More of what Recruiters, Localization Vendors and Employees Look for (the same things we all do): Humility—makes it easier to envision working together collaboratively Appearance—a positive personal appearance helps mitigate doubts Confidence—conducting an interview with confidence is a big plus

Believe the odds of finding a pearl in an Oyster are 1 in 10,000.  I have talked to Language owners who believe the same odds apply to hiring a good sales person.  Some LSP owners maintain they have never hired successful sales people.   Why is it so difficult to find and hire good  sales […]

Globalization Staffing: Finding the elusive Internationalization Engineer/tracking the Yeti   Having worked in the globalization staffing industry for over twenty five years,  a common complaint heard from Localization managers:  “We cannot find a good internalization engineer.”  At Globalization conferences, you can find frustrated senior globalization managers huddled together asking, “Where are they?”  “How do we […]

I cannot count the number of times at a party, an event or during a job interview, an American says to me that they speak two languages or are fluent in French, for example.  When you peel away fact from fiction (which can be difficult when we live in a political climate of double talk/hypocrisy) […]