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Discipline is the difference between goals and accomplishments--Jim Rohn Jim Rohn was a motivational speaker and a sales trainer.  His quote above is one of many that were geared to goals and accomplishments.  I had the opportunity to attend the 2011 graduation ceremonies at West Point.   The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was the key note speaker at the graduation ceremonies.  Admiral Mullen was the highest ranking officer in the military and in his address he mentioned that he finished 611th in the 1968 graduating class from the Naval Academy.  At the Naval Academy Mullen was less than outstanding and he knew he had to work hard to succeed in the Navy.  Admiral Mullen said that discipline was the key to his success. During my 29 years as an executive recruiter,  I have had the opportunity to follow the careers of various professionals who have become the “A” players of their industry.  It is not difficult to see that it ...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. “       -  Abraham Lincoln Can you imagine living through the Civil War period and having to contend with the problems that Lincoln had to deal with?  We are certainly experiencing some of the most difficult times in recent history but all of our issues pale in comparison to what Lincoln had to deal with.  He was right when he said the future comes one day at a time.  I spend several hours a day on the phone speaking to numerous clients and candidates and that gives me an insight into what the future may bring. I am in my twenty third year of recruiting and I have been through four recessions and in each one of them I have seen a series of similarities related to staff reductions and recruitment of new hires.  The first thing that happens is that companies begin to reduce expense through staff reductions and reorg...

“I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.” -Thomas Jefferson Over the years my staff always wondered how I could bring a candidate and client together so fast.  I would reply that it was luck and the harder I worked the luckier I would be.  It its purest form, the role of the recruiter is to enhance the lives of candidates and improve client profitability.  The hard work of the process is determining the needs of the client and matching it against the wants of the candidate.  The luck (the result of the hard work) occurs when there is a match and both sides are happy.  A successful hire has to be win-win for both sides.    With the recent layoffs I ask candidates what they are doing to find a new opportunity and I continually hear the same responses.  I have my resume posted on several job boards and I check the job boards every day for new postings and i...