Motivation

Dear COVID: Thank you for bringing my recruitment agency to the next level. Hello COVID-19, I hope you don’t find yourself well by the time you read this letter. Don’t… Read more

The 5 Key SALES Lessons YOU MUST Implement in a Global Pandemic: Part 5 This is the final installment of a series of five by Steve Guest. Read Part one:… Read more

The 5 Key SALES Lessons YOU MUST Implement in a Global Pandemic: Part 4 This is Part four of a series of five by Steve Guest. Read Part one: “If… Read more

The 5 Key SALES Lessons YOU MUST Implement in a Global Pandemic: Part 3 This is Part three of a series of five by Steve Guest. Read Part one: “If… Read more

There are many reasons people quit their jobs. It’s not always because of salary, like many people, including managers, have been led to — sometimes erroneously — to believe. The other… Read more

I recently reading a dense David McCullough book (an oldie but a goodie), The Path Between The Seas, which won a Pulitzer back in the 70s and is a compelling… Read more

Millennial themed content is kind of like the minstrel show of the new Millennium. It’s blatantly offensive to a protected class through sweeping stereotypes for the purposes of entertaining the… Read more

When I say car salesmen, what do you think of? I imagine some of the first words would be slimy or sneaky. Needless to say, it’s not usually the best… Read more

I did it. I survived my first major speaking gig (surely my “graduation” speech from vocational school doesn’t count) and apparently, I did more than OK. You see, the good… Read more

A year or so ago, I saw an internal recruiter from Hewlett Packard bragging on LinkedIn about how successful he and his team had been in filling open job requisitions…. Read more

Early into my tenure in what I finally considered a “real” job, I decided for personal kicks and grins to take one of those manifold career assessments out there –… Read more

I’ve been at this recruiting thing for almost 16 years now, and I can’t say that I knew I’d be doing what I do for a living in my 40’s. And… Read more

“I don’t want to live in the kind of world where we don’t look out for each other. Not just the people that are close to us, but anybody who… Read more

It seemed like a strange place to meet up with a Marine Corps Officer to talk about his pending retirement from the military, but I figured that an Irish Pub… Read more

Recently, I was finally able to take a real vacation that did not include conferences, meetings, or speaking arrangements.  My destination: Jamaica. My goal: to swim the warm waters and… Read more