Today’s guest blogger is Jim Lyons, JD, CPC of LHI Executive Search in the New York City area. LHI is an investigative executive search & research outsourcing firm covering the information technology, capital markets, private equity/venture capital, digital & social media, mobile, cloud, big data, and legal business sectors. Jim has been an NPAworldwide member since 2012 and is currently serving as the past chair of the Board of Directors. Below he reminds recruiters to use the phone as their primary tool.

As you know, AI is the hot topic in the executive search and recruitment space. I could spend my entire work week attending workshops, training sessions and demos on the subject. The availability of AI information to both the in-house corporate recruiter and the outside agency recruiter is limitless. In particular, convention might imply that the outside recruitment and executive search operator better be ahead of the AI curve or be at a competitive disadvantage in the marketplace. Read the rest of this entry »