Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter encourages you to go beyond the obvious answer to the more subtle and powerful one.   Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years. Follow him at the Big Game Hunter, Inc. on LinkedIn for more articles, videos and podcasts than what...Continue Reading

It is very easy to develop bad habits. I exercise at least four days a week, running more than three miles on a treadmill as part of my routine but often eat too much because I have developed a bad habit. During slow economic times when less hiring is going on, the bad habit that...Continue Reading

You Can Learn a Lot About Human Nature By Watching TV As I write this, my son is almost nine and a half and he doesn’t watch a lot of tv. When he does, he watches four shows–“reruns of “Golden Girls,” the old tv series about older women living communally in retirement (he thinks they...Continue Reading

Steve Kimball, Director of Recruiting for EMC, told a story in a free special report. ” 100 Job Search Tips from Fortune 500 Recruiters.” “I was the final interviewer for a candidate whom I was looking to hire. He had done extremely well in the process, and the whole team wanted to hire him. When...Continue Reading

  Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter offers a framework for how to use for this question. ——————————————————————————————————— Do you really think employers are trying to help you? You already know you can’t trust recruiters—they tell as they think you need to know to take the job they after representing so they collect their payday....Continue Reading

  Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter explains how to prepare for a video interview.   Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years. Follow him at the Big Game Hunter, Inc. on LinkedIn for more articles, videos and podcasts than what are offered here and jobs he...Continue Reading

The new vogue notion in the media is that social networking can be an effective way for talent to market themselves. It is also the current “in vogue” method to source talent . . . and rightly so. With so many people online, there is so much information available to choose from . . ....Continue Reading

You care about your work, sometimes the detriment of your personal life, family life and health. So when it comes to hiring someone, what do you expect from them beyond skills competence? The hiring process should be focused upon hiring someone who is able to perform the responsibilities of the job while fitting in to...Continue Reading

As I listen to employers talk about phone interviews, I realize that firms are over-reaching with what they are attempting to accomplish with this initial telephone call. It seems like so many firms are making judgments about candidates that may leave them exposed to accusations of bias–poor oral communications for a person with a modest...Continue Reading

  This is a simulcast of No B. S. Job Search Advice Radio; this video is about interviewing over breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, or coffee Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years. Follow him at The Big Game Hunter, Inc. on LinkedIn for more articles, videos and...Continue Reading