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CB # 120-Unlock your professional future

Unlock your Professional Future

Ever walked out of an interview wondering what went wrong? If your interviews aren’t turning into offers, you might be approaching them all wrong. Discover the real purpose of a job interview—and how a shift in mindset can unlock better outcomes and real offers.

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LinkedIn Turn-Offs You Should Avoid

LinkedIn is powerful—but not all connection requests are created equal. From flattery to financial pitches, here’s a peek into the inbox of TBG's chairman and what makes him hit “accept” versus “ignore.” If you’re serious about building social capital, these real examples may change how you reach...

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Are You a Dim Bulb or a Bright Light?

Are You a Dim Bulb or a Bright Light?

The light bulb is a useful metaphor for the professional lives of many executives who come to The Barrett Group. They speak of being passed over for promotion. Of working long hours without recognition or reward. Of having been made unfairly redundant. Their light is dim, and they are not sure how...

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Five Tips to Get Your Career in Gear

Five Tips to Get Your Career in Gear

All year long executives come to us complaining about their careers. Frankly, we welcome their complaints because acknowledging dissatisfaction is the first step toward addressing it. We help executives migrate from dissatisfaction to success. Here are a few tips we can share based on our 35 years...

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Time is Running Out

Time is Running Out

Often executives put up with too much work, obnoxious colleagues, low pay, little recognition, a lack of fulfillment… putting off a change for another day, another week, another month, another year… until their careers have slipped by them even as their bitterness and frustration grow.

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Research to the Rescue

Research to the Rescue

Many executives have absolutely no idea how to find a suitable position in today’s market. In all these cases and many more, we calmly start by helping them slow down…to speed up. We know how to manage the complex business of winnowing down a market approach to a manageable strategy.

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Look Who’s Landing!

Look Who’s Landing!

It is so easy to be distracted by all the doom and gloom in the world, but there is one bright spot: Our clients are landing executive positions at a prodigious rate! And not just any positions, but worthy ones and well-rewarded.

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When Life Hands You Lemmings…

When Life Hands You Lemmings…

At the end of July a hiccup in the labor market spooked stock markets and many investors headed for the exits. Indeed, there may well be reasons to consider stocks overvalued, but not because of the labor markets, and especially not the market for executives.

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