An entrepreneur who ends his workday at 4 a.m.
From working in bed to conferencing behind the stroller, work-life balance can be a struggle. We’re asking Chicago business leaders how they balance their careers with, well, everything else. Welcome...
View ArticleThis recruiter wants employees who are feared, not loved
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...
View ArticleZurich’s Taffy Jo Mayers lets her faith and her faithful lab outweigh the...
From checking email in bed to conferencing behind the stroller, work-life balance can be a struggle. We’re asking Chicago business leaders how they fit their careers in with everything else. Welcome to...
View ArticleHow Max Chopovsky gets his artistic fix after a day at Cushman & Wakefield
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Meet the 2 hardest companies to interview for in Chicagoland
Glassdoor, a website that collects employee reviews of interviews and companies, has released this year’s list of the 25 Most Difficult Companies to Interview and two area-based companies made the...
View ArticleWhen interviewing with this recruiter, don’t ask how old the boss is
Grid reporter Madeline Skaggs hangs out with Chicago’s top headhunters and in-house recruiters to learn what it takes to ace the interview and land a job at companies like LinkedIn, Dyson and Edelman....
View ArticleHow to handle a helicopter boss
As president of Human Resource Techniques, Karla Dobbeck tries to help companies fashion HR policies that enact their values. Sometimes, that starts in the interview. “One of the questions that I...
View ArticleTo get hired at Kraft, you need to know more than mac and cheese
Tim Mote is director of talent acquisitions and university relations at Kraft. With more than 500 hires under his belt this year and an estimated 400 more positions to fill, Mote is looking for...
View ArticleIngredion’s VP of HR isn’t interested in your weaknesses
Craig Shirley is vice president of corporate human resources at Ingredion, which supplies ingredients for food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Ingredion is big — 11,000 employees in more than...
View ArticleTo get hired at West Monroe Partners, prepare for an interview marathon
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 and Edelman....
View ArticleHow to tell your co-workers about that debauched weekend in Philly
Most of my co-workers are five-15 years my senior, married, have children, and live in the suburbs. Needless to say, they aren’t going on many weekend trips or weekday concerts. I, however, cherish my...
View ArticleThe man behind Three Dots and a Dash has a lot more than drinks to juggle
From checking email in bed to conferencing behind the stroller, work-life balance can be a struggle. We’re asking Chicago business leaders how they fit their careers in with everything else. Welcome to...
View ArticleYou may not even know you’re interviewing with this recruiter
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 and Edelman....
View ArticleDon’t take candy from strangers, even at work
I work at a casual startup with no set T/O policy. While this may sound like a dream, it can actually be quite confusing at times. Should I just request time off until someone tells me to stop?...
View ArticleHow to make friends at work
“It’s hard to make friends as an adult,” says Andrea Goodkin, partner at HR consulting firm Laurus Strategies. Spending 40-plus hours a week with just your iPod can be draining, so she has tips for...
View ArticleTo get a job with Vivian Faria, a candidate must know thyself
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 and Edelman....
View ArticleBury that smoking habit behind a slew of time-stamped emails
I’m a smoker who works in a high-rise. There’s no explicit rule about how many breaks we can take or anything, but I know it looks like I’m slacking off when I head out to burn one every hour or so....
View ArticleNobody cares what school you went to and 5 other interview tips from a CEO
Elliot Weissbluth doesn’t mind slaying sacred cows. The CEO of national financial services firm HighTower has accused brokerages like Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley of nursing conflicts of interest...
View ArticleHow OpenTable’s founder traded 15-hour workdays for a little sanity
From working in bed to conferencing behind the stroller, work-life balance can be a struggle. We’re asking Chicago business leaders how they balance their careers with, well, everything else. Welcome...
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Is it OK to bring a Swiss army knife to work?
I’m not a big weapons guy or anything, but I do carry an old-school Swiss army knife that has about a 4-inch blade, mostly because I got it from my dad growing up, who got it from his dad, and so on. I...
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