Really?? “Purple Squirrel”? Is that the best you can come up with to describe an ‘unfindable’ candidate? I remember seeing red squirrels for the first time in 1976, in the Vienna Graveyard, while I made my pilgrimage to the tombs of Beethoven, Schoenberg, the Strausses, Schubert, and other great Viennese super-composers. “Rock-stars”, if…
From a Historical perspective, Recruiting has certainly been around for thousands of years, and, expectationally, will definitely continue to exist for a long, long time (at least if Humanity continues to exist). But, will “Headhunting” continue to exist? The mere word evokes images of primitive savages with curare-tipped darts hiding in the jungles of the…
In response to an excellent article in Financial Times (Nov. 16, 2015) by Andrew Hill, I posted this and was pleased to receive ‘editor’s pick’ notice. Here is a link to the article, which I have previously posted on LinkedIn and elsewhere: Financial Times Article (click on the highlighted link to read “Headhunters and CEOs are…
“Because it’s there.” — George Mallory I think Executive Search is a field of study with somewhat contradictory parts to it — for instance, that there is an emphasis on thoroughness, diligence, exhaustiveness, finding ALL possible solutions, etc.; but, there is also a high emphasis on intuitionistic processes, like deciding which candidate to call,…