Talent Tips: Working for Liberty
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…
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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…
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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…
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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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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…
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Talent Tip #162: Dating Advice from My Parents…for Hiring Managers
May 21, 2024
Claire Kittle Dixon
Back in the day, my parents gave me a ton of dating advice.
And trust me when I tell you that I needed it. (Next time you see me at a social function, preferably one that serves copious amounts of alcohol, ask me to tell you about “Mean Dean” or “Mr. Insaneholtz”.)
We were just reminiscing the other day about all of the gems of relationship wisdom they shared. And as we talked…
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Talent Tip #154: Advice for Graduates: The Talent Market Team Shares Our Biggest Lessons
May 23, 2023
In the midst of graduation season, the Talent Market team wanted to share some of the most important lessons we learned at the start of our careers. Embrace networking – Stephanie
When I was a fresh-faced graduate, I thought my network was about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. To me, networking was just a bunch of people handing out business cards and pretending to be interested in each other’s lives. But luckily, I had a…
Talent Tip #149: Hiring Horror Stories: (Just in Time for Halloween!)
October 25, 2022
Katelynn Barbosa, Stephanie Keaveney, Lydia Ocampo, Katy Gambella, Claire Kittle Dixon
In the spirit of Halloween, our team wanted to share our best hiring horror stories with you. Names and identities have been altered to protect the innocent (and the ghoulishly guilty!).
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When a Stranger Calls
Years ago I arranged a phone interview with a candidate for a search I was managing. I called at the time our interview was scheduled, but my call went directly to voicemail. I…
