Tony interviews Rich Lavinski: Rich tells the story of a recent consulting assignment and how it went awry for his candidates in the same way that the recent "gas shortage" drove the prices of gasoline up.

Tony interviews Rich Lavinski: The lesson he and his consultants learned from the previous situation and how it affects them going forward. Don’t be greedy!

Tony interviews Don Philabaum: What does it mean to recent college grads when an organization like an Amazon moves into an area? What are the ways that you approach an organization like Amazon to get hired by them?

Tony interviews Rich Lavinksi. Rich, our expert at consulting, discusses the top 10 reasons as to why a person should leave public accounting and consulting and go into the private sector. On top of having to keep track of every six minutes of your day, he confirms that working a 70 hour week and traveling 50% of the time is less than glamorous. Anyone in public accounting will want to listen to this interview.

In Tony's interview with Rich Lavinksi, Rich continues to explain the last five reasons of why leaving public accounting might be good for your career. Being "capped” at the partner level becomes a shock after 20 to 25 years. The variety of experience and skill is not varied by staying in public accounting. Rich explains how to keep that from happening.

Tony discusses how to begin negotiating a job offer. Most people start out negotiating a job offer without even thinking about a number of different things. Just how badly does the hiring authority need to hire someone? How many other people is that hiring authority interviewing? This podcast will share with you how to assess just how strong your position might be.

In this session Tony discusses what to say when there's a big difference between the money that a hiring authority is offering and the money the candidate would like to have. Tony offers specific scripts that are successful in getting more money in the base salary without running the risk of losing the opportunity. These are non-confrontational, "we are all in this together" types of the statements that keep the conversation from becoming adversarial.

Tony discusses how to begin negotiating a job offer. Most people start out negotiating a job offer without even thinking about a number of different things. Just how badly does the hiring authority need to hire someone? How many other people is that hiring authority interviewing? This podcast will share with you how to assess just how strong your position might be.

Tony discusses how to begin a job offer negotiation. This session will discuss the kind of questions you ask the hiring authority in the very beginning of the negotiation process. Tony recommends how to step back and put yourself in the shoes of the hiring authority. He discusses the #1 rule for negotiating a job offer

Tony interviews Rich Lavinski, who has managed in the IT, human resources, finance and accounting consulting business since 1981. They discuss the do’s and the don'ts in recruiting for the consulting and accounting/consulting professions. Hiring consultants today is quite a bit different than it used to be. "One size" does not fit all! Rich discusses the trends of what these organizations need to do to be successful.