I want to  make a sports analogy.  Sorry, Dallas Cowboy fans.  It pains me to say it, but Jerry Jones wants a puppet as a head coach.  It has always been that way. He wants someone who he can push around so he can ultimately do what HE wants YOU to do.  The last person who he let have control won a Super Bowl.  That was in 1994.  Nothing since.  Jimmy Johnson is a…

Coming off an awesome Father's Day, I felt it was appropriate to do one of my non-recruiting posts again.  These are never as popular, but seem to resonate with a lot of people. Hopefully by now, most of you who are regular readers of my blogs know me.  I am a passionate person, Christian, and a true family guy.  I'm a recruiter by day, a blogger by night.  Between…

The other day I read that Forbes ranked Sales as the second most difficult profession to recruit  http://onforb.es/12AbJtI . I just couldn't…

I just don't get it?!!  Why didn't I get called back?  I thought I interviewed great!  What do you mean "We decided to go another direction"?

Have you ever heard these words or thought these thoughts?  If you haven't, you are one of the few.  Interviewing for a job is tough.  It is frustrating.  It can be a long process.  You develop a rapport with your…

A wise man once told me, we all are in sales.  Do you believe that statement?   I don't care what profession you are in, you have sold.  My whole life I have fought it.  I didn't want to be labeled "the sales guy".  You know what?  I am over it.  I am a sales guy.  You are too.  We all have varying levels of sales in our blood, but we are always trying to convince…