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Transforming the Unemployable: Steps to Become Job-Ready
Have you ever felt like your once-stellar career has hit a wall? Like the very term "executive" is now a scarlet letter, branding you as overqualified, outdated, or simply unemployable? If so, you're not alone. Over the last few years, especially with such huge...
Executive Resume Audit for Senior Leaders
You've conquered the corporate world, leading teams, driving innovation, and delivering results. You're at the top of your game, a true executive powerhouse. But does your resume scream "C-suite" heavy hitter? In the high-stakes arena of executive leadership, your...
Strategies for Strengthening the Latino Talent Pipeline in Executive and Board Roles
The Latino demographic continues to grow (it is expected to reach between 28% and 33% of the U.S. population by 2060); however, the corporate world has yet to reflect this diversity in its leadership tiers, particularly in executive and board roles. Despite the...
Fueling Success: The Power of Crafting a High-Performing Team
Each part must synchronize perfectly in a precision engine to achieve maximum efficiency and power output. Similarly, in a high-performing business team, each member is an important piece of the “engine” that must perform at the peak of their abilities for the company...
Strategizing Succession for the Next in Line
When you build something you’re proud of, you want it to last. Imagine, for instance, that you’re building a building with your own two hands. During the process, to keep it from eventually falling, you’ll need to give it a strong foundation. You’ll also need to use...
BIP Achieves Top 10 in Forbes’ 2024 Ranking of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms
SAN DIEGO, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --Barbachano International (BIP) has surged to the forefront of America's elite executive search firms, ranking in a remarkable accomplishment akin to industry giants. Forbes recognized BIP as one of the top ten firms, placing #10...
How Job Engagement Holds the Key to Employee Retention
When you first start building a team or leading a company, it’s not too hard to keep great employees. New experiences and fresh ideas naturally promote enthusiasm, leading to an energetic organizational culture. However, as your business matures and the novelty wears...
Crafting a Strong Start: Essential Strategies for C-Suite and Executive Leaders
Landing a new C-suite role is exhilarating, but let's be honest – it can be a little nerve-wracking, too. You want to make a great first impression and set yourself up for success, but there's a lot to navigate. That's why we're here to help. Think of this as your...
Strategies to Maximize the Impact of Your Job References
Let's say you're in the running for a coveted C-suite position at a company for which you've always wanted to work. You've passed the initial interviews with flying colors, and now it's down to the wire. At this stage, your job references aren't merely...
Leadership Lessons from Tom Brady: Adapting, Recruiting, and Playing the Part
Whether you admire him or not, Tom Brady’s legacy extends far beyond football, marked by seven Super Bowl victories and numerous NFL records. Despite no longer playing the sport, Brady continues to captivate people outside of football who seek insights into leadership...
From Boss to Coach: Transforming Leadership Styles for Enhanced Employee Engagement
Remember when your parents would tell you to do something, and if you asked them why, their answer would simply be, “Because I said so”? For years, business organizations have run in a similar way. Management calls the shots, and employees do what their managers say...
Why Successful Entrepreneurs Say No
Why The Most Successful Entrepreneurs Say No I’ve been a career coach for nearly 25 years and run my business for 20 years now. My goal remains the same: help my clients create huge shifts in their personal and professional lives. I’ve since learned that the...
Five Keys to High-Impact Talent Management
All managers, no matter what their titles are, are in essence human resource managers. Okay, “HR Manager” might not be their job title or description in the strictest sense of the words, but all management is HR management at its core, in that a company’s human...
Now is the Time to Romance Your Employees Again
No doubt about it—the last couple of years have been weird for all of us. Among corporate America’s “weird” moments we can count a global pandemic, a mass enterprise shutdown, a wave of remote work that was more like a tsunami, the Great Resignation, and near...
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 death,...
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...
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 today's rapidly changing and competitive business landscape, companies constantly face challenges that can impact their profitability and long-term sustainability. Whether it's increased competition, changing market...
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...
Transforming the Unemployable: Steps to Become Job-Ready
Have you ever felt like your once-stellar career has hit a wall? Like the very term "executive" is now a scarlet letter, branding you as overqualified, outdated, or simply unemployable? If so, you're not alone. Over the last few years, especially with such huge...
Executive Resume Audit for Senior Leaders
You've conquered the corporate world, leading teams, driving innovation, and delivering results. You're at the top of your game, a true executive powerhouse. But does your resume scream "C-suite" heavy hitter? In the high-stakes arena of executive leadership, your...
Strategies for Strengthening the Latino Talent Pipeline in Executive and Board Roles
The Latino demographic continues to grow (it is expected to reach between 28% and 33% of the U.S. population by 2060); however, the corporate world has yet to reflect this diversity in its leadership tiers, particularly in executive and board roles. Despite the...
Fueling Success: The Power of Crafting a High-Performing Team
Each part must synchronize perfectly in a precision engine to achieve maximum efficiency and power output. Similarly, in a high-performing business team, each member is an important piece of the “engine” that must perform at the peak of their abilities for the company...
Strategizing Succession for the Next in Line
When you build something you’re proud of, you want it to last. Imagine, for instance, that you’re building a building with your own two hands. During the process, to keep it from eventually falling, you’ll need to give it a strong foundation. You’ll also need to use...
BIP Achieves Top 10 in Forbes’ 2024 Ranking of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms
SAN DIEGO, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --Barbachano International (BIP) has surged to the forefront of America's elite executive search firms, ranking in a remarkable accomplishment akin to industry giants. Forbes recognized BIP as one of the top ten firms, placing #10...
How Job Engagement Holds the Key to Employee Retention
When you first start building a team or leading a company, it’s not too hard to keep great employees. New experiences and fresh ideas naturally promote enthusiasm, leading to an energetic organizational culture. However, as your business matures and the novelty wears...
Crafting a Strong Start: Essential Strategies for C-Suite and Executive Leaders
Landing a new C-suite role is exhilarating, but let's be honest – it can be a little nerve-wracking, too. You want to make a great first impression and set yourself up for success, but there's a lot to navigate. That's why we're here to help. Think of this as your...
Strategies to Maximize the Impact of Your Job References
Let's say you're in the running for a coveted C-suite position at a company for which you've always wanted to work. You've passed the initial interviews with flying colors, and now it's down to the wire. At this stage, your job references aren't merely...