It’s okay to brag, as long as you’re trying to get a job at Careerbuilder
Rosemary Haefner has been CareerBuilder’s global vice president of human resources since 2004. She interviews hundreds of applicants every year for everything from sales to legal to technology. Playing...
View ArticleThere’s hope for a better teen job market, but now is the time to act
Teens on the hunt for summer jobs should see more opportunities this year, but with unemployment still high, competition will remain fierce, employment experts say. And they advise wannabe teen workers...
View ArticleLooking to get hired at ComEd? Remember that nobody is an island
Tracie Morris is ComEd’s vice president of human resources. The electric utility, Illinois’s largest, serves about 3.8 million customers in northern Illinois and 5.4 million in all. Morris is one of...
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Three-minute mentor: How to ask for a transfer
Filling an opening internally is cheaper, quicker and less risky than looking outside. Perhaps that’s why internal movement — transfers and promotions — accounted for 42 percent of jobs filled last...
View ArticleChicago Hire Company’s founder tells us how to ace an interview
Jessica Klayman Kraft founded The Chicago Hire Company, a boutique staffing and recruiting agency, in 1999. She sat down with Grid to tell us what wins her over. Go-to question Every candidate who...
View ArticleHow to land a gig at the company that keeps everyone else employed
As a senior sales recruiter with LinkedIn, Anne-Marie Ryan has box seats for the job-search revolution. Eighty six of Fortune 100 employers use LinkedIn to tap into its pool of 225 million members...
View ArticleHow to switch career paths without tipping off your employer
Approximately 60 percent of Americans wouldn’t just change jobs — they’d swap careers. That’s according to last year’s Parade/Yahoo! Finance Job Happiness Poll. Kim Nylander Herrera puts the number of...
View ArticleHow to come off like an “exceptional employee,” from a recruiter who knows
There are two buckets on Advanced Resources’ homepage. One says, “Find Rewarding Work.” The other says, “Find Exceptional Employees.” As a senior staffing consultant at the firm, Eileen Adler’s job is...
View ArticleThis CEO wants to see your wallet before he hires you
As CEO of private staffing firm Addison Group, Tom Moran has a calendar without much daylight. To make the most of his time, he interviews efficiently, spending no more than 20 minutes with candidates....
View ArticleIf you’re smart, qualified and mean to waiters, you’re not getting a job from...
Crist|Kolder Associates Chairman Peter Crist doesn’t need LinkedIn to tell him about a candidate. He just needs these interview tricks. The booth school Crist might take you out to dinner, but it’s not...
View ArticleThis CEO wants to see your wallet before he hires you
As CEO of private staffing firm Addison Group, Tom Moran has a calendar without much daylight. To make the most of his time, he interviews efficiently, spending no more than 20 minutes with candidates....
View ArticleErnst & Young’s Jay Layman is looking to get married
Jay Layman is a partner at Ernst & Young’s advisory services, the firm’s consulting wing. To keep pace with demand — the department boasts an annual growth rate of 20 percent — Layman hires a...
View ArticleHow to talk to weirdos at work
Christine Schoeff is VP of human resources and organizational development for Vibes, a mobile marketing company. In her opinion, “life’s too short to work with creeps.” But what to do when a co-worker...
View ArticleOne of the hottest job sectors in Chicago doesn’t require a college degree
Walking through Quality Float Works’ factory, President Jason Speer points out a few empty workstations. He’s spent weeks trying to fill four jobs at the Schaumburg facility, where 24 employees aren’t...
View ArticleThis VP won’t look at your Twitter before an interview, but you better look...
Each week, we sit down with Chicago’s top headhunters and in-house recruiters to learn about their tricks, their trade, and what it takes to get a job at companies like LinkedIn, Dyson and Edelman....
View ArticleEvan Pollock isn’t looking for “the best” job candidate
Each week, we sit down with Chicago’s top headhunters and in-house recruiters to learn about their tricks, their trade, and what it takes to get a job at companies like LinkedIn, Dyson and Edelman. As...
View ArticleHow to tell if your coworker is Facebook-friend material
As chief culture officer for AEP Energy, Joyce Dickerson helps people deal with sticky situations in the workplace. But according to her, social media has caused the line between personal and...
View ArticleHow to fire someone like a human being
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 1,739,000 layoffs and discharges in May 2013 — 1.3 percent of the workforce. Director of HR for Intelligentsia Coffee, Lisa Hogan is no stranger to the firing...
View ArticleThe CEO won’t make interviewees sell themselves, but he will check their credit
Charles Wardell, president and CEO of Witt/Kieffer, shares what his team of 188 employees look for in the 500 candidate searches they perform each year in the healthcare, education and non-profit...
View ArticleBefore she hooks you up with a job, Lynn Hazan wants to take your statement
Grid reporter Madeline Skaggs hangs out with Chicago’s top headhunters and in-house recruiters to hear about their tricks, their trade, and what it takes to get a job at companies like LinkedIn, Dyson...
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