Essex Partners - Insight and Articles

Essex in the News
Essex Partners’ consultants regularly contribute their expertise via interviews, articles and columns to a variety of business, human resources and career-focused publications and media. Selected articles and interviews can be found below.

Second Acts: Career Paths For Worn-Out Executives, Wall Street Journal

A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Managing the Termination Transition, Execunet

Making the Grade: How A-list candidates can reach the C-suite -- and what keeps them out, The Conference Board Review

You're Out of a Job, Now What?, CFO.com

New venture builds on skills gained in first career, Boston Globe

Acing the Informational Interview, BusinessWeek

Life After Work, Fortune

Assessing Employee Satisfaction - One Person at a Time, NEHRA's Insights

Take Time to Reflect, Think of Your Reinvention as an Inside Job, Women's Business

Setting a Solid Foundation: Your First 30 Days, Execunet

Make That Career Change!, PayScale

Recruiters use technology to find, vet candidates, Boston Business Journal

Workers find it pays to prepare for job loss, Boston Globe/BostonWorks

Why Everyone Needs an Agent, Boston Magazine

Even during volatile times IT executives can prosper, Boston Business Journal

Is this all there is?, Women’s Business

Managing your biotech career in Massachusetts, Mass High Tech

Boston at the Crossroads: Part 3 – Boston’s Talent Pool, WBUR

Any Which Way But Up, American Executive

Temporarily at the Top: Interim CEOs are slowly but surely gaining in popularity, Boston Business Journal

Steve Case’s Second Act, Forbes

Definition of retirement is changing for the boomers, Mass High Tech

For-profit execs eye move to nonprofits, Boston Business Journal

The road not taken on career change path, HR Magazine

Alumni in the News

Heavy Lifting at the Food Bank, BusinessWeek (featuring alum Carol Tienken)

Plan B, Boston Globe Magazine (featuring alum Tim Allen)

Trading Downtown for the Cape, Boston.com pictorial (featuring alum Rick Lavin)

From Boardroom to Body Shop, Boston Magazine (featuring alum Tim Allen)

A value judgment: For some baby boomers, chasing their ideals - despite the pay cut - makes life more fulfilling, Boston Globe/BostonWorks (featuring alum Roberta Hurtig)

Get ready for your second act: Meet five former corporate climbers who’ve left the cubicle behind to follow their lifelong passions, Fortune (featuring alum Jamie Jaffee)

Career Connection
Consultants from Essex and several of our sister companies contributed articles to the Career Connection column in the former print edition of jobfind.com. Below is a selection of the articles that originally appeared in this Boston Herald publication.

Managing Age Discrimination by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Your Shadow Resume by Kris Girrell, Camden Consulting Group
The Public Statement: Explaining Why You Left by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Virtual or Vagabond? by Kris Girrell, Camden Consulting Group
The Energy Factor in the Job Interview by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Combating the Futility: Finding an Executive Position is No Bait and Switch by Kris Girrell,
Camden Consulting Group
Leaving the Right Way by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Building a Success Advisory Team by Kris Girrell, Camden Consulting Group
Does Networking Really Work? A Few Caveats by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Five Ways to Get a Raise by Kris Girrell, Camden Consulting Group
Assessing an Organization's Culture - Before You Join by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Reconnecting with Your Lost Purpose by Kris Girrell, Camden Consulting Group
Should You Start a Consulting Business? Five Questions to Consider by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Regaining Your Confidence After a Career Setback by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Don't Let Your Greatest Strength Become Your Weakness by Kris Girrell, Camden Consulting Group
Learning from the Political Masters: How to Campaign for a Job by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Summer is Ending, It's Time to Get Back to Work! by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Commit to Continuous Learning by Kit Harrington Hayes, formerly of Keystone Associates
Dare to Explore Career Change by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
What to Do When You Feel Stuck in Your Job Search by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
Making the Most of Professional Organizations by Kit Harrington Hayes, formerly of Keystone Associates
Spicing Up Your Daily Work Life by Elaine Varelas, Keystone Partners
Networking: How to Get Your Foot in the Door by Eric Larmer, formerly of Keystone Associates
What's A Parent to Do? by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
Tips for the Introverted Job Seeker by Howard Seidel, Essex Partners
The Five Most Easily Avoided Job-Seeking Mistakes by Elaine Varelas, Keystone Partners
A Fresh Look at Your "Brand" as a Job Seeker by Eric Larmer, formerly of Keystone Associates
Career Plateaus: When to Say "No" to Advancement by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
Transitioning to Management: Look Before you Leap by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
How is Your Career Fit? by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
The Five P's of Job Hunting by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
Career Planning: Is it an Oxymoron? by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
Career Development: Who Does What? by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
360-Degree Feedback: Who Needs It? by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
Do You Need an Executive Coach? by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
Political Savvy: Have You Got It? by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
Derailment: What It Is and What to Do About It by David Montross, Camden Consulting Group
The Best Ways to Develop Your Career and What You Should Avoid at All Cost by David Montross,
Camden Consulting Group