Searches are taking longer. Not a little longer, either. Companies are adding interviewers to the process and stretching it out, and most of them would tell you they're doing it to be careful. They're not being [...]
Salary doesn't keep the best admin candidates up at night. Leadership access does. Workload sustainability does. Whether the culture will actually use what they're capable of does. A lot of firms are still competing on the [...]
Resumes tell you what someone has done. The questions they ask tell you how they think. I have been recruiting for 25 years and I still pay more attention to how a candidate shows up before [...]
I have been doing this for 25 years. In that time, I have learned to read the signs of a struggling senior hire early. Not because I enjoy the conversation that follows, but because the longer [...]
The search for an executive assistant usually starts with a checklist. The right title, the right years, the right resume. It feels like the responsible approach. And it is also how companies regularly pass on the [...]
Most CEOs treat interviews as a confirmation process. The resume looked good, the references checked out, and the conversation felt right. So they move forward. And a few months later, something is off. The hire is [...]
The TA Frenemy: How to Work With External Recruiters When You Already Have a Talent Acquisition Team
There is an awkward moment that happens when a company with its own internal TA function brings in an outside recruiter. Nobody names it directly, but everyone feels it. The internal team wonders if leadership has [...]
Most executives think they are the only ones doing the evaluating in an interview. And they are. But so is the candidate. After 25 years of placing executive assistants and senior admin professionals, I can tell [...]
EXECS TO KNOW Lori Reed on Building Schechter Reed, Leading with Trust & Redefining How Companies Hire By Staff Writer October 21, 2025 Lori Reed didn’t set out to build an empire when she started Schechter [...]
Explore the top 10 responsibilities of an executive assistant, including calendar management, travel coordination, communication handling, meeting organization, document preparation, and proactive problem-solving to enhance organizational efficiency.
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