Forbes Media and Statista recognize The Barrett Group® as one of America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms 2021. This fifth annual award list features companies in the executive search, professional search, and temp staffing categories. The Barrett Group ( www.careerchange.com ) was specifically awarded for Executive Search. Only the top 200 executive search firms focused on candidates earning at least $100,000 received this ranking!

By Peter Irish, CEO of The Barrett Group “ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. “ That is how Charles Dickens began his classic A Tale of Two Cities. …

By Peter Irish, CEO of The Barrett Group As in nature, so in business. Companies come and go. Industries are born, mature, and die out. But what is stunning is the pace of these changes. Will your industry or job even exist in five years? Will it die? Let’s reflect. Being an engineer at, say, General Motors specializing in transmissions or fuel injection used to…

By Peter Irish, CEO of The Barrett Group It is normal for manufacturers and retailers to conduct a year-end inventory so that their balance sheets accurately reflect the value of goods in their warehouses. …

By Peter Irish, CEO of The Barrett Group We have probably all wrestled with automated phone prompts. Or maybe a recalcitrant app that did not want to take the information we were trying to input… Or what about your Siri, Alexa, navigation, or other virtual human interface? No frustration there…

By Peter Irish, CEO of The Barrett Group Include the Relief Rally in your New Year resolutions because clearly something has changed. Yes, Covid-19 is still expanding its grip and is likely to spike in the wake of Thanksgiving in late November. We are sad to see this terrible situation…

By Peter Irish, CEO of The Barrett Group Every time you feel stressed you may want to pause and think about the millions of people who have it worse than you: homeless, jobless, under a ventilator…. it may help. …

By Peter Irish, CEO of The Barrett Group The executive job market is changing as industries reshuffle their priorities due to the Covid-19 virus.

By Peter Irish, CEO of The Barrett Group In the clear light of 20:20 hindsight, do you have regrets? Or even the feeling that your career would have been better if you had done something differently in the past?