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The job market is conducive to finding a job. At the time of this blog, the unemployment rate is down. There are more jobs open than potential candidates available to fill those roles. If you have been job searching for a while and with limited success, it is reasonable to ask yourself why that is,...

By Dan Resendes, Chief Consulting Officer at The Barrett Group The U.S. workforce isn’t expected to age particularly well over the next decade. Much ado has been made over the millennial generation. It’s said that they are sweeping into the labor market. Millennials are supplanting both those...

By Dan Resendes, Chief Consulting Officer at The Barrett Group Are you a legal executive considering a career change? The career management professionals from The Barrett Group Legal have tips to keep in mind. These tips will help prevent common mistakes legal professionals make when making a career...

MAKE IT A TWO-WAY INTERVIEW The modern-day interview has evolved tremendously from what it used to be. Gone are the days of sitting on the other side of an imposing interviewer sitting behind a huge desk with a significantly-raised chair. Nowadays, candidates are interviewing companies just as much...

by Mark Steinke, Chief Strategy Officer at The Barrett Group To be a great leader, you must first master the art of Personal Leadership. This is the first of four topics on how to increase, develop and demonstrate your Personal Leadership so you and your business skyrockets to the heights you deserve! It...

Respondents to our on-going job satisfaction survey come from many different industries. About 90% of the respondents are currently employed. Their titles range from C-level officer to SVP, VP, GM, and on down the organizational hierarchy. A fair amount of respondents are involved in sales, finance,...

Career changers face many barriers and constraints along the way. Helping you to manage these challenges is what we at the Barrett Group do. Consider the information below, and then contact us to evaluate your own specific situation. We’ve helped more than 2,000 executives change careers over 28 years…...

If you are familiar with the theory of the sigmoid curve, you know that whenever you start a new job or activity you need to put in more energy than you get back. At some point your competence and the energy you have put in begin to earn a reward and the job or activity gets easier. However, ultimately,...