by Karen Alphonse | Feb 27, 2012 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
Q: I have been Senior Accountant and Chief Financial Officer at two organizations. I just saw a posting for an Assistant Comptroller (less responsible) role at a well-respected nonprofit in DC. The salary in the new role is comparable to my current salary. Should...
by Karen Alphonse | Feb 6, 2012 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
This series covered all aspects of the reference process. Part One covered working with references as they relate to the candidate. Part Two focused on engaging with the references themselves, and Part Three put the ideas into practice through the reference check...
by Karen Alphonse | Jan 23, 2012 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
In parts One and Two of this four-part series, I outlined the “homework” required to best prepare yourself, a candidate and a reference for a formal reference interview. In this entry, details of the actual process, from questions to ask to delivering the results, are...
by Karen Alphonse | Jan 16, 2012 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
In Part One of this series, I outlined the homework I do with regard to references before placing the formal reference checking call as it relates to the candidate. Today, that homework process continues to unfold with a focus on the references. Preparing the...
by Karen Alphonse | Jan 9, 2012 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Management
In this series, we have taken a closer look at the pieces that comprise a total search process from Defining the Opportunity to Identifying Talent. In this last installment of my three-part series, the focus is on initiating the search process and the role of a...
by Karen Alphonse | Jan 2, 2012 | Advice, Job Seekers, Uncategorized
Do you want to see a “perfect” resume? Many people would so as to emulate it. However, there is no such thing. A great resume is a work in progress – a snapshot of where you are professionally and the journey that brought you there. A good not-for-profit resume is...
by Karen Alphonse | Dec 12, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Management
Conducting a search for new talent is a cumbersome task. Trying to decide whether or not to involve a recruiter is another important, if not intimidating, aspect of the process. In my previous post, I outlined two specific areas of consideration with regard to...
by Karen Alphonse | Dec 5, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Recruiters
Many organizations are familiar with using references in the final phases of search to support or eliminate one winning candidate. References can serve equally critical functions, however, beyond giving you data about your proposed “winner.” In this four-part series,...
by Karen Alphonse | Nov 14, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Management, Recruiters
Your organization can directly benefit by partnering with an experienced recruiter to conduct specific key search functions. Recruiters can help attract talent, screen likely candidates and check the background and work history of your preferred candidate(s) in...
by Laura Gassner Otting | Oct 4, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
Interview PreparationTo Be Asked or Not To Be Asked: These Are the QuestionsBefore you step over the threshold of an interviewer’s office door, you better be prepared to impress them with well thought out answers to questions you haven’t even yet heard....
by Fredia Woolf | Aug 25, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Management
From my experience working with leaders of all kinds, I have noticed many different styles and approaches can be effective depending on the context, situation, organization or personalities involved. But, there seem to be four essential characteristics that always...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 23, 2011 | Advice, Featured
How many times do we have a problem in front of us, and the solution is so painfully simple that it takes what seems like forever to figure out? This happened the other night at our house. Our family was enjoying a television show when someone requested, with regard...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 19, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
I honestly cannot believe that I look back at certain aspects my life and know somebody, somewhere considers them old fashioned. I’m not talking about the fact that we used to have to get up, go over to the television and turn a knob to change stations, nor am I...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 16, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers, Management
I have a really big pet peeve. I try not to let it get me, but it does, and it just happened here. My husband was singing along to a song when the lyrics went from English to Spanish. He continued on without pause even though he could not keep up with the beat to...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 12, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
Where were you when you first heard your parents were 40 years old? (Indeed, this moment is burned in our memories with many other “Where were you when’s …”) I was in our family’s garage with my friend Lisa swapping what felt forbidden information about our...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 9, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
When thumbing through the newspaper this weekend, an article caught my eye. “The Accidental Cartoonist,” provides some insight into the career development of Robert Trussell. A writer and reporter for the Kansas City Star for decades, Trussell writes that his...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 5, 2011 | Advice
Wow, did I just have one of those moments that made my personal finance blood run cold. Before I begin, you should know that I really, really like knowing how much things are going to cost ahead of time. You should also know that “really, really like” is a huge...
by F. Jay Hall | Aug 2, 2011 | Advice
So, there I was yesterday morning doing something I’ve done for so many mornings since I was old enough to read and what I’m certain many, many of you were also doing. I was reading the comics! From grade school through high school, this was part of my daily routine,...
by F. Jay Hall | Jul 29, 2011 | Advice, Job Seekers
I’m a pretty no-frills kind of person – a lifestyle I adopted and ultimately embraced once I was out of college and left to my own devices. I listen to financial radio shows for tips, I almost always buy store-brand/generic products, and a mantra around our house is,...
by F. Jay Hall | Jul 25, 2011 | Advice, Featured, Job Seekers
I admit it’s been quite some time since I’ve been part of an active job search putting together my resume, sending it out, making that follow-up phone call to make sure the resume arrived … See? I told you it’s been a while. That follow-up phone call suggestion wasn’t...
