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The Top 6 Traits That Successful CEOs Share
The Top 6 Traits That Successful CEOs Share Successful CEOs all share a core set of traits that set them apart from other candidates. These traits help fuel the high performance that their companies achieve — and some of them may come as a surprise. In fact, a 10-year...
Talent Acquisition and Hiring Trends for 2022
Talent Acquisition and Hiring Trends for 2022: What Job Seekers Need to Know Executive recruiting has changed a lot during the pandemic — and companies' talent acquisition strategies are still in flux as the business world tries to figure out what the new normal will...
The Hidden Secret to Retaining Employees
The Hidden Secret to Retaining Employees: An Antidote to the Great Resignation You've probably conducted dozens of exit interviews, learning a lot about how you can improve everything from job descriptions to your company's culture and communication. But those...
Barbachano International’s New Executive Vice-President
Barbachano International Announces New Executive Vice-President Barbachano International, the premier Executive Search firm in the Americas, is pleased to announce that Octavio Lepe is now the new Executive Vice-President. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES,...
Seeking a Career Change? Focus on These Transferable Skills
Seeking a Career Change? Focus on These Transferable Skills If you feel ready for a career change, you may wonder if the specific skills you've honed over the years are going to stand you in good stead as you move into a new field. While it's true that some so-called...
Accepting a COVID Way of Life and Work
Accepting a COVID Way of Life and Work Social distancing, masking, and self-quarantine seemed like temporary measures to help reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Unfortunately, the virus spread has affected more than 710,000 people in the U.S., and total deaths...
Leveraging Social Media to Build Executive Presence
Leveraging Social Media to Build Executive Presence When you have executive presence, you exude poise and confidence. People respect you as a leader and expect you to take charge. This presence doesn't just happen, however. Building executive presence is a deliberate...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Recruiting: How to Prevent Bad Hires
The Do's and Don'ts of Recruiting: How to Prevent Bad Hires Executive recruiting has a clear goal in mind: hire the best person to fill a job opening. But we all know that sometimes the process leads even the best hiring manager or recruiter astray. Sometimes the...
How get Employees to Go Back to Work at the Office
How to Get Employees to Go Back to Work at the Office Initially, it was a pure culture shock; suddenly, entire offices struggled to figure out Zoom, work remotely, and monitor the COVID-19 pandemic from lockdown in their homes. The pandemic transformed the workplace,...
A Post-Pandemic Resignation Boom has Arrived: What to Do?
A Post-Pandemic Resignation Boom Has Arrived: What to Do? As the market heats up and talent demand skyrockets, many people feel empowered — and in some cases, they feel empowered to quit their jobs. Associate professor of management Anthony Klotz of Texas A&M...
Talent Acquisition Strategies in Post-Pandemic Times
New Talent Acquisition Strategies to Hire Top Talent for the Post-Pandemic Times The pandemic left very few industries unphased. Its impact is still powerful and likely to be felt in the months and possibly years to come for the workforce. When the lockdowns...
Barbachano International Earns Top 30 Ranking
Barbachano International Earns Top 30 Ranking in Prestigious Forbes’ list for Recruiting Excellence Forbes selected Barbachano International as America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms 2021 for 5th year in a row, ranking #27 in America and #3 on the West Coast...
How to Apply for a Position and Get the Job after retirement
Working After Retirement: How to Apply for a Position and Get the Job A famous American medical researcher, Jonas Salk, said, “The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” As somebody who continued his life’s work until almost the time of his...
Attracting “Older” Professionals Will Be Key. Here’s Why.
Attracting “Older” Professionals to Your Company Will Be Key This Year. Here’s Why. In a culture where youth is so esteemed for its energy, creativity, and tech know-how, it’s important to keep sight of the value that older, more experienced professionals bring to the...
Tom Brady’s Winning Leadership Strategy
What We Learned About Leadership From Tom Brady Winning The Super Bowl? Love him or not, Tom Brady encompasses many traits that have people wondering how he's managed to score six Super Bowl wins and set a dizzying array of NFL records, including most touchdown...
Octavio Lepe Appointed to the Board at Global Women Fresh
Octavio Lepe of Barbachano International Appointed to the Board at Global Women Fresh SAN DIEGO, CA, February 1, 2020 – Octavio Lepe-Camarena of Barbachano International, the premier executive search and leadership advisory firm in the Americas, has been appointed to...
Tips to Get Selected by the Resume-Reading Robots
Use the Following Tips and Get Selected by the Resume-Reading Robots Regardless of the industry in which they operate, 99% of Fortune 500 companies and a growing number (50% and counting) of large and mid-sized businesses have one thing in common: they rely on ATS...
Beyond Times of Crisis: Defining Your Hiring Strategy
Beyond Times of Crisis: Defining Your Hiring Strategy Hiring during times of crisis may seem like an oxymoron. During a crisis, most people hunker down and try to maintain the status quo. C-suite executives become ultra-conservative, freezing budgets and hiring alike....
