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Battlefield to Boardroom: A Path Traveled by Real Heroes
All of the military services have a CODE or a set of values. In the Army, the military’s largest service in terms of personnel follows the following acronym: L-D-R-S-H-I-P Loyalty Duty Respect Selfless Service Integrity Personal Courage Superior problem solving...
Scary Misperceptions of Search Firms
Executive Recruiters. Headhunters. Recruiting Consultants. Car Salesman. Whatever you call us, sometimes it is justified. Many times, it is not. #1 - All recruiters are the same. Au contraire! Recruiters can vary in all types of ways: The level at which they hire for...
Our Company Values
When deployed in 2013-2014 (the early days of Plumlee & Associates), Martin’s wife Amy, and his selfless mother-in-law, Diane, made him a priceless gift: a t-shirt quilt showcasing favorite memories throughout his adult life. It was the perfect encapsulation of...
Spring Cleaning Your Resume
We are a little late this year in sharing these recommendations…in fact, Amy and I just completed our outdoor spring cleaning about two weeks ago! Bottom line: the tips and tools described below are simply timeless! Please review all of these best practices; please...
Minimizing Stress While Changing Careers: 5 Success Tips
Now more than ever with the pandemic, it may seem like a crazy time to change careers but sometimes it just needs to happen. You may have had a life change, are experiencing burnout or overwhelming stress, discovered there are no promotional opportunities, or just...
Four Tangible Benefits of Changing Careers
So many of us were ready for the calendar to change from 2020 to 2021…well, how is that working out so far? For a good number of us, 2020 was the year of significant career change. Some were voluntary changes; unfortunately, many were not. Changing...
‘Tis the Happiest Season of All for Job Searching
It’s a common myth that recruiters and hiring managers put hiring on hold during the holidays. However, this simply isn’t true: a survey of recruiters by online executive career network ExecuNet says 95% of recruiters believe you should continue your job search...
10 Ways to Maximize Joy During the 2020 Holiday Season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year; for some, it may also carry extra stress for many working professionals. On top of an already jam-packed workload, you now must coordinate the office Christmas party, find time to wrap gifts, and prepare your home for those...
Military Hiring: Turning Challenges Into Core Competencies
This year’s hiring landscape has been rocky for a significant portion of our nation. Now more than ever, employers need to ensure recent hires do not become the next round of “downsizing.” One hiring pool that is sometimes overlooked: military veterans. Upon...
