Career Advice

By Ken Schmitt & Victoria Willenberg Your resume outshined them all. You survived five rounds of interviews and the offer of a lifetime was extended… Then COVID-19 hit. Now, you are embroiled [...]

Replacing any employee is costly for a company- very costly. However, choosing to resign from a role and begin the job hunt is no picnic for a job seeker either. As a result, “retention” is a hot [...]

Compensation continues to be a hot topic in hiring. Employers like you strive to entice top talent with incentives that range from flexible scheduling to lucrative signing bonuses. As a hiring [...]

By S’Marie Young, CPCC, Bold Aspiration Coaching Am I enjoying myself? Am I learning? Am I making a difference? This simple check-in is something I learned from Michael Farrington, Nuvasive [...]

by Ken Schmitt and Vicky Willenberg SOCIAL NETWORKS HAVE LEFT US WITH A WHOLE LOT OF “NETWORKING” AND VERY LITTLE SOCIALIZING. I miss the old days of social networking- scheduling time to meet [...]

by Ken Schmitt and Vicky Willenberg In 2017, 6.4% of Fortune 500 companies are led by women CEOs. This is the highest proportion of female CEOs in the 63-year history of Fortune 500 and a [...]

by Ken Schmitt and Vicky Willenberg Do what you love, and you’ll never work another day in your life. Ideally, we start our day with a healthy breakfast before heading to our dream job, [...]

by Ken Schmitt and Vicky Willenberg The pressure is on for Sales Managers to hit a home run when building their sales force. The cost of hiring (or making the wrong hire) and the fact that 25-40% [...]

by Ken Schmitt and Vicky Willenberg Hiring the right person to add to your organization is tricky. However, leaving a job open indefinitely while you wait for the “perfect person” to walk [...]

By Ken Schmitt and Vicky Willenberg Bigger is not always better, and at the end of the day, customer service is your only real differentiator. As a small business owner, this is something I often [...]