Congratulations! Your second choice for a new employer has made you an offer! But… you’re still holding out for your first choice. So how to handle things tactfully without risking losing both opportunities? We’re definitely in a candidate’s market, so you don’t necessarily need to settle for second best, but you do have to handle things smartly and tactfully. Asking for “time to [...]
“How much time can I get away with taking off between jobs?” This is a question I frequently hear in my role as Executive Recruiter. No doubt you’ll get a different answer depending on whom you ask, but in my opinion, changing jobs is the perfect time to take some much-needed time off. We’ve all been working harder and longer and under much [...]
So, you’ve had a pandemic epiphany. “There is evidence that people have been doing thinking during the pandemic in terms of how their life is going and have had some epiphanies and decided they want to make some changes to their life.” — Dr Anthony Klotz, Associate Professor of Management, Texas A&M University You were climbing the career ladder, when you realized it was [...]