TALENT TIPS

Talent Tip #172: The DOs and DON’Ts of RTO Mandates: Part 2

May 18, 2025

Last month, we provided our first installment of tips to help your Return to Office mandate go smoothly. This month, we’re back to give you the second and final installment.

Before we jump into Part 2, I have to share some terrific feedback we received after last month’s article.

One legendary leader in the liberty movement told me this:

I’ve found that employers have a couple of pain points with WFH staff:

It takes a lot…

Talent Tip #171: The DOs and DON’Ts of RTO Mandates: Part 1

April 22, 2025

Return to Office (RTO) mandates!

Is there a hotter topic right now? (Ok, maybe how crappy the new Snow White movie is.)

Now that we’re firmly past the peak of the Covid era, more organizations are pushing employees back into the office — whether by transitioning fully remote roles to hybrid, increasing the number of required in-office days, or mandating a full return to five days a week.

Most recently, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon made headlines by requiring…

Talent Tip #170: 5 DOs and DON’Ts of Using AI to Help With Your Job Search

February 18, 2025

Do you remember when mobile phones came on the scene? (Insert blank stare from Gen Z. Just trust me, guys. It was a cool time to be alive.)

I was a kid when my dad got one in his new car. I thought for sure we were rolling in dough. Nevermind the phone itself was as big as a box of Rice Krispies and had a curly cord tethering it to the console.

Immediately, I knew it was going to…

Talent Tip #169: Talent Market Wrapped 2024

January 22, 2025

Welcome to 2025!

It’s shaping up to be quite an entertaining year, isn’t it? I mean, “Gulf of America” wasn’t exactly on your 2025 bingo card, was it?

As we bid farewell to 2024, let’s take a whimsical stroll down memory lane and revisit Talent Market’s escapades from the year gone by.

In 2024, Talent Market:

Placed 180 individuals in pivotal roles within the free-market movement – From entry-level to executive positions, we matched talent to…

Talent Tip #168: What My Favorite Christmas Vacation Scenes Teach Us About Career Moves

December 19, 2024

My Christmas season isn’t complete without at least one viewing of Christmas Vacation. Clark taking a chainsaw to the newel post is a perfect metaphor for most of my holiday misadventures.

And it turns out that my favorite scenes provide some good lessons for job seekers. Just trust me on this.

Do some planning before you start your job search.
I love the classic scene of the Griswolds kicking off the fun, old-fashioned family Christmas by heading out into…

Talent Tip #167: Rizz meets Righteous: Finding the “Just Right” with Gen Z in the Workplace

November 19, 2024

Stephanie Keaveney

As the “middle child” on a five-person team at Talent Market, I get the best of both worlds—I equally enjoy my more senior colleagues’ Office Space jokes and my Gen Z colleagues’ daily contributions of slang and memes in the team chat. Working between these two groups has shown me just how different perspectives can bring out the best in a team.

But it’s not all smooth sailing. I’m often reminded of the story of Goldilocks and how it took…

Talent Tip #166: Hiring Horror Stories (Just in Time for Halloween!)

October 22, 2024

The Talent Market Team

In the spirit of Halloween, our team wanted to share our most hair-raising hiring horror stories with you. Names and identities have been changed to protect the innocent (and the ghoulishly guilty!).

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The Candidate from the Crypt

I once received an application that was riddled with typos and grammatical errors. The candidate’s cover letter read like a spellbook of strange demands. Her first decree? She refused to do any phone or…

Talent Tip #165: A Bartender’s Guide to Professional Branding

September 24, 2024

Stephanie Keaveney

One of the most delightful parts of working at Talent Market is discovering that nearly every career topic can be explored with either a dating or cocktail-related analogy. And living with a former bartender means much of my time outside of work is spent as a taste tester for new concoctions. So it’s no big surprise that a recent discussion on building your professional brand got me thinking about the overlap with crafting a great cocktail.

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Talent Tip #164: Dating and Side Hustles: It’s Complicated – Part II

August 27, 2024

Last month’s newsletter article broached the hot topic of side hustles. Among other things, we talked about how not everyone is okay with sharing and that transparency is critical from the start. We also discussed how the substance and timing of the side hustle can make or break a situation.

But there is more to discuss! So here we are with Part II!

You can’t be two places at once. Picture this: you are single and a cute…

Talent Tip #163: Dating and Side Hustles: It’s Complicated Part I

July 23, 2024

Not sure if you’ve noticed, but side hustles are having a moment.

An increasing number of jobseekers these days have or are considering side hustles in addition to full-time jobs. The proliferation of virtual work has provided fertile ground for budding entrepreneurs to take on more than one opportunity.

And we’re noticing that both job seekers and hiring managers aren’t entirely sure how to navigate these uncharted waters.

If you’ll indulge me for a moment, I think there…