He’s done internships and earned good credentials in school, but keeps losing out to other applicants. How can he [...]

Skip The Resume: Triangulate to get in the door

Nick Corcodilos — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:04:53 +0000

In the April 9, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a transitioning military officer asks how to break through: I have spent the morning drilling through Ask the Headhunter. Thank you for the time and effort you put into that forum. I especially appreciate the reasoned, personal responses you give to select comments on your posts. I would [...]

What’s HR Got to Do With It?

Nick Corcodilos — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:32:46 +0000

Fast on the heels of last week’s column, Why HR should get out of the hiring business, I did Gil Gross’s talk radio show in San Francisco (KKSF Talk910 am). We discussed what’s broken about America’s employment system, why good workers can’t get hired, and what HR (human resources) departments have to do with it… What’s [...]

Why HR should get out of the hiring business

Nick Corcodilos — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:32:51 +0000

In the April 2, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter complains about HR: Throughout my career I have gotten new jobs by meeting and talking to managers who would be my bosses. Now I keep running into the Human Resources roadblock in companies where I’d like to talk to a manager about a [...]

Headhunters Are Harassing Me!

Nick Corcodilos — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:31:25 +0000

In the March 26, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader complains about troublesome headhunters: What’s your advice to someone who is dealing with unwanted cold calls from headhunters? Somehow my name has been shared around as someone who is looking for a change. (I’m not. If I were, I would be the one making [...]

Cornell Presentation: Be The Profitable Hire

Nick Corcodilos — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:23:30 +0000

This is a special posting connected to a presentation for Executive MBA students at Cornell: Ask The Headhunter / Be The Profitable Hire Cornell University Johnson School of Management March 23, 2013, in Palisades, NY I’ll add more content here after the event — but the main purpose is to answer attendees’ questions that we [...]