Let’s face it. The active candidate has become a second-class citizen. Conventional wisdom says that there continues to be a glut of in-transition executives in the job market. Just post a job on Monster.com and you can expect an avalanche of resumes to bury your inbox. Or, set your corporate recruiter loose on LinkedIn and [...]
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By John Touey
on March 1, 2013 
This entry is filed under Networking, Retained Search, Social Media and tagged Executive search consultant, Executive search firm, InMail, LinkedIn, Monster.com, Passive Candidates, Philadelphia executive search, Philadelphia recruitment, recruiting, Salveson Stetson Group. | 2 Comments
By Sally Stetson
on December 12, 2012 
This entry is filed under Networking, Retained Search and tagged executive search, global executive search, IIC Partners, international travel, Philadelphia executive search, Philadelphia executive search firm, Philadelphia recruiter, Sally Stetson, Salveson Stetson Group, travel abroad, travel to Thailand, travel to Vietnam. | 1 Comment
You may have read the latest blog post from my business partner, John Salveson: What I Learned in Bangkok (Part 1). We traveled to Bangkok in October for the annual meeting of IIC Partners, a group of independent executive search firms across 39 countries. This gathering provided us with an opportunity to better understand global [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Salveson
on November 26, 2012 
This entry is filed under Networking, Retained Search and tagged executive search, global executive search, IIC Partners, international travel, John Salveson, Philadelphia executive search, Philadelphia executive search firm, Philadelphia recruiter, Salveson Stetson Group, travel abroad, travel to Bangkok.
A few weeks ago, my partner Sally Stetson and I spent a week in Bangkok, Thailand attending the annual meeting of IIC Partners. Our firm is a member of this global network of independently owned retained search firms and this meeting is devoted to sharing best practices, developing relationships with each other and generally [...]
[ Read More → ]By Sally Stetson
on November 2, 2012
This entry is filed under Retained Search and tagged Executive search consultant, Executive search firm, Headhunter, Philadelphia executive search, Philadelphia headhunter, Philadelphia recruitment, Salveson Stetson Group. | 4 Comments
Headhunter. The definition of a “headhunter” is someone who seeks, collects and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies or ceremonial objects. This is not what I do and I certainly hope it’s not something my competitors do. Whenever I attend an event and meet people for the first time, most ask me what [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Salveson
on October 10, 2012
This entry is filed under Non-Profit, Retained Search and tagged Executive recruitment, executive search, Executive search in Philadelphia, Non-profit CEO, Non-profit jobs, Non-profit leader, Nonprofit jobs, Philadelphia executive search.
A while back, I was contacted by a journalist who was upset about CEO compensation for non-profit executives. He thought many of them made too much money, which he found especially galling since he thought they had cushy jobs. Specifically, he said things like: “It’s not like they have shareholders!” “They don’t have [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Touey
on September 20, 2012
This entry is filed under Retained Search, Talent Management and tagged High Performers, High Potential Candidates, Philadelphia executive search firm, Recruiting Process, Recruiting Stars.
“We need to win the war for talent!”; “People are our most important assets!”; “The only capital we have is human capital!” blah blah blah Insert CEO’s name here and these statements could come from the leader of any Fortune 500 company. Ask one of these leaders what their top five priorities are and [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Salveson
on August 8, 2012
This entry is filed under Career Counseling, Retained Search and tagged Headhunter, Job Market, Philadelphia executive search firm. | 3 Comments
Being an executive search consultant brings with it a variety of occupational hazards. When people discover my profession, they immediately work the word “headhunter” into the conversation and then apologize to me in case I’m insulted by it (I’m not, but I don’t embrace it). Or they send me copies of resumes from friends and [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Touey
on July 12, 2012
This entry is filed under Retained Search and tagged Hiring Manager, Philadelphia executive search firm, Search Process, Talent Acquisition. | 1 Comment
When swapping stories with fellow talent acquisition professionals on assignments that yielded less-than-satisfactory outcomes, the question usually comes up as to when the search went awry. The answer almost invariably is that it went wrong from the start. Whether it was the position not being filled or the placed candidate ultimately failing in his or [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Touey
on May 29, 2012
This entry is filed under Retained Search, Talent Management and tagged ARAMARK Corporation, Assessment Tools, Corporate Culture, Executive Selection, Julie Roehm, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Philadelphia executive search firm, RHR International, talent management, Wal-Mart. | 2 Comments
The use of some type of assessment methodology has been on the increase in the executive selection process over the past several years. While executive assessment is nothing new in Corporate America and tools such as Assessment Centers have been in use for well over 30 years, the proliferation of the use of assessment tools [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Salveson
on May 10, 2012
This entry is filed under Retained Search, Social Media and tagged executive search, Internet, Philadelphia executive search firm, social media. | 6 Comments
I’m starting to think I am in a profession that almost no one understands. Sixteen years ago, my partner, Sally Stetson, and I started a retained executive search firm. The field existed long before our entry into it and the essential service offering has changed very little. Employers retain us to find the best [...]
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