Battlefield to Boardroom: A Path Traveled by Real Heroes

Battlefield to Boardroom: A Path Traveled by Real Heroes

All of the military services have a CODE or a set of values. In the Army, the military’s largest service in terms of personnel follows the following acronym: L-D-R-S-H-I-P Loyalty Duty Respect Selfless Service Integrity Personal Courage Superior problem solving...
Scary Misperceptions of Search Firms

Scary Misperceptions of Search Firms

Executive Recruiters. Headhunters. Recruiting Consultants. Car Salesman. Whatever you call us, sometimes it is justified. Many times, it is not.  #1 – All recruiters are the same. Au contraire! Recruiters can vary in all types of ways: The level at which they...
Our Company Values

Our Company Values

When deployed in 2013-2014 (the early days of Plumlee & Associates), Martin’s wife Amy, and his selfless mother-in-law, Diane, made him a priceless gift: a t-shirt quilt showcasing favorite memories throughout his adult life. It was the perfect encapsulation of...
Spring Cleaning Your Resume

Spring Cleaning Your Resume

We are a little late this year in sharing these recommendations…in fact, Amy and I just completed our outdoor spring cleaning about two weeks ago!  Bottom line:  the tips and tools described below are simply timeless! Please review all of these best practices; please...
Minimizing Stress While Changing Careers: 5 Success Tips

Minimizing Stress While Changing Careers: 5 Success Tips

Now more than ever with the pandemic, it may seem like a crazy time to change careers but sometimes it just needs to happen. You may have had a life change, are experiencing burnout or overwhelming stress, discovered there are no promotional opportunities, or just...
Four Tangible Benefits of Changing Careers

Four Tangible Benefits of Changing Careers

So many of us were ready for the calendar to change from 2020 to 2021…well, how is that working out so far? For a good number of us, 2020 was the year of significant career change. Some were voluntary changes; unfortunately, many were not. Changing...