Don’t fit the “job spec”​ but want the job? Read how the current job market favors the bold…

 by March 15, 2019

according to the gatekeepers℠… If you don’t fit the job posting or spec (as commonly known in the executive search world), you are out of luck – don’t waste your time or your networking bullets. Right? What if the leadership team or your potential peers are different from you? All men? All under thirty? No persons of color? Is inquiring about the opportunity even worth your while when you don’t fit the unwritten parts of […]

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79% of talent executives champion candidates that are “different, diverse, or don’t meet the job specifications” according to a recent survey of the gatekeepers

 by February 21, 2019

.WILTON, Conn., Feb. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — According to a recent Waterman Hurst survey of the gatekeeperssm, the economy and other forces are turning the job market on its head. A great majority of the gatekeepers responsible for finding talent say that they now present different, diverse and out of spec candidates frequently, and 42% of the gatekeepers say they present “out of spec” candidates routinely. the gatekeepers is a virtual community of board members, CEOs, C-level leaders, […]

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