Tesar-Reynes

I am a natural born optimist and have been looking for something that would show a sign that the economy was turning for quite some time. I think I got my first sign in the second week of May. That’s when our phone started to ring, and we got six new searches or projects in the course of the next seven days. We are not back to full activity, but it’s nice to be busy again.

The one frustration is dealing with a couple of clients that have fought the good fight internally and are now looking for people to join their company. Some of these hiring managers feel that they can get good people for less than market value and that they are doing them a favor. They also feel that there are literally hundreds of qualified people out there just waiting to work for them. As a result, the check-off list they generate for deal killing qualifications is pretty high. They also have, on some occasions, tried to cut back on perks that would normally go with that level.

This is not a new occurrence. In virtually every recovery we have had to remind our clients that they may be able to hire for cheap, but they will lose these new hires within 6 months. They get what they pay for.