by Scott MacGregor | May 23, 2016 | Linkedin, Resumes
We look at thousands of resumes and LinkedIn profiles every month in order to build relationships with top sales and marketing talent and one thing that we’ve noticed is that many times people’s resumes are more detailed than their LinkedIn profile. We...
by Scott MacGregor | May 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
As hiring managers we are all looking for our own Tom Brady, right? If you followed this weekends NFL draft you heard all kind of things mentioned to try to measure future success: 40 yard dash football IQ arm strength shuttle time vertical leap production in college...
by Scott MacGregor | May 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’m a big believer in outsourcing anything and everything that is not your core competency or saves you time and/or money. I talk to extremely talented CEO’s, VP’s, all the way down to top people who are just getting started in their careers...
by Scott MacGregor | Apr 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is a very common scenario for many people using LinkedIn to find someone. You’re on the hunt for a VP of Sales in Dallas and a friend says, “you should take a look at my friend Bill Pederson, he’s amazing”. Off to LinkedIn you go. You...
by Scott MacGregor | Mar 26, 2016 | negative reviews, positive reviews, Uncategorized
Today a large part of a candidate’s due diligence is done by reading Glassdoor reviews. At SomethingNew we also read our clients reviews as a part of our own due diligence so that we are never surprised during our conversations with candidates. We have read hundreds...