Recruiter Confidence Sags Amid Mixed Economic Signals

Posted By: Joseph Daniel McCool
Filed Under: joseph daniel mccool, executive employment, business confidence, recruiter confidence index, hiring

ExecuNet's benchmark Recruiter Confidence Index revealed that 54 percent of 153 executive search firm respondents were "confident" or "very confident" the executive employment market will improve over the next six months, down 12 points from May.

A string of mixed economic indicators and continued challenges related to unemployed weighed on recruiter confidence, which nonetheless remains in positive territory and which has trended very positively over most of the past 12 months.

Published on: Friday, June 24, 2011

How to Succeed Where Other Leaders Fail

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, success, communication, leaders, denny strigl, frank swiatek, results, customer

"What you do on a cell phone is far from the most important thing of the day. What you do in front of people is far more important." That's an odd statement coming from the former CEO and president of Verizon Wireless, but Denny Strigl, as a leader, is more invested in people than technology.

In an exclusive presentation to ExecuNet members, Strigl, with co-author of Managers, Can You Hear Me Now? Frank Swiatek, shared the common reasons leaders struggle and how to deliver results without getting derailed.

Published on: Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Three Chords and the Truth

Posted By: Anthony Vlahos
Filed Under: leadership, anthony vlahos, communication, risk, message, sacrifice

Wild Thing. Blowin’ in the Wind. All Along The Watchtower. Bad Moon Rising. Ring of Fire. Brown Eyed Girl. Workin' Man Blues. Countless Ramones songs.

The basic twelve-bar blues progression is three chords: tonic, subdominant, dominant. Most early Rock & Roll (Elvis, Chuck Berry...) was simply Blues played cut-time.

Published on: Friday, June 17, 2011

What You Said: Leadership

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, leadership, executive, employment, vision, tony vlahos, integrity, mood

In a recent blog post, Screaming, ExecuNet CMO Tony Vlahos shared what he thought were the characteristics that made a great leader. More than 100 of our readers responded, chiming in with the qualities they felt necessary for effective leadership.

Published on: Wednesday, June 15, 2011

When You’re Feeling Needy, Give to Your Network

Posted By: Robyn Greenspan
Filed Under: robyn greenspan, executive recruiters, executive job search, networking, dave opton

When you're looking for a job, the first instinct is to call your A-list and ask if they know of any openings. However, that's not networking; it's need-working. What you should do is separate yourself from your emotions; stop the impulse to collect business cards and ask yourself, "What can I do to help people in my network?"