Category: Recruiting

Let’s talk about interviewing and networking in the context of a job seeker. There are three basic questions that will get asked in one way or another in every interview. They are as follows…

There’s a lot of chatter about the great “re-shuffle” or the “great resignation” happening in the US workforce right now. After a year of sheltering in place, lockdowns, and scrambling to figure out how to work from home, workers realized that they work to live, not live to work...

TYGES defines integrity in this way: “We are honest and ethical in our interactions; no exceptions.” We realize that integrity goes hand-in-hand with trust. We are dealing with professionals who trust TYGES with the future of their business and their career...

There are hundreds of job boards, job hunting sites, and online forums for job posting. They are all tools. Some tools are made well and focused on a specific task at hand...

TYGES defines courage this way in our organization: “We face our challenges and take measured risks despite uncertain outcomes.” Courage plays a role in TYGES’ process as we work with both our clients and our candidates. Our clients choose TYGES because their searches are unique and challenging...

You may think a recruiter would have no issue writing their own resume. You’d be wrong. While I have an editor’s eye and a copywriter’s focus as well as the innate recruiter discernment when reviewing YOUR resume, I can’t seem to get out of my own way when I’m writing my own. What’s a recruiter to do?...

Every job has its ups and downs. One month you can be making steady headway toward your quarterly goal, and the next month find yourself doubting if you will meet the mark after all. It takes a certain determined mindset to push past the self-doubt that can creep up and press on no matter how the month has gone...

The end of May is a good time to dust off your annual goals and evaluate where you stand in relation to where you should be at the midway point. I imagine you will find that some goals you are ahead of pace, some behind, and some right on track...

Work conditions have changed – and it looks like some changes are sticking around – including the request to work from home or a hybrid model of working from home and the office. These changes have been on the periphery for a decade at least...

TYGES is guided by 5 core values: Integrity, Respect, Accountability, Determination, and Courage. Over the next few weeks, I will be looking at each value and its importance. Last month, I touched on how respect is relevant for candidates. This month I am focusing on how respect plays into the lives of recruiters here at TYGES...

When I call people I often get this vibe that they are asking themselves, “Should I stay in my current job where I am secure but less than happy or should I explore my options to see if there might be something out there that is better for me?”...

It’s obvious that burnout shares many symptoms with depression and if you feel that you are suffering from this very real disease, I encourage you to reach out and find help...

TYGES is guided by 5 core values: Integrity, Respect, Accountability, Determination, and Courage. In your interactions with any TYGES team member, you can expect us to act in accordance with each of these values...

My clients bring me into the search process after they’ve exhausted all their own resources via things like job postings, career board searches, and maybe even some networking using a social media platform. By the time I get the call the client has done their best to fill the role without engaging me...

If you’re the parent of a child with autism, the idea of moving might seem like an unwinnable task. But, when your earnings ability is greater in another part of the state (or country), moving may have to happen...