What to Look for in a Turnaround Leader
What to Look for in a Turnaround Leader In this pandemic-impacted economy, numerous companies and organizations have struggled to stay profitable and even remain in business. While it’s not unusual for companies to have dips and valleys in productivity according to...
Traditional Vs. Emerging Leadership
Traditional Vs. Emerging Leadership: Sustainability in the Ever-Changing World With the rapid and ever-evolving rate at which business is shifting, leaders must adapt their leadership styles to ensure they aren’t left behind. Traditional leadership strategies are...
Working from Home in Mexico
Working From Home in Mexico: Is It Really The New Normal? The Coronavirus has undoubtedly reshaped the way we work around the globe, in some cases finally driving forth or consolidating the long-awaited paradigm shift of doing so remotely. Mexico is portraying itself...
Improve Retention and Executive Talent
Improve Retention and Executive Talent Quality with this Advanced Hiring Process According to Peter Cappelli, a professor of management at the Wharton School, “Businesses have never done as much hiring as they do today. And they’ve never done a worse job of it.” You...
5 Expert Recommendations to Get on a Headhunters’ Radar
5 Expert Recommendations to Get on a Headhunters’ Radar Headhunters, recruiters, and human resource managers can help you land a job that suits your career goals and, ideally, your salary expectations. Whether or not you are satisfied with your current position, it's...
COVID and the Workplace: Are You Indispensable?
COVID and the Workplace: Are You Indispensable? This time of COVID-19 pandemic is also, for many, a time of unemployment and economic turmoil. You may likely know someone who's been placed on leave or worse--let go. If you have a job, you're probably very keen to...
Unconscious Bias When Hiring
Here's What You Should Do To Remove (Un)conscious Bias When Hiring Companies aren't just clamoring to prioritize diversity and inclusivity when building their workforce because it's the right thing to do. Studies have shown, as reported by outlets like Forbes, that...
Reskill and Upskill Workforce For the Post-Covid Era
How Leaders Can Reskill and Upskill Workforce For The Post-COVID Era As employees return to the “new normal”, employers face tough choices regarding shortcomings in skills and knowledge that were laid bare by the forced telecommuting following the pandemic shutdown. A...
Creating Your Blueprint for Virtual Onboarding
Creating Your Blueprint for Virtual Onboarding It has become increasingly clear to companies that the COVID-19 pandemic isn't going to interrupt business as usual for merely a few months. As cases once again increase in many areas of the country, the necessity to take...
The Top 6 Traits That Successful CEOs Share
The Top 6 Traits That Successful CEOs Share Successful CEOs all share a core set of traits that set them apart from other candidates. These traits help fuel the high performance that their companies achieve — and some of them may come as a surprise. In fact, a 10-year...
Talent Acquisition and Hiring Trends for 2022
Talent Acquisition and Hiring Trends for 2022: What Job Seekers Need to Know Executive recruiting has changed a lot during the pandemic — and companies' talent acquisition strategies are still in flux as the business world tries to figure out what the new normal will...
The Hidden Secret to Retaining Employees
The Hidden Secret to Retaining Employees: An Antidote to the Great Resignation You've probably conducted dozens of exit interviews, learning a lot about how you can improve everything from job descriptions to your company's culture and communication. But those...
Barbachano International’s New Executive Vice-President
Barbachano International Announces New Executive Vice-President Barbachano International, the premier Executive Search firm in the Americas, is pleased to announce that Octavio Lepe is now the new Executive Vice-President. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES,...
Seeking a Career Change? Focus on These Transferable Skills
Seeking a Career Change? Focus on These Transferable Skills If you feel ready for a career change, you may wonder if the specific skills you've honed over the years are going to stand you in good stead as you move into a new field. While it's true that some so-called...
Accepting a COVID Way of Life and Work
Accepting a COVID Way of Life and Work Social distancing, masking, and self-quarantine seemed like temporary measures to help reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Unfortunately, the virus spread has affected more than 710,000 people in the U.S., and total deaths...
Leveraging Social Media to Build Executive Presence
Leveraging Social Media to Build Executive Presence When you have executive presence, you exude poise and confidence. People respect you as a leader and expect you to take charge. This presence doesn't just happen, however. Building executive presence is a deliberate...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Recruiting: How to Prevent Bad Hires
The Do's and Don'ts of Recruiting: How to Prevent Bad Hires Executive recruiting has a clear goal in mind: hire the best person to fill a job opening. But we all know that sometimes the process leads even the best hiring manager or recruiter astray. Sometimes the...
How get Employees to Go Back to Work at the Office
How to Get Employees to Go Back to Work at the Office Initially, it was a pure culture shock; suddenly, entire offices struggled to figure out Zoom, work remotely, and monitor the COVID-19 pandemic from lockdown in their homes. The pandemic transformed the workplace,...