The State of Inbound Applications

How big is your pile? A client of ours recently had a leadership level finance & accounting search that got over 600 inbound applicants. Now, my first reaction when my colleague told me this was: “Let me guess, only a small handful fit? And the rest were yolo...

The Fear of Messing Up Hires

And my reluctant inclusion of ‘imposter syndrome’ I may have gotten it all wrong. The slowdown of hiring process may not be from corporate dysfunction. But something more basic on an individual level: the fear of messing up a hire. I’ll back up. My...