By Katy Caudle

1. March 19, 2012 | 11:31 AM

   The Hiring Manager’s Best Friend : Google Your Way to the Best Executive

   Posted by Katy Caudle

    “Always be, never appear to be”. Sage advice from my mother that elicited groans as a teenager, but that I can now appreciate fully in the executive search world, where it is particularly applicable. How you present yourself should always be the best – but still factually accurate – version of yourself, and as fact-checkers go, there is none better than Google. As a hiring manager, Google can be your best friend. It’s an extremely useful ...

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2. December 06, 2011 | 09:55 AM

   Deck the Halls? Navigating the Holiday Season in the Workplace

   Posted by Katy Caudle

   Editor’s note:   At The Alexander Group we are fortunate with a group of talented and creative writers who can blog about everything from the World Series to best practices in hiring.  With the Holiday Season and its rituals in full swing,   Bill Lepiesza and Katy Caudle blog this week and next about business holiday etiquette.  This week Katy suggests business etiquette for the Holiday Season, while next week Bill will write one of his ...

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3. September 27, 2011 | 09:08 AM

   Ask and You Shall Receive: Four Great Interview Questions that get to the Heart of the Matter

   Posted by Katy Caudle

   Over the years, we have definitely seen our fair share of wacky interview questions here at TAG. Some, like the client who asked business continuity candidates how they would keep their lawyers in the building following the recent East Coast earthquake are spot-on and give real-life examples of how the candidate deals with stress. Others like, “If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get ...

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4. July 05, 2011 | 12:00 AM

   Constantly Connected: A Declaration of Independence from My Smartphone

   Posted by Katy Caudle

   For the past several years, I've spent nearly every Fourth of July at a rural lake house near Austin, Texas with almost no phone or internet access. The only phone service was via a landline in the kitchen, and when we tried to explain wireless internet to the 84 year old lake house owner a few months ago, she thought we were making it up. These things (combined with my refusal to join the ...

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5. May 03, 2011 | 12:00 AM

   Yes, I'm Calling You at Work: A Recruiter's Take on the Departure of the Telephone

   Posted by Katy Caudle

   Can you remember the last time you called someone and they actually answered? Recent internet buzz, ironically, has brought to light the departure of the phone call as an acceptable form of communication. As the Class of 2011 graduates from college in the next few weeks, we have to recognize that an entire generation who has never used the phone is entering the workforce. As far as they are concerned, email and texting have ...

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6. March 01, 2011 | 12:00 AM

   Bad News for Don Draper: A Career Up in Smoke?

   Posted by Katy Caudle

   If Don Draper, the fictitious 1960s ad agency renegade from TV's Mad Men was working today, that pack of

   Luckies might cost him a whole lot more than the 35 cents he paid in 1963. It might cost him his job.

   Last week on our facebook fan page, we posted a New York Times article about the shift from "smoke-free workplaces to smoker-free workplaces". Some employers, many of them in healthcare, are instituting new ...

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7. December 07, 2010 | 12:00 AM

   When a Leader from Outside of the Box Steps into Your Circle

   Posted by Katy Caudle

   "We want someone who can think outside the box." All but cliché in business, this phrase can elicit groans from hiring executives and executive

   search consultants alike. But after the particularly difficult times of the last couple years, candidates who bring innovative ideas to the table and a fresh pair of eyes from outside the industry can be highly coveted.

   Hiring an executive from outside your industry, at least at the highest levels, has been ...

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