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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

August 15, 2017
Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter 

Jeff has been a coach & professional recruiter for more than 40 years. He filled 1200+ positions plus consulting assignments.

 
Would You or Someone At Your Firm Need an Ally to Coach Them Through a Job Search, With Developing Their Executive Leadership or With Some Element of Their Personal Lives?

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646.374.8656

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My wife returned from close to a month of retreat. My son returned the week before after having been in NYC at school for 3 weeks. It was sweet to get together as a family and connect again.

My son started school yesterday and takes his road test on Friday. It is a big week for him. Wednesday, evening, a continue working with a small group with whom I have been prototyping a new coaching model. The group will officially launch after Labor Day and continue on until Thanksgiving. 

I am considering an online rollout in January. What do you think? If the initial beta group has a good experience, is this something you would be interested in?


Jeff
Being Tested
Most of us have become immune to the idea that we are being tested. We act as though tests ended when we completed school when nothing could be further from the truth. We are constantly being scrutinized, measured against someone's benchmark for the right performance. We know we do it with politicians and athletes. Heck! We do it with our commute! The train or bus is awful. That driver is terrible. Constantly, we critique and evaluate others and ignore that others do it to us, too. Amazing!

So, people go on job interviews knowing full well that they are going to be measured and critiqued for their performance and what do they do? MAYBE, just MAYBE, they do enough preparation to be bad, particularly those who manage or at Director levels. Why? Because they think they know what interviewing is about because they have hired people for themselves. They forget that other firms and other leaders have different expectations and assessment criteria than they do. As a result, what I measured in my 40+ years of work in search before moving into coaching is that managers and Directors, in particular, are the worst at interviewing no matter what the field or industry. So, like an inverted bell curve, managers and directors, people who should be performing at a high level because they know better. Their staff and their boss' usually perform better than these middle management professionals who are relied upon.
What can you do?




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My Podcasts


I've just launched a new show, The No BS Coaching Advice Podcast. You can listen in iTunes and Google Play. 

No BS Job Search Advice Radio: The Podcast With the Most Episodes About Job Search in iTunes.
 

FOR 2017, THE SHOW IS FOCUSED ON INTERVIEWING.


Job Search Radio: The podcast with the second most episodes in iTunes

Podcasts Monday Through Friday and is also in iTunes and Stitcher. It deals with all the other subjects. In September, it will focus on salary negotiation.


All of my podcasts, Job Search Radio, No BS Job Search Advice and No BS Hiring Advice (which is now retired) are being uploaded to YouTube. You can now listen to me on whatever device you use including your connected TV.




Do you need interview coaching to help you perform better? No matter what your level of experience, I can help.

Send an email to me at  JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us. We will schedule a time to speak.



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You've worked hard to get to the point of receiving a job offer but something doesn't seem right.

Or maybe you've gotten multiple offers and are finding it hard to choose between them.

Or maybe you just need the answer to something that's going on in your job search

I am available to work for you to help you make a good choice. One that works for you and not one that lines my pockets with money from a corporate client.

I'm available to answer your questions about your job search or how to do things better with objective advice based upon 40+ years of experience with helping organizations hire talent and helping people make great choices.

Objective advice and great questions that relies upon my experience in recruiting, my Masters in Social Work, my psychoanalytic training and experience, my knowledge of the search process, all of those resumes I've read, all those interviews I've done and negotiations I've been involved with.

Schedule time with me to review your job offer, resume or answer your questions. Weekend hours are available with an appointment


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Jeff