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What's eating you? Strategic methods to help you find meaning in your career. We discuss your work. The accomplishments and failures, the fun and the sad, everything you deal with on the job is fair game here. Learn how to navigate office politics and like yourself in the process. Barbara Gold…

Barbara Goldman


    • Aug 31, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 19 EPISODES


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    Navigating the Ugly Part of Office Politics - Strategies for Winning at Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2018 1:00


    Barbara Goldman, 30 year veteran of executive recruiting, and career coach, helps callers navigate through the often confusing world of business relationships. In this episode, Barbara takes the audience through an exercise that helps them evaluate their career from a human needs perspective. As a strategic intervention trained coach, Barbara helps her clients achieve greater happiness and more engaging relationships in the workplace. The six human needs, certainty, variety, significance, love, growth, and contribution are discussed. 

    Indecisiveness Destroys Opportunity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2015 15:00


    Join Barb and Kristie as they discuss the latest episode of drama on the desk. Can't decide? Everyone is looking for leadership. Indecisiveness makes you, the candidate appear weak.  The employer looks weak and disorganized when a hiring process takes too long, due to indecisiveness.  The latest drama?  An offer extended, turned down, then accepted, all in one week. The problem?   The employer now has someone else to interview. 

    Counter Offers and Other Recruiting Nightmares

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2015 15:00


    Did your candidate accept the job, but fail to show up? In today's competitive market for qualified candidates, employers are using counter offers to keep employees from leaving. What can you do to avoid this pitfall when trying to hire? Barb Goldman and Kristie Santiago discuss counter offers, and their guises. Avoid counter offers and save your hires with High Touch Recruiting™ methods.

    What You Don't Know About Recruiting

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2014 14:00


    The differences between corporate recruiters and third party are great. Know the differences, and work together. Join Barbara Goldman and Kristie Santiago as they discuss issues in recruiting.

    Make it Happen

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2014 28:00


    Making the hire happen is often just a matter of listening, and showing up.  Candidates bail this week because potential employer doesn't follow through. Join Kristie Santiago and Barbara Goldman, as they sort out problems in hiring. 

    The Offer Turned Sour - The Interview Went South - The Candidate Bailed

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2014 25:00


    Job Orders, Offers, Engagement Contracts, and the Fourth Party Recruiting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2014 28:00


    Insanity in Human Resources. Why is everyone afraid to hire? While traveling to meet clients, Barb dropped in on some interesting people who have different opinions about recruiting, including the nine month search. Join Barbara Goldman and Kristie Santiago as they discuss the latest offer reconstruction. From the last interview, candidate turndown, reconstruction and acceptance, High Touch Recruiting Methodology is used to renegotiate, and win the hire. High Touch Recruiting, developed and trademarked by Barbara Goldman, is a unique and candidate driven process proven effective when recruiting passive high demand candidates.  Recruiting in today's candidate's market is a minefield. Listen as offers are reconstructed, candidate's accept the truth, employers change their minds, illogical decisions are often accepted as logical thinking, and human beings react to not getting exactly what they want. Candidates are unpredictable, and offers are precious. You have one chance to hire the first choice. "High Touch Recruiting - The Heart of Search" http://www.hightouchrecruiting.com

    Lessons in Bad Hiring - Stop the madness! Streamline your process

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2014 14:00


    It's a popular notion today that we all work in empowered work groups, and collaborate. Human Resources has responded by scheduling interviews with everyone the candidate will bump against during the day. Group interviews, unsupervised, and without scripted questions can have disastrous results. 

    Negotiations - the twists and turns of a job offer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2014 19:00


    Changing jobs is highly stressful. First, the interview process is draining for the candidate. When it comes time for the offer, the candidate may expect too much, and have an unrealistic view of the employment market.  When you have whittled your short list down to hiring the best, how can you attract that person? Join Kristie Santiago, and Barb Goldman, and Offer Reconstruction. The High Touch Recruiting way to connect with your candidate, and compete for the "A" players.  Learn new strategies as they discuss current offers. 

    Interesting Offer Issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2014 16:00


    This week, Barbara Goldman and Kristie Santiago discuss three offers that are a mess.  One offer has already been renegotiated, the other two are up in the air, the circumstances are interesting, and varied. Barb and Kristie discuss tactics and offer the guidance needed to help you hire the best candidates in the market today. 

    The complications continue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2014 21:00


    Current offers, along with complications. Plus, shooting yourself in the foot with your process, verifying references before the interview, and how to assure that you will never attract the people you want to hire. Use High Touch recruiting, and avoid High Tech LOW touch maneuvers. How to compete in todays competitive candidate's market, and super charge your efforts. Be smart, fast and effective with high touch recruiting methods and offer reconstruction    

    When to negotiate, when to quit

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2014 16:00


    How much should you negotiate? We explore an offer that couldn't be closed, and why. Plus updates on two offer reconstructions one of which ended with positive results. Negotiation techniques that work in today's market. Join Barb and Kristie live for real time advice on Tuesdays at 12:00 PM EST. Find out why your candidate turned down the offer, and hear actual offer reconstruction cases that are currently in progress.

    Offer Reconstruction - Making the Hire Happen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2014 15:00


    Join Barbara Goldman and guest Kristie Santiago as they discuss a current offer in progress. Learn to use High Touch Recruiting Methodology to take the offer from start to finish. Join in on the discussion live at 11:00 Tuesdays. 

    The Offer was way too low, Can you still make it happen?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2014 23:00


    You're the recruiter and the company you're working with loves your candidate and the candidate loves them. The company has come back with an offer you know the candidate will reject! Do you throw in the towel? Is there anyway to save this deal? Learn how to use High Touch Recruiting Methods, and Offer Reconstruction to effectively hire.   

    Offer Reconstruction - How to hire the A Players

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2014 3:00


    The best candidates are hard to hire. If your candidate has turned down the offer, how offer reconstruction can help you save time, money, and overall headache; and hire the person you want. Barbara Goldman, president of Bio-Brain, talks about offer reconstruction, and why you need this additional tool in your recruiting arsenal.

    Is the Candidate worth the price?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2014 22:00


    Are you paranoid? Or is everyone really out to get you? When the offer runs out of steam, does it have to die? How to spot danger and prepare yourself for the worst.

    Your offer is good, why didn't they accept?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2013 26:00


    Everyone wants to hire the very best.  We are going to be discussing the most important aspect of recruiting...making sure the candidate accepts the offer Call with FONcall™[phone]ConnectingConnectedCall failedbug?

    Is money the issue?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2013 22:00


    The candidate turned down the job because the money was too low. Our callers ask headhunters for ideas. Call with FONcall™[phone]ConnectingConnectedCall failedbug?

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