Darrin Grella – Interview Guru

In a previous blog post Titled 5 Reasons Counter Offers Can Ruin You, I shared a tale of a friend of mine name Wendall.  It was back in November 2009 that Wendall consulted me about a great opportunity at hand.  He had been passively looking to make a career move (80% of people actually are [...]

Many of those who know me understand that I live a pretty fast-paced and action packed life.  I suppose that is the good way to put it.  The last couple of posts have been very personal for me.  I want to ensure to all of you loyalist that follow my blog understand a little about [...]

I subscribe to Success Magazine.  Believe me, I need it.  It is a great subscription but the easy part is that it comes with a CD for audio enjoyment. In this month’s CD it had an exclusive interview with Don Hutson, Speaker, Sales Trainer, Motivator and Author of the One Minute Entrepreneur.  One of Don’s main [...]

I am happy to report that things are picking up.  I tend to be weary of many reports and optimistic white papers. Recently released Careerbuilder.com survey suggested recruiting activity for positions in middle management are increasing.  The survey’s findings indicate that 20% of employers plan to add full-time employees in 2010, up from 14% in [...]

I received an email from a friend that pointed me to the video below. Do yourself a favor and watch the rate of unemployment in the United States since January 2007. You will be amazed at the impact across the States. If you can’t see the specific detail just know that the color black on [...]

Unemployment is almost becoming a swear word.  Nobody likes it.  It is a word that has been used too much by the media over the past year but frankly, it is still very real.  Especially for those that have a big “E” on their backs.  I did find the following article pretty interesting that is [...]

For years the Cleveland Browns have been my team.  I can remember (back in the 80′s) my Dad invited his brothers over our house to watch the games every Sunday.  Sunday wasn’t about church, it was about kickoff at 1:00PM!  This was the life.  My veins pumped orange and brown, my three brothers and I [...]

I have had the great pleasure of speaking with hundreds of people over the last couple of weeks about their careers. I have spoken with companies, business owners as well as read several articles outlining how people are responding to the lazy economy. There is a consistent message: THE BASICS. People are getting back to [...]

One of the recent economic articles kindof threw me off a little. I wanted to share with you an article from economic analyst Casey Mulligan. Casey is an economics professor at the University of Chicago and wrote this article for the NY Times. I know this is not an employment article however I feel that [...]

According to a recent interview of the CEO of Jobvite, Dan Finnigan (Dan was previously top dog over at Yahoo! Hotjobs) now is the time for companies and individuals to attack the market by making oneself better. He is quoted saying, “People’s natural instinct [during tough times] is to retreat. I think that’s the biggest [...]