By Social-Hire For many recruitment agency Founders and Partners, the “contingency trap” is a familiar, if exhausting, reality. It is a world defined by a race to the bottom: competing against five other agencies for the same role, dealing with clients who view you as a commodity, and chasing low-margin leads that often go nowhere. …
MAY 2026 Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 172,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, local government, and health care. Employment in financial activities declined. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The …
By Tony Restell A surprising number of practices still treat law firm social media marketing as a branding exercise with no commercial target attached. That is usually where the waste starts. If your social presence is not helping you generate consultation requests, referral conversations, event sign-ups or better-quality inbound leads, it is not doing enough. …
In today’s hiring market, negotiation is not just about salary. It is about timing, positioning, leverage, and insight. The reality is simple.The strongest hiring deals rarely happen one-on-one. They happen when a skilled third party steps in to guide, advocate, and align both sides. The Hidden Problem with Direct Negotiation When employers and candidates negotiate …
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter Click here if the video does not play properly. The highs and lows of job hunting are brutal! What Companies Look for When Choosing a Board Member ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER People hire Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter to provide No BS job search …
By Tony Restell One month the diary is full, proposals are out, and the team is stretched. A few weeks later, new enquiries dry up, leadership starts worrying, and suddenly everyone is chasing business instead of delivering it. If you are wondering how to break the feast or famine cycle, the uncomfortable truth is this: …
Most professionals mistake activity for impact. Publishing generic industry updates or congratulating distant connections treats LinkedIn like a standard social network. LinkedIn functions as a global relational directory. For a college-educated leader, visibility only holds value when it signals structural authority. Blending into the background of standard professional content reduces a high-level career to an …
By Tony Restell Most B2B firms do not fail at social media because they lack ideas. They fail because nobody owns it properly, nobody has time to keep it moving, and nobody is measuring whether it leads to actual commercial conversations. That is exactly why done for you social media has become attractive to founders, …
By Tony Restell Most B2B teams do not have a LinkedIn content problem. They have a distribution and conversion problem. They publish sensible posts, get a handful of likes, and assume the platform is throttling them. If you want to know how to beat the LinkedIn algorithm, the answer is not gaming the system. It …
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