Deb McClanahan

"Tips from the Recruiter"

Deb McClanahan, Principal of BroadBand HR Consulting, helps companies with Executive Search and HR Consulting. She has also developed a practice in Expert Testimony helping clients with challenging immigration and employment matters. Attorneys across the country rave about her success rate on these cases. For Executive Search, Deb services high tech, biotech and medical device companies as well as other businesses by finding and attracting extremely qualified people. Whether it is VP, Director, or individual contributor level, Deb specializes in hard to find talent.

Prior to starting BroadBand HR Consulting, Deb worked in-house at software and hardware companies in the Valley. Her experience also includes years in Manufacturing management and numerous HR roles at General Motors. She has also mentored in various incubator groups and supported non-profit career development and other organizations. Her degree from Georgia Tech has prepared her well to contribute in a variety of ways to both technical and business process challenges well beyond the traditional borders of HR. Deb currently serves as Secretary and Communications Director for the Women in Consulting Organization, having been active in the group for many years.

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Be Memorable (Part 2)
December 16, 2011 by Deb McClanahan
Another Head Hunter friend always says that she remembers the
interesting stories candidates tell her. This is tricky - the story needs to: 
 

   *   demonstrate something important for the role that you seek
 
   *   not be too long (30-45 seconds in my book)


   *   demonstrate a sense of who you are in the world and how you interact


   *   not demean any group (yes, those ethnic jokes are way out)

   *   be authentic as well as memorable 

 

 

 
 
So, what does this all mean to you? Think about your own personal history
and see if there is an amusing and memorable incident that is easy to understand
as an object lesson about who you are.
 
As to relating to a key performance factor for the job you seek,
if you are looking for a project manager role, think about some demonstration
of personal organization that occurred when you were in your teens.
Or think about an early demonstration of your entrepreneurial nature -
I have another friend that started a cookie business at 10 - way beyond the Kool-aid stand we all did.
 
Another recruiter friend has memorable standards for handshakes. This is more
a "weed out the negatives" than a positive standard. But it is another way
to be memorable.
 
So think about ways to have your discussion with me (whether on the phone or
in person). Give me an easy way to have you filed in my mental database. If you make it easy for me, I will remember you and think of you every time I have an opportunity that is close to what you do.
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