I must admit I am completely baffled. Baffled you say? Yes baffled. I am unable to connect the logic that I see being used these days as it relates to hiring in the C-Suite. Those proverbial dots from point A to point B are being hijacked. We re talking now about changes in the interpretation […]
Read More »The marketplace as it is, the search for new employment should never cease. While the activity waxes and wanes, ones resume should always be sharp. One example is LinkedIn, which many consider one of the premier networking sites and thus employment sites. So, as we post our resumes on-line we do open ourselves to unwanted […]
Read More »One would think that the term Turnaround is analogous with failing company. In today’s environment you’d probably be correct, but it doesn’t need to be a company that’s failing, in fact smarter managed companies are in or should be in a constant state of flux; terminal turnaround. A friend of my Regis Quirin, the Director […]
Read More »I just went several rounds with a potential client. After talking with four people, two at the corporate level, two at the national/subsidiary level, they all voiced similar issues; some more vocal or more alarmed than others. Actually, the corporate people were more alarmed then the national/subsidiary people. Some major areas of the business were […]
Read More »I was contacted by an VOIP Telco Distributor today to do business. I know where they got my name; knew of the company; and told the salesperson thank you, but no thank you. – It wasn’t as if I needed the service, I’m happy with the company I’m currently using. – It wasn’t as if […]
Read More »Would you trust credit decisions from a company (Dun & Bradstreet) whose data is so corrupt? I was doing a Google on myself and I came across this website: http://www.corporationwiki.com/p/2ia9yb/wayne-spivak (as of March 30th, 2017 it was no longer there). The data discovered is very funny: – It states I’m the President and CFO of […]
Read More »…or the manifesto of working in today’s environment You’ve heard the old story, there are lies, dam lies and then statistics, and 92.35% of them are made up just to support the theory being proposed. That being said, for those who are counted in the 6.2% unemployed and the many many uncounted and under-appreciated group […]
Read More »I belong to a large number of C-Suite on-line groups. These groups consist of CEO’s, CFO’s, CIO’s and all the other ‘C’s’ as well as those who are interested in the conversations. That’s a lot of people, even considering duplication among groups. There are a cluster of topics that just don’t get any play; and […]
Read More »Fascinating story (albeit a little old) about the failures and consequences of an system roll-out.Âavons Appearing in Forbes 2013, the article describes the trials and tribulations of Avon and the end results. http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkepes/2013/12/17/avons-failed-sap-implementation-a-perfect-example-of-enterprise-it-revolution/ What’s more interesting is this quote: “…industry analyst Michael Krigsman put it succinctly: “Basically, users will accept less crap today, when it […]
Read More »Everyone has applied for at least one job; most (especially these days) hundreds. For the vast majority, these attempts at find employment fail. But how can you tell? Two basic ways are silence and the proverbial rejection letter. But which is better? Silence: While you may have met the job specifications 110%, for some unknown […]
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