Beth's blog

I met with a man a few weeks back who had seen me speak at a meeting. His name is Gary Bren, and he is the Managing Partner of Turner Technologies, out of Omaha, Nebraska. He wanted me to teach his directors how to run a hiring process, and he was very proud of his...

At A-list Interviews, we love our clients.  We value them, trust them and consider ourselves true partners in helping them hire the right people to run their organizations.  More importantly, we believe that working in a job you love truly changes your life, and...

My daughter, Katy, graduated from college with a Nursing Degree in 2023. She applied for over 100 jobs that spring/summer in order to land her dream job at a hospital in the Dallas area. She loves her job as an award-winning post-partum nurse, and in July of this...

A few weeks back on a Monday morning, my alarm screamed at me. Too early, truth be told. The weather was cold, the sky dark, and all I wanted to do was turn over and go back to sleep. I had a long day ahead of me, so I sighed loudly and rolled out of bed. I dragged...

I had a wonderful conversation with a former client yesterday, who is looking for a very specific person to fill a very specific position, and he asked me what I thought about the labor market. Here are my thoughts: Everywhere you look there is a report of more...

Last week, I was scheduled to present to a group of business owners in Omaha, Nebraska. I got on the plane on Tuesday on time, and we took off. On the 1 hour flight to Omaha, we got ½ way there and turned around, because a woman on the plane had a medical emergency....

I have a former client in the tech industry who called me out of the blue. He said that he was worried that he had just gotten off a zoom interview with a fake candidate. I said “How did you know?” “Well… frankly, I am just not sure.” I will tell you this: he is right...

I had a client call the other day, and we were talking about his company culture. He was telling me about his company core values and how he has worked so hard on developing a culture that he is proud of. Then, out of the blue, my client asked me “Do you have a trust...

If you haven’t read part 1, read it here. When I made my horrible bad hire that made national news, I immediately started reading every hiring book I could get my hands on. I needed help! I needed guidance on how to hire people so that I could run my restaurant. It...