Chairman's Blog Archives

Why are your LinkedIn messages going to SPAM?

August 1, 2021
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Do you know how to use LinkedIn to its fullest? One of the steps in our executive career change process is to help clients expand their networks. We help our clients learn to effectively communicate—particularly on LinkedIn. So let’s review the contents of my LinkedIn messages and see who we’ll respond...

The Push-Button Career (And Other Executive Myths)

July 25, 2021
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Thousands of prospects come to the Barrett Group every year looking for help with their executive careers. Most realize they will have to put in the necessary effort, but some have completely unrealistic expectations. For example, sometimes these executives think that finding their next career step...

Time Is Not on Your Side

July 11, 2021
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Generally, I don’t remember my dreams, but last night I remembered a fragment of a punctured hourglass so that sand leaked out of the bottom bulb. I woke up with the strong impression that time is finite—not to mention extremely valuable. Remember all of the things you do every day that you take for...

The Lazy Days of Summer: Procrastinate at Your Own Risk

July 6, 2021
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Let’s face it: summer in the northern hemisphere can be a pleasant time to procrastinate and enjoy life. Feel free to do this, as long as you understand the risk, because the executive job market does not sleep—ever. Even during the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, companies continued to hire as...

You’ll Have Them Eating Out of Your Hand!

June 25, 2021
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Yes, that is a chipmunk and yes, she’s eating peanuts out of my hand. As is almost always the case, though, our relationship did not start that way. It took time to build trust. At the Barrett Group, we have spent more than 30 years helping hundreds of executives each year to clarify their career...

“I just need introductions to decision makers”

June 19, 2021
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We hear this fateful phrase, “I just need introductions to decision makers,” all too often from prospective clients. The Barrett Group (TBG) has been helping executives clarify their career objectives and find the ideal next position now for more than 30 years. Executives naturally tend to think...

Mid-Quarter Executive Jobs Report (May 2021)

June 11, 2021
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Mid-Quarter Executive Jobs Report: Why clients come to us, what they want, and where they are landing. We continually celebrate a number of keywords here at the Barrett Group. One of them is “appreciation” because we have much to appreciate. Particularly the consistent increase in the number of executive...

“You May Already be a Wiener”

June 4, 2021
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How many of us have made a mistake and then regretted it when it came to light, perhaps kicking ourselves for not having caught it earlier? So, it was no doubt with the unhappy soul who ran the headline above in a newspaper ad some years ago. The ad was intended to attract potential consumers to...

When is a Recruiter not a Recruiter

June 2, 2021
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We face contradictions in terms every day. For example, when you wipe away dust on your furniture, we say you “dust” the furniture. Of course, logically we should say we “undust” our furniture. So when you say “recruiter” what does that mean? Well, in the case of Forbes magazine, it means a lot. ...

Overcoming Fear of the Unknown

May 17, 2021
Chairman's Blog

These days you would have to be asleep not to be confused about the contradictory signals we are all receiving regarding the state of the economy. One minute the stock market is hitting a new high, then it’s off by 5 points because the jobs report disappointed or some early-warning inflation index...