Betty Wong Talks About Her Mullin & Associates Experience

Krishna Nadella on Mullin & Associates

Krishna Nadella talks about his great experience with Mullin & Associates and how he utilized everything that Mullin offered in order to have a successful job hunt.

Watch Marlo Scott, Mullin alum and owner of Sweet Revenge, talk about her transition experiences

From corporate America to the world of entrepreneurship, Marlo Scott has certainly made a name for herself and gotten her "sweet revenge."

For Our HR Candidates: Top Recruiters

If you're searching for a position in Human Resources, here's the list of the top HR recruiters from New York City's top executive search firms:

COMPANY	First Name	Last Name	Title
Michael Page International Inc.	Kulwinder	Verma	Director
Solomon-Page Group	Danielle	Burns	Recruiter
Forum Group	Mary	Vileno-Murray	Account Executive, Human Resources
Distinctive Personnel	Jean-Paul	Renard	President
Heidrick & Struggles International Inc.	Timothy B.	Boerkoel	Partner
Glocap Search LLC	Shari	Neufeld	Senior Vice President
Execu|Search Group	Gary	Grossman	President
Korn/Ferry International	Hal	Johnson	Chairman, Human Resources
Korn/Ferry International	Linda	Hyman	Senior Vice President, Global HR
CTPartners	Daniel	Kaplan	Partner
Koren Rogers Executive Search	Michael B.	Koren	President & CEO
Egon Zehnder	Manuel	de Miranda	US Human Resources Practice Leader
Eileen Finn & Associates	Eileen	Finn	Principal
Spencer Stuart	Tom	Scanlan
Spencer Stuart	Claudia Lacy	Kelly	Global Practice Leader
Response Companies	Janette	McLaughlin
Russell Reynolds Associates	James	Bagley	Global Leader, Corporate Officers

Book of the Week: In Transition

From the Harvard Business School Club of New York's Career Management Seminar comes In Transition by Mary Lindley Burton and Richard A. Wedemeyer. Printed in 1991, this book is still relevant even 20 years later, as the tips, tricks and advice offered in it are still useful to job-hunters today.

The book focuses on how to:

• Locate, evaluate, and obtain the most satisfying job possible
• Understand what you really want out of your career
• Access all your options, including a new job in the same field, a new career direction, or enhancement of your effectiveness in your current situation
• Apply the business skills you already possess to your job search
• Integrate your personal and professional life

One of the key points mentioned in this book- and a hugely important piece of information to remember today- is that a self-marketing campaign is key to achieving success in your job hunt. The authors write that: "you are the product. Your values, priorities, skills, experience, even your high and low tolerances represent a combination some prospective buyer will find very attractive." What the book doesn't mention is that a key to self-marketing in 2011 is the use of social media outlets including LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogspot, and even Facebook in order to effectively market yourself. At Mullin, we've begun to offer weekly webinars on various aspects of social media, as well as a day where clients can come in and meet with a social media consultant, who will help them to build their online self-marketing campaign.

Feel like you're too busy to sit down and read the entire book? A personal favorite part of this book is that the final chapter outlines everything covered in the book, so even if you don't have time to read the entire thing, skimming through the last chapter can provide invaluable insight into your job hunt. 

Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled, writes that In Transition is, "the very best book I know on the subject of career change and, in fact, one of the best books I know on the subject of adult life in general."

Buy it here.

Candidate of the Week: Srini Srinivasan

Mullin and Associates is proud to announce our new Candidate of the Week video interviews! This week, we feature Srini Srinivasan.

Keith Mullin, CEO of Mullin and Associates, says of Srini: "I would say Srini is best at Global Front Office trading and Sales Systems, Fixed Income, Equities and Derivatives. Srini builds trust and works collaboratively with all levels within the organization and brings a real can do attitude to his work."

Book of the Week: Valuing People

As executives, you've probably heard the slogan, "People are our greatest asset" (or something to that effect).  However, this needs to be more than just a slogan if companies are going to grow and thrive.  This week, our book is Valuing People: How Human Capital Can Be Your Strongest Asset by Lisa Aldisert, President of Pharos Alliance, LLC. 

Technology and the way work is done has changed in leaps and bounds in the past century, and no longer does human labor need to mean physical labor.  Rather, a large percentage of jobs in the United States are knowledge-based, meaning employees are employed on the basis of their value to the company as thinkers, not just workers.  Because of this, a shift in how the worker is viewed becomes necessary.  Aldisert believes that in order for a company to progress in the 21st century, then the company- and its executives- needs to move away from the balance sheet and realize the business potential of its intangible assets- its people, and the knowledge that those people hold.  Aldisert speaks from years of experience in the strategic business growth and leadership development, and in her work, she has realized that for a company to profit, it needs to turns the traditional view of employees as a business cost on its head and start looking at employees as assets, not drains on company funds.  She explores the long-hidden realities of valuing human capital as the most dynamic force behind a company’s cash flow growth and increase productivity. 


As one reviews, David Near (Business Excellence Director, Polyurethanes Business, Dow Jones Chemical Company) states: "In today's knowledge and information based economy, effectively managing and leveraging all yur knowledge (intangible) assets is unquestionably the most significant contributing factor to the long-term gorwth and health of any company.  In this book, Lisa effectively substantiates that human capital (your people) is indeed the primary generator of these high value knowledge assets."

Visit Lisa's website at http://www.lisaaldisert.com to find more executive tips and tricks.  Even if you haven't found that executive position yet, she offers great advice that can change your outlook on your job hunt and make you a more dynamic potential hire! (Her most recent post on April 22 is all about renewal, so if you're in the market and searching, then her musings can provide some invaluable advice.)

Buy Valuing People here