Kula Consulting Blog

 I try to visit Maui at least once a year to pay a visit to the place that inspired me to start Kula Consulting. It’s a small town on Mt. Haleakala called Kula.  This month my wife and I spent ten days on Maui and made a trip not only to Kula, but to the […]

The Kula blog normally covers the local job market for accounting talent, plus some “how to” tips on hiring or finding a job.  But, today is April 15th.  Tax Day!  So, I’m taking this opportunity to offer my thoughts on current events.  I will admit up front this blog is editorial, so skip it if […]

One of the best ways to move this blog up the search results list is to include key words like” Brangelina”, “JLO”, “Brett Favre” or “Tiger” in the text.  March Madness, or Jesse James, would help today as they are at the top of the internet buzz list.  Or I could stoop to throw in […]

Back in September, 2009 we started seeing an up-tick in new search assignments.  Not a huge number, but enough to brighten our days.  Many of the new assignments were for controller-level people for V.C. funded companies looking to build a finance organization.  We had not seen many of these search assignment since Q1 in 2008.  […]

My last posting discussed my job market forecast for 2010.  Once again I was swamped with responses - - - thanks Mom, for reading!  But, the beauty of blogging is believing you have something valuable to say, and that someone else will think so as well.  But, I digress.  Let’s start with a premise that […]

 A major part of a recruiter’s success is knowing what’s going on in the job market and getting in front of trends in the local market.  Since we talk to hundreds of people every week we get an opportunity to ask