Movement Blog: Expert Insights on Hiring & Career Growth

26 Aug '26

The Questions to Ask at the End of a Job Interview That Are Memorable

Why Most End of Interview Questions Fail to Make Any Impression at All Every job interview ends the same way. The hiring manager finishes their questions, leans back, and asks if you have anything you would like to know. For a candidate who prepared thoroughly for every behavioral question and researched the company in advance, […]

24 Aug '26

Why the Week After Labor Day Is the Most Competitive Hiring Market of the Year

Why September Rivals January as the Most Active Hiring Month of the Year There is a moment every year when the hiring market shifts from summer drift to full acceleration, and it arrives faster than most organizations expect. That moment is the week after Labor Day. Professional recruiters and headhunters observe this dynamic every year […]

19 Aug '26

What It Actually Takes to Break into Executive Search

Contingency Recruiting Teaches You Speed, Executive Search Requires Something Different Contingency recruiting is where most professional recruiters start. It is fast, competitive, volume-driven, and built on the ability to move quickly, build a candidate pipeline, and close placements before a competing firm does. It teaches real skills, and it produces real results. It is also […]

17 Aug '26

What Interview Questions Should You Actually Be Asking?

The Reason Your Interviews Are Not Producing Great Hires Hiring managers spend more time preparing for interviews than most realize, and yet the questions they end up asking are often the same ones that have been asked in every interview room for decades. Tell me about yourself. What is your greatest weakness? Where do you […]

12 Aug '26

Candidates Keep Declining Your Job Offers: Here Is Why

If Top Candidates Keep Saying No to Your Offers, the Problem Started Long Ago Most companies track time to fill and cost per hire. Far fewer track offer decline rate with any rigor, and even fewer treat a declined offer as information worth analyzing rather than a disappointment to move past. That is a significant […]

10 Aug '26

What to Do in the First 30 Days After Getting Laid Off

Laid Off? Here’s What to do During the First 30 Days After A layoff hits differently than most career setbacks. Even when the signs were there, the moment it becomes official carries a weight that is hard to prepare for. The natural impulse for most professionals is to move immediately, update the resume that night, […]

05 Aug '26

How Much of a Salary Increase Should You Ask for When Changing Jobs?

How Do You Ask for a Higher Salary Without Losing the Offer? One of the most consistent patterns in the professional labor market is that the fastest path to a meaningful salary increase is changing employers rather than waiting for one. Internal raises, even strong ones, tend to be constrained by budget cycles, compensation bands, […]

03 Aug '26

Should You Accept a Counteroffer? Here Is What the Data Actually Says

The Counteroffer Feels Like a Win. For Most Professionals, It Is Not. You handed in your resignation. You have an offer from another company that excites you, compensation that reflects your market value, and a clear sense that it is time for a change, then your manager asks you to wait. An hour later, HR […]

29 Jul '26

How to Close a Candidate Who Has Another Offer on the Table

When a Candidate Has Two Job Offers, Speed and Relationship Win Every Time You have been running a search for weeks. You have found the right person, moved them through your process, and everything is pointing toward an offer. Then your recruiter calls with news you did not want to hear: your top candidate just […]

28 Jul '26

How to Start a Mid-Career Job Search When the Market Has Changed

What Should Mid-Career Professionals Do Before Updating Their Resume? The mid-career job search is one of the most disorienting experiences a professional can go through, and not because of a lack of qualifications. Most mid-career professionals who have been with the same company for five, eight, or ten-plus years are highly capable, deeply experienced, and […]