Career Advice
Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day?
Ah, Labor Day. The unofficial end-of-summer holiday. Time for the kids to return to school and for the always-welcome three-day weekend. But what is the true meaning and history behind the holiday? How Labor Day Came to Be The first Labor Day was celebrated in 1882 in New York City. In the 1800s, working 60-70…
Gratitude: How Joining Goodwin Recruiting Impacted My Career and Family
It is September 2022, and I am sharing this personal story to raise awareness that this is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. When a diagnosis happened in our family, it hit us hard, but we are hopeful for our daughter and grateful that recruiting allowed me the opportunity to be present as a father and continue…
Webcam Interview Etiquette: Tips for Job Seekers at Every Level
Job candidates never cease to surprise their recruiters. We interview professionals before presenting them to clients, which helps us make great matches. I recently met with a candidate who was fresh out of college and had virtually no work experience. Yet she had somehow developed great instincts for how to construct her resume and deliver…
Advice for Candidates Reentering the Workforce – and Employers Needing Great Talent
Due to the pandemic, the last two+ years forced an unexpected shift in employment status for millions of people. Today, as people move to rejoin the workforce, they are finding new challenges in getting hired, even though there is a shortage of workers. Here’s one of those challenges: There is a stigma or bias toward…
4 Reasons to Improve Customer Service in 2022 – and How to Do It
If you had to choose just a few essentials to prioritize over all others, would customer service improvements be one of them? We believe not just good customer service but great customer service is right up there with enhancing company culture to attract and retain talent and advancing products and services to keep and grow…
The Most Popular Work-from-Home Jobs Are Expanding
If you thought you knew all the different types of remote jobs that are available today, think again! While professionals and companies have relied on this working model for decades, where possible or necessary, the days are long gone when such jobs fit only certain areas of the business. From start-ups to small businesses and…
Your Carbon Footprint and 20 Ways to Make It Smaller
Imagine if your own footprint weighed 32,000 pounds. That’s 16 tons! Astonishingly, that is the average carbon footprint per person, per year in the United States. It represents the collective amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, etc., that we are responsible for releasing into the atmosphere in our…
How Goodwin Recruiting Helped Me Become a Foster Parent
Growing up, I was fortunate to have hardworking parents who did everything they could to raise a family of six children. With strong Sicilian roots, our large, extended family get-togethers were weekly occurrences. Missing a family holiday dinner was unheard of. Family came first in anything and everything. I remember seeing advertisements on TV…
Two Definitions of Work-Life Balance
By Melissa Montero and Amanda Weedman Two members of the Goodwin Recruiting team are each in the midst of a 2-week vacation this summer and have taken very different approaches to their time off! In this blog, Melissa and Amanda discuss what their time off has in common and how they define Work-Life Balance. Melissa’s…
How to Make Your Recruiting Relationship a Win-Win
Whether you’re a job seeker or a company hoping to hire great people, working with a recruiter can be an essential part of the equation. The way you work with a recruiter can lead to a great experience…or one that’s not so great, just like dealing with any other professional. I’d like to offer…
