by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Years ago, Kevin Kelly from Wired magazine wrote the classic essay 1000 True Fans.His point: Most entrepreneurs find success by building something a few people…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting The resume is, by far, the most popular way to respond to a job posting.Many online job boards and career sites make it…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting A few months ago, I wrote a short Insight series on technology solutions for recruiters. This series broadly covered the topic, but didn’t…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Anthony Green runs an impressive consulting business. He charges $1,500/hour to help students improve their SAT scores. His results are so impressive, there…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting I was recently working with one of my kids on a student loan and had the opportunity to interact with the finance company,…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting In a recent podcast, Steve Murray quickly dissects the most recent Real Trends Up and Comers data to demonstrate how the most successful…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting What’s a job seeker? A person who is actively looking or willing to discuss a new opportunity.Although unemployment is at near historic lows,…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting You’ve probably heard the old saying: People don’t leave jobs, they leave managers. It’s true. More than 50% of employees report leaving a…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting We’ll wrap up our short series on making choices today. If you’re just joining us, you may want to catch up by reading…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Just because someone is free to choose, doesn’t mean they’ll later be happy with their choices—especially when choosing a job. Sheena Iyengar discovered…