What to do with the rest of my day? Today there is no use in making anymore terrible phone calls like the last few. I can't form a sentence correctly. I can't overcome an objection to save my life - and I give up! Since I still need a job, I cannot just go home and take the dogs for a walk, so what do I do? 

On days like this, when everything I say comes out wrong and I dread the next call - find a way to be productive. Sometimes calling "friendlies" helps get me out of a rut. You…

I found the perfect candidate for a new client recently. He is everything the client described as being an ideal fit. I should mention this is in an extremely tight market sector, where everybody knows everybody, or at least “knows of” everybody.  The problem is that this candidate’s current employer also knows he is very valuable and has him working on the top projects, in the corner office with a nice comp package. It seemed as if this was too much of a long shot, but that is what my job…