How To Negotiate Your Departure
At work, there are only two really important meetings: your job interview and the negotiation of your departure. Earl Nighingale said "The biggest mistake that you can make is to believe that you are working for somebody else. Job security is gone. Remember: jobs are [...]
How To Use A Headhunter
Many job-seekers are reluctant to use a professional recruiter. I consider this a mistake as a good headhunter has inside information and knows of jobs that will never be advertised and inside information you can never achieve from the outside. Here are 8 tips on how [...]
How To Write A Good Job Description
A compelling job description will help you to attract the talent you need on board to reach your goals in 2025 and beyond. A badly written one will drive top talent to your competitor. But what exactly is a "good" job description? Based on what I have [...]
How To Make A Job Offer That Nobody Can Reject
Crisis? Corona? Where? The job market is overheated. Companies have trouble finding talent anywhere in the world: this is what we see in the Kennedy Executive Search network that spans 4 continents with it's 25 offices. Candidates have the choice. We here at Apollo [...]
How To Do A Reference Check
In my career as a headhunter, I have found new jobs for approximately 350 knowledge workers and interviewed thousands of candidates. And all of them saw themselves as above average candidates and often felt they understood both strategy and leadership better than their superiors. [...]
How To Quit Your Job With Style
You have taken the decision to quit, to leave your current employer. This means that you have lost the faith to change your job for the better. Here are 5 tips on how to quit your job with style, ensure a clean departure that does [...]