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Travis & Co.

There’s a sucker born every minute

February 23, 2015 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

There's a sucker born every minute

By Mike Travis

P.T. Barnum is alleged to have said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Yet even he would be astounded by the way in which cities compete to host the Olympic Games. One of the latest suckers is my home city, Boston.

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Bad Karma: Signs a candidate is about to reject your offer

February 20, 2015 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

Top 3 reasons your 510(k) submission was rejected – Part I

By Mike Travis

Excerpted with permission from the author’s book, Mastering the Art of Recruiting (Praeger Publishers, January 2015)

When the candidate is motivated to join and you’ve made a reasonable offer, discussions tend to go smoothly and amicably. There’s a spirit of “Let’s make this work.”

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Seven fatal interviewing mistakes

February 13, 2015 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

Seven fatal interviewing mistakes

By Mike Travis

Sadly, many candidates make simple missteps that quickly terminate their candidacies. Here are the most common mistakes I’ve seen in 20 years of executive recruiting:

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Personnel Moves, Recruiting, Travis & Co.

The employment market is strong, and getting stronger

February 6, 2015 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

The employment market is strong, and getting stronger

By Mike Travis

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Personnel Moves, Recruiting, Travis & Co.

2014 in review: Changes at the top for medical device companies

December 22, 2014 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

2014 in review: Changes at the top for medical device companies

There was a revolving door on medtech’s corner office this year, with more than 35 CEOs leaving their positions through planned transitions, retirement or termination, according to a MassDevice.com analysis.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Allergan, ConMed Corp., Covidien, GI Dynamics, Insulet, Personnel Moves, Philips, Travis & Co.

Executive hiring forecast for 2011

January 8, 2011 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

by Mike Travis

2011 is shaping up to be a good year for executive hiring. An improving business climate, a loosening of VC investment, and a hint that the public markets are reopening are all cause for optimism.

Executive search firms are seeing concrete evidence of the improving economy. At a recent meeting of New England executive search consultants, the vast majority of us reported a strong uptick in business starting last summer. The two publicly-held search firms, KornFerry and Heidrick & Struggles, have also reported robust growth.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, News Well Tagged With: Recruiting, Travis & Co.

When do interim and part-time executives make sense?

February 15, 2010 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

by Mike Travis

Interim and part-time executives are excellent solutions for companies that face specific management challenges. When does it make sense to use them? Following is an overview, along several real world examples.

Interim executives

Interim executives serve on a temporary basis. Sometimes they act as caretakers while a permanent person is recruited; other times they are hired to address specific issues, after which a permanent manager can take over.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News Tagged With: Recruiting, Travis & Co.

Executive hiring forecast for 2010

January 11, 2010 By MassDevice Leave a Comment

by Mike Travis

First, some good news. In 2009, executive hiring in medical devices held up better than almost all other industries.

Now for the bad news: In absolute terms it was still awful. At no point in my 15 years as an executive search consultant have I known more top people who have been out of work for so long.

What’s in store for 2010? Over the last year forecasts have been worthless, so I’ve been listening to people who run businesses. Based on what they’re saying, I expect modest improvement, but nothing dramatic. If 2009 was a hurricane, the forecast for 2010 is cloudy with a chance of rain, with possible clearing later in the year.

It’s a painful exercise, but here’s a quick review of why 2009 was so weak for executive hiring.

Filed Under: Business/Financial News Tagged With: Recruiting, Travis & Co.

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