I"m a college career director and partner in a retained executive search firm -- AMA

[Anonymous]

21:22-- some of my Clint's are Fortune 500, trade association and non-profit Clint's. Our general rate is 30-33 percent of the candidate's first year salary plus admin costs for the firm. And no, we don't put mediocre candidates forward. That would harm our business and reputation. We are an international firm and depend on repeat business.

[Anonymous]

OP, what kind of car do you drive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: 21:22-- some of my Clint's are Fortune 500, trade association and non-profit Clint's. Our general rate is 30-33 percent of the candidate's first year salary plus admin costs for the firm. And no, we don't put mediocre candidates forward. That would harm our business and reputation. We are an international firm and depend on repeat business.

I'll be your Clint if you'll be my Joe.

[Anonymous]

OP sounds so ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

I'm urban and walk everywhere. No car for me. But my DH has one.

Anonymous wrote:OP, what kind of car do you drive?

[Anonymous]

OP, what kind of car does your husband drive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good question Pp. There have been some crazy examples. We had a top CFO candidate come in sweating very badly. He turned out to be lying. We had a COO candidate blow his nose into his napkin at a fancy restaurant, and we had a CPO come in not remembering who she was meeting with. One of the worst was a candidate at a Four Seasons breakfast have a full convo on his cell during the breakfast. At the highest levels, we are not just looking for fit and experience but simple skills that define class.

If this is really your writing style, it's painfully obvious you aren't placing high-level execs. You aren't fooling anyone here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good question Pp. There have been some crazy examples. We had a top CFO candidate come in sweating very badly. He turned out to be lying. We had a COO candidate blow his nose into his napkin at a fancy restaurant, and we had a CPO come in not remembering who she was meeting with. One of the worst was a candidate at a Four Seasons breakfast have a full convo on his cell during the breakfast. At the highest levels, we are not just looking for fit and experience but simple skills that define class.

If this is really your writing style, it's painfully obvious you aren't placing high-level execs. You aren't fooling anyone here.

Not op but come on, we don't always do our best here. I just wrote "to" instead of "too" and hope I'm forgiven bc I would never be that careless.

[Anonymous]

Thanks pp and f/or the person who asked what kind of car I and my DH drive, why would that matter to you? I'm guessing you must be in a suburb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks pp and f/or the person who asked what kind of car I and my DH drive, why would that matter to you? I'm guessing you must be in a suburb.

So your title says "Ask Me Anything", but apparently to you that means "And I'll Respond With Snark And Questions".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm urban and walk everywhere. No car for me. But my DH has one.

Anonymous wrote:OP, what kind of car do you drive?

You sound like an undeducated twit. Urban is an adjective. This is really not an AMA, and I don't think you're a partner of anything other than your husband.

[Anonymous]

I teach at a large flagship state university. I travel a lot, and often meet alumni from my school. I have met many going through security at airports. I have met them as check in people at airport car rental services. I have met them selling cars. I have met them owning gardening services. Is this really typically where our alumni go? (or are you at some small LAC?) What is a "typical" job at your institution?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good question Pp. There have been some crazy examples. We had a top CFO candidate come in sweating very badly. He turned out to be lying. We had a COO candidate blow his nose into his napkin at a fancy restaurant, and we had a CPO come in not remembering who she was meeting with. One of the worst was a candidate at a Four Seasons breakfast have a full convo on his cell during the breakfast. At the highest levels, we are not just looking for fit and experience but simple skills that define class.

If this is really your writing style, it's painfully obvious you aren't placing high-level execs. You aren't fooling anyone here.

Not op but come on, we don't always do our best here. I just wrote "to" instead of "too" and hope I'm forgiven bc I would never be that careless.

It's not the grammar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you post your responses above the quoted material instead of below it, as is the custom on DCUM?

Still waiting for an answer on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you post your responses above the quoted material instead of below it, as is the custom on DCUM?

Still waiting for an answer on this.

I think she replied, but since she can't quote, you wouldn't know that she replied to you.