Opinion
Webcam Interview Etiquette: Tips for Job Seekers at Every Level
Job candidates never cease to surprise their recruiters. We interview professionals before presenting them to clients, which helps us make great matches. I recently met with a candidate who was fresh out of college and had virtually no work experience. Yet she had somehow developed great instincts for how to construct her resume and deliver…
Celebrate Women’s Equality Day
Women’s Equality Day is celebrated each year on August 26th to commemorate the August 26th, 1920 date the proclamation was signed for women to finally have the right to vote. The following are some ways to celebrate and recognize this important date – Recognize the amazing women in your life and throughout history! Thank the women…
What Are Today’s Manufacturing Candidates Really Looking For?
Every day, I hear manufacturing job candidates ask this question of employers and prospective employers: “Do you trust me?” Now, job seekers typically don’t use those words, but that’s what they mean when they make increasingly common statements like these in response to job postings and interview questions: “Work-life balance is most important to me.” …
A More Wholesome View on Hiring for Diversity
I recently read an article that defined diversity hiring this way: Hiring based on merit with special care taken to ensure procedures reduce biases related to a candidate’s age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and other personal characteristics that are unrelated to their job performance. The definition made me pause – not because I…
The Power of Generational Diversity
You may be thinking that this will be yet another article about how to adapt and modify a workplace or working arrangements to better accommodate younger workers. Rest assured, it’s not. It’s about the benefits of generational diversity. With the entry of the youngest employees into the workforce and more people choosing to continue working past the traditional retirement…
How Goodwin Recruiting Helped Me Become a Foster Parent
Growing up, I was fortunate to have hardworking parents who did everything they could to raise a family of six children. With strong Sicilian roots, our large, extended family get-togethers were weekly occurrences. Missing a family holiday dinner was unheard of. Family came first in anything and everything. I remember seeing advertisements on TV…
Opinion: A Jobseeker, a Divorcee, and a Panda Walk Into a Bar…
The panda quickly orders a beer and some wings, then sets a revolver on the table. If you’re a stickler for punctuation, you know the rest. But what about the other two? They’re probably still perusing the menu and will likely head out before the panda can pull out his badly punctuated wildlife manual to…
Join Me in Celebrating National Caribbean American Heritage Month
Since 2006, the month of June has been celebrated in the United States as National Caribbean American Heritage Month. The month of recognition highlights the contributions and rich legacy that people of Caribbean heritage have made in this country. Here is a proclamation from the White House, signed by President Biden on May 31, 2022. …
LinkedIn: A Powerful Online Resource for a Job Search and Networking
I didn’t say much about LinkedIn in my recent blog about personal social media. That’s because LinkedIn is a professional social media platform. If you’re on the job market now or expect to be at some point, the approach to using LinkedIn is very different from that of other online platforms. Your goal with this…
Why It Makes Good Sense To Celebrate Gay Pride During the Month of June for Your LGBTQ+ Staff and for Your Customers
The month of June is Gay Pride Month throughout the world, marking the turmoil and protests that the LGBTQ+ had after the Stonewall riots, where the NYPD invaded the Stonewall Inn, a gay nightclub in Greenwich Village, New York City, on June 28, 1969. This milestone galvanized the community to come together and fight for…
