by Erica Seidel | Nov 12, 2013
My new husband, age 41, is learning how to drive. We have been practicing together every morning. Which means that I clutch the armrest in utter terror in Boston rush-hour traffic, while gritting my teeth and forcing my voice to be calm, saying, “Next time, let’s...
by Erica Seidel | Sep 25, 2013
Have you ever hired a carpenter? My guess is if you did, you probably didn’t vet that person by saying, “Tell me about a time when you solved a challenging problem.” Instead, you probably said something like, “I have this room that I want to make bigger, but my...
by Erica Seidel | Aug 14, 2013
Over cocktails with my friend J. last week, she mentioned her challenges finding Java programmers for her team. She had tried to partner with several recruiters. But the candidate pipeline she was seeing was as thin as a rail. She needed one recruiter whom she could...
by Erica Seidel | Jul 11, 2013
Do you remember the best conference you ever attended? My most memorable conference was a Sonoma boondoggle, er, rather, leadership retreat hosted by Monitor’s Global Business Network. (May Monitor rest in peace.) At the conference, the organizers watched small...
by Erica Seidel | Jun 11, 2013
Recently I awoke at 2 am to a very odd ‘whoosh’ sound in my bedroom. Whoosh, silence. Whoosh, silence. I tried to ignore it but the whoosh continued. Struggling awake, I realized that there was a bat in the bedroom! I did the natural thing for 2013: Grabbed an...
