by Dale Kreienkamp | May 4, 2021 | Blog, Job Search
A NEW FRIEND I met in my networking, Benjamin, suggested that being in transition between jobs is like being a “relief pitcher” in baseball. If you don’t know much about relief pitchers, let me tell you about them. Relief pitchers don’t start the game, they sit away...
by Dale Kreienkamp | Apr 18, 2021 | Blog, Job Search, Personal & Career Development
In my first career job, I was a recruiter, or today we would say I was a “talent acquisition specialist.” I interviewed candidates, scheduled them to meet a supervisor, did the background screening (reference checks – which we could do back then) and made...
by Dale Kreienkamp | Apr 5, 2021 | Blog, Encouragement, Job Search
I REMEMBER A DEVOTION a coworker used once in a meeting; it started with a story about monkeys and golf. As I remember it, when the British colonized India, they built a golf course for recreation. As the story went, there was a unique challenge to playing the course....
by Dale Kreienkamp | Mar 16, 2021 | Blog, Encouragement, Job Search
“Finish eating everything on your plate because there are starving children who would love to have what you have.” Those were the instructions I heard regularly growing up, which was fine except for those lima beans that I would have given to any starving child. My...
by Dale Kreienkamp | Mar 9, 2021 | Blog, Job Search
“HI, I’M DALE KREIENKAMP, head of human resources for …” Very often, that’s how I would introduce myself. My introduction, and maybe yours, identified me with where I worked and what I did for a living. But how about now, when I don’t have a job? Who am I today? It’s...
by Dale Kreienkamp | Dec 28, 2020 | Blog, Encouragement, Job Search
Whether you are unemployed and looking for a job, or you have a job but are looking to find a new job outside of your organization, you are impacted by the hiring process, which is different for each organization. I rarely speak with anyone these days who says they...
