TotalPicture: Talent Acquisition, HR Tech, Careers, Leadership, Future of Work

"The Days Are Long, But The Years Are Short." Do You Have a Happiness Project?

Executive level job search today is frustrating, confusing, and can, at times, be completely demoralizing. People don't return your calls. Even headhunters don't call you back. Why?

"Few people consider how or why to change careers. Alexandra Levit's New Job, New You explores the motivation behind successful transitions and teaches you how to follow in the footsteps of others who are living their dreams. Let it guide you to success and joy."—Guy Kawasaki

Welcome to a Leadership Channel podcast on Total Picture Radio with Peter Clayton Reporting. Ronald M. Katz is the president of Penguin Human Resource Consulting. He has extensive experience in the areas of Human Resources, Training and Management Development. This podcast is sponsored by Taleo, where Talent Drives Performance.™

"Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things...that is sometimes called the definition between management and leadership...to be effective you have to make sure you know where the business is going." Ron Katz

Prior to founding Tweetajob, Carmen was Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition at Yahoo!. She led an award-winning team focused on the strategic application of sourcing programs, including event recruiting, employee referrals, employer branding and sourcing skill development.

Writing about Sue Marks in his "100 Top Influencers" series on RecruitingBlogs.com, here's what John Sumser had to say: "Marks is influential in ways that elude other players. As one of the highest ranking (if not the highest) women in the business, she has a unique level of access to a range of players. Never a shrinking violet (remember, she’s a recruiter at heart), Marks is often the point person for sales and marketing in the company. She’s fearless."

All of a sudden you realize you’re just shoveling money out the window with no real return on investment that you cal tell because you’re sending people to retail, you’re sending them to the website… with all the viral networking – and that’s where you’re totally right, that I started HeadBlade before any of that kind of existed but now getting back to it, I realize that most of the return on investment we have is word of mouth, we have an affiliate system and our web stuff.

"We don't just send the (press) releases. We spend time studying and measuring the results. We talk with our customers about their experiences using these services. We follow industry thought leaders in the merging fields of public relations, marketing, social media, search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization." - Kevin Grossman, president, HRMarketer

"Fertility rates are dropping and the number of older people is rising. And that's going to change the world."

"This recession has been more than just an economic downturn. Almost every institution you can think of is going through some kind of structural change at the moment. Change that is going to change some of the basic rules for success in each industry... We're not going to go back to normal after the recession is over."

"In the new economy, jobs are temporary. That means you need to be permanently looking for your next opportunity." David Perry

David is managing director of Perry-Martel International, one of North America’s top executive , recruiting, and placement firms. He is the author of numerous career book, the latest being Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0: 1,001 Unconventional Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Landing Your Dream Job. As a recruiter, he recently made his 1000th executive placement.

We're happy to have back on the program Jean T. Brown, communications expert and partner with New York City based MacKenzie Brown, LLC. Jean works with senior executives, managers, and partners of many Fortune 500 companies and law firms. She recently participated in the "Onboarding Experts Series" here on TotalPicture Radio, and I asked her to share her advice regarding the recent "dust-up" regarding Zoominfo and their FreshContacts initiative.

"After Shock: the five trends disrupting business in the next 5 years." Our guest is the author of the article, and an expert on "seeing the world through other peoples' eyes".