By Nelly Grinfeld Resume Writer, Career Transition Expert Job hunting has changed in many ways over the last decade. If you were looking for a job ten years ago, you were probably spending your time on job boards like Monster or Indeed, sending out your resume in response to…
By Nelly Grinfeld, Resume Writer and Career Transition Expert If you are active on LinkedIn, or have started conducting a job search, you’ve probably encountered talk about executive presence. Having executive presence can be a critical differentiator in how you are perceived and how you’re able to impact those around…
Since the COVID pandemic, workplace attire has undergone a significant transformation. While many companies once required employees to wear suits every day, business casual, or even street clothes, have now become the norm. This trend toward casual clothes raises the question of what the appropriate attire is to wear for…
As an executive search firm, the team at Centennial connects with many talented individuals who are going through career transition. Some of these individuals are passively exploring what opportunities are out there, while others are fully engaged in an active job search. One question we hear regularly is, “What is…
People do not like to be stagnant in their job. They want appropriate challenges to keep them engaged. They want growth opportunities to give them something to work towards and feel the reward of accomplishment. Employees with no opportunities for growth get bored and bored employees leave to find something…
Research shows how critical a well-planned onboarding process is to employee retention. Knowing that organizations with a standard onboarding process experience 54% greater new hire productivity, along with 50% greater new hire retention is worth noting. Even though this is the case, many companies do not have formal onboarding. Does…
Virtual interviews have been around for quite a while, but the commonality has grown significantly with the advance of technology and our current challenge of social distancing. If you have gotten comfortable with jumping on a video call, you may have become accepting of your cat walking by your camera…
As a business executive, you are likely running at top speed while juggling dozens of responsibilities. You may feel like you have to keep up this pace, or the whole organization will crumble around you. With all the pressures of running and maintaining a successful business, is it even possible…
The #1 thing that holds anyone back is fear. It’s a basic human reaction. If we take all the fears we have in life, they narrow down to 3 categories: Fear of failing, fear of not being accepted by others and the fear of dying. All three of these have…
