Generally, I don’t remember my dreams, but last night I remembered a fragment of a punctured hourglass so that sand leaked out of the bottom bulb. I woke up with the strong impression that time is finite—not to mention extremely valuable. Remember all of the things you do every day that you take for granted. That first cup of coffee, for example, always tastes better than the second, or third……

Let’s face it: summer in the northern hemisphere can be a pleasant time to procrastinate and enjoy life.  Feel free to do this, as long as you understand the risk, because the executive job market does not sleep—ever.  Even during the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, companies continued to hire as their needs changed dramatically. They found themselves with the wrong people or organization to…

Yes, that is a chipmunk and yes, she’s eating peanuts out of my hand. As is almost always the case, though, our relationship did not start that way. It took time to build trust. At the Barrett Group, we have spent more than 30 years helping hundreds of executives each year to clarify their career objectives. We then help them discover the job of their dreams through our unique, five-stage ca…

We hear this fateful phrase, “I just need introductions to decision makers,” all too often from prospective clients. The Barrett Group (TBG) has been helping executives clarify their career objectives and find the ideal next position now for more than 30 years.  Executives naturally tend to think they know everything already.  This is completely understandable.  These executives have generally…

Mid-Quarter Executive Jobs Report: Why clients come to us, what they want, and where they are landing. We continually celebrate a number of keywords here at the Barrett Group.  One of them is “appreciation” because we have much to appreciate. Particularly the consistent increase in the number of executive clients choosing to utilize our services, because they see that it works. So let us cele…

How many of us have made a mistake and then regretted it when it came to light, perhaps kicking ourselves for not having caught it earlier? So, it was no doubt with the unhappy soul who ran the headline above in a newspaper ad some years ago.  The ad was intended to attract potential consumers to an event at a bricks and mortar location.  The lure was a contest during which some lucky particip…

We face contradictions in terms every day.  For example, when you wipe away dust on your furniture, we say you “dust” the furniture.  Of course, logically we should say we “undust” our furniture. So when you say “recruiter” what does that mean? Well, in the case of Forbes magazine, it means a lot.  Forbes and Statista collected 26,000 nominations for the best recruiters in the US from recruite…

These days you would have to be asleep not to be confused about the contradictory signals we are all receiving regarding the state of the economy. One minute the stock market is hitting a new high, then it’s off by 5 points because the jobs report disappointed or some early-warning inflation index has ticked up.  A ransomware attack affects gasoline distribution in the US, oil prices spike, th…

Forbes Media and Statista recognize The Barrett Group® as one of America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms 2021. This fifth annual award list features companies in the executive search, professional search, and temp staffing categories. The Barrett Group (www.careerchange.com) specifically received the award for Executive Search. Only the top 200 executive search firms that focus …

Last week we helped EIGHT executives fulfill their career ambitions by landing their dream jobs. Our career consultants, coaches, researchers, and writers all deserve significant credit. But our clients themselves deserve the most, afterall they do most of the work. They followed our tried and true career change system, and certainly ensured their speedy success. Let us explore this amazing re…