May 12, 2010

The Cameron-Brooks JMO and the Current State of the Economy

If you have the opportunity to follow economic news, you know that it has been quite a dramatic couple of weeks with ups and downs in the stock market, concerns about the Greek financial situation, 290,000 jobs created in April (largest increase since 2008) which followed an increase of a total of 121,000 jobs created … Continue reading “The Cameron-Brooks JMO and the Current State of the Economy”

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April 20, 2010

Cameron-Brooks Candidate Success and Satisfaction – Part II

After I published my previous blog post “JMO Headhunter – Candidate Success and Satisfaction,” http://blog.cameron-brooks.com/2010/04/08/jmo-headhunter-candidate-success-and-satisfaction/, I received an e-mail from a Cameron-Brooks alumnus from last year’s April Conference and another Cameron-Brooks alumnus posted a “One Year Post Conference Reflections” on our Discussion Forums.  This e-mail and post further underscore my point of the high level … Continue reading “Cameron-Brooks Candidate Success and Satisfaction – Part II”

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March 31, 2010

Air Force Expanded Force Management Program

Recently, the Air Force expanded their efforts to meet lower targeted manning levels through the Force Management Program (aka Force Shaping).  High levels of retention have led to challenges in meeting career field, skill and overall personnel strength goals.  If you are currently an officer in the Air Force and are exploring career options because … Continue reading “Air Force Expanded Force Management Program”

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November 12, 2009

Department of Labor September Report on Job Openings

The U.S. Labor Department announced yesterday that domestic  job openings rose by 57,000 in September to 2.48 million. A 3-month high.  While this is a positive sign that there are more job openings in the market, the report also stated that an average of 6.1 unemployed workers are competing for each job opening.  This is why the jobless … Continue reading “Department of Labor September Report on Job Openings”

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October 6, 2009

JMO Leadership Lessons from General Tommy Franks

General Tommy Franks was speaking recently at a Conference in Austin, TX on the topic of Leadership.  Typical of General Franks, he talked about leadership with a kind of common sense that today seems to be pretty uncommon.  General Franks told a story of a young lieutenant who declared his intention to one day become … Continue reading “JMO Leadership Lessons from General Tommy Franks”

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July 30, 2009

Ethics in a JMO Career Search

For the last week of July, I wanted to write a post on ethics – what they are and why they are important.  What seemed to me to be an easy topic to understand became very hard when I began to try to explain.  I reviewed  notes from my Notre Dame Business Ethics class 12 years ago … Continue reading “Ethics in a JMO Career Search”

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June 22, 2009

Cameron-Brooks June 2009 Career Conference

Results from the June 2009 Career Conference

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March 20, 2009

The Economy – How is it Impacting Cameron-Brooks Candidates’ Career Searches?

We are staying in close contact with all of the candidates enrolled in the Cameron-Brooks Development and Preparation Program during this unique economy.  Whether or not you are enrolled in our program, this posting will provide you with information on what economic trends Cameron-Brooks is seeing. One cannot escape the constant news of doom and … Continue reading “The Economy – How is it Impacting Cameron-Brooks Candidates’ Career Searches?”

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