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Should I accept a job offer with a salary cut?

In the February 25, 2020 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter a reader asks whether it's possible to recover after accepting a job offer with a salary cut. Question I’ve been unemployed for six weeks. Was earning around $120K. Have been offered a position at  ...

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Small Business Owner: I’m too busy to hire help!

In the May 2, 2017 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a doctor's small business suffers from hiring the wrong people. Question I'm a doctor running a solo medical practice. How do small businesses like mine get good managers and staff? I have two medical ass ...

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Jobs plentiful! Pay is up! But, how are you doing?

In the January 10, 2017 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, we attempt a reality check -- about jobs. Disclosure: I wrote a snarky column to start the New Year. But it's not as snarky as the news. Question Nick, I know the newsletter has been on vacation over ...

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New Grads: Send a robo-dog to job interviews!

...  campus interviews fade): About 12.6% of college grads are underemployed, meaning they don't work enough hours. Then CNN quotes a ...

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HR Managers: Do your job, or get out

In the June 28, 2016 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, several readers raise questions about HR that we can’t keep ignoring. Questions Reader 1: Back in the 20th century, employers actually reviewed resumes by reading them rather than scanning them into a ...

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How to engineer your personal network

We've been talking about networking. (See Please! Stop Networking! and Network, but don’t be a jerk!) I know the idea of talking to strangers puts many of you off. Some of my readers on PBS NewsHour (see the comments section on that linked page) have eve ...

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Employment In America: WTF is going on?

The October 29, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter is the 500th edition. So rather than answer a reader's question, I'm celebrating this milestone by making up my own question, and doing my best to answer it. (What? You don't subscribe to the free, wee ...

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Why HR should get out of the hiring business

In the April 2, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter complains about HR: Throughout my career I have gotten new jobs by meeting and talking to managers who would be my bosses. Now I keep running into the Human Resources roadblock in companies  ...

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