Lately, I’ve been getting emails from candidates telling me how much they hate their current jobs. Saying that they work at a “glorified design shop” or an agency where they don’t have “a lot of creative freedom”. While I feel their pain of not having their dream job, I don’t think these individuals realize what kind of freedom they are going to have if they start slacking in their current role in a mass effort to find something else. I wonder how choosing from a vast variety of Top Ramen flavors and their pick of either Montel or Springer will…

Yes, it’s tough out there right now. Lately when I’m recruiting for my open positions I’ve been speaking to more and more candidates who are currently between jobs. It seems these folks fall into either one of two categories: bitter or positive about the future. I realize it can be hard to keep a positive outlook on things when you’ve just recently been let go unexpectedly. I understand that there’s nothing you personally could have done to save your position from being eliminated and you’re stressed and concerned about what the future holds for you. Call me crazy, but I…

Have you been watching the news? I haven’t. Nor have I been listening to the radio or hanging out at the water cooler and still, even I know that the economy is up the creek, so to speak. Having established that well-known truth, I have been talking to some folks who seem to be in denial about this fact. I’m not sure if they are getting their news from Entertainment Tonight (not that there’s anything wrong with that), but the days of being picky are OVER. Time to get serious about looking for a job.

I was speaking with a…