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The end of the year provides a natural space for reflection. No matter where you are in your career journey, these moments to pause and evaluate are a crucial part of building an intentional path toward your goals. Whether you’re aiming for that next promotion, considering a job search to take on new challenges or […]

Every leader wants to grow, whether that means hitting the next revenue goal or going all the way to an IPO. But growth isn’t glamorous. It’s what Scott Belsky calls “the messy middle” or the chaotic space between starting up and scaling up.     Growing is rarely graceful – especially when it’s happening faster than you

One of the things we’re asked about most during an intro call is interview preparation – specifically, how it looks different as a senior level candidate. While there’s no shortage of tips online for fresh college grads, how you prepare for interviews changes as you move through your career. While all the basics still apply

Whether you’re looking to land a new job, grow into a leadership role, make a career pivot or reenter the workforce after a break, working with a career coach can be a game-changer. Once you’ve decided to take that first step, the real work begins. Career coaching can look differently depending on your coach, your

In today’s workforce, the average person will have four to five careers. This means you’ll jump between positions, companies or industries more than once – potentially taking away that straight line of career progression that past generations followed. The responsibility for charting your career path is firmly in your court, and that path isn’t always

When making their next hire, most companies focus on the resume. Skills, experience and education are all important pieces of the puzzle, but they aren’t the whole picture. What’s often missing is alignment with a company’s core values – a critical component in identifying true culture fit. Too often, this is overlooked during the hiring

Change is a fact of life, especially in business. People come and go as their career goals and trajectories shift, but sometimes those shifts are hard to plan for. When seats in your organization become vacant, it’s natural to initially focus on the immediate impacts transitions cause like lower team capacity, timeline delays due to

The job market is weird right now. Top talent flies off the market, and more candidates are directly recruited  from other companies than hired from direct applications. On the other side of that, companies are proceeding cautiously to make decisions about additional resources or new directions in times that feel uncertain. Hiring is a multi-faceted

The employment landscape is constantly changing, and as 2025 continues to unfold, we’re seeing a clear shift. In the sea that is modern-day business, companies are looking for leaders who can read the horizon, make a plan and then ride the turbulent waves that come.  It’s no longer about the number of years on your

Have an open position but don’t have the time or resources to manage the hiring process? At Barrel Recruiting, that’s what we do best. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), each unfilled position costs companies an average of $4,129 over a 42-day vacancy period. For sales roles, that number can soar to