College students learned years ago that they should be careful when choosing which photos they include on their Facebook pages. Drunk at a frat party? Probably not. Helping poor kids learn how to read in an inner-city church? Bingo. So it doesn’t seem unreasonable to expect that a mid-career grown-up might exercise a bit [...]
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By John Salveson
on May 6, 2013 
This entry is filed under Career Counseling, Social Media and tagged Best LinkedIn Profile, College Grad Job Search, Executive search consultant, Executive search firm, LinkedIn Photo, LinkedIn Picture, LinkedIn Profile, New College Grads, New College Graduates, New Grads, New Graduates, Philadelphia executive search, Philadelphia recruitment, Salveson Stetson Group. | 1 Comment
By John Salveson
on April 15, 2013
This entry is filed under Social Media and tagged blogging, Executive search consultant, Executive search firm, Philadelphia executive search, Philadelphia recruitment, Salveson Stetson Group, social media. | 2 Comments
For the past month (at least), I have been harassed daily (at least) by my colleague who is responsible for posting blog entries on our website. Her job is not to write them – even though she has about 30 IQ points on me. Instead, her job is to annoy me, occasionally with good humor, [...]
[ Read More → ]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
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 [...]
[ 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 [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Salveson
on March 20, 2012
This entry is filed under Leadership, Social Media and tagged Goldman Sachs, Greg Smith, Philadelphia executive search firm, Resignation Letter.
One of the highlights of my reading this week was the resignation letter published in the New York Times by Greg Smith, a promising young executive with Goldman Sachs who decided he had had enough with a corporate culture he felt had devolved to the point that he had to get out. And he thought [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Salveson
on July 27, 2011
This entry is filed under Retained Search, Social Media and tagged LinkedIn, Philadelphia executive search firm, relationship management, Retained Executive Search.
The business of finding and securing talent has been transformed by technology over the past 15 years. The biggest changes have taken place in the processes used to hire and develop entry and mid-level people in organizations. That world is full of Applicant Tracking Systems, Recruitment Process Outsourcers, on-line job posting and candidate databases. If [...]
[ Read More → ]By John Touey
on May 17, 2011
This entry is filed under Social Media and tagged Dunbar Number, Facebook, Justin Bieber, LinkedIn, Malcolm Gladwell, Networking, people magazine, Philadelphia executive search firm. | 1 Comment
I asked my 16-year-old daughter how many friends she had on Facebook the other day. She has over 1,000. Her wall is littered with updates from people with whom she has no real connection and in whom she has no real interest. So what then is the point? When I asked her how many people [...]
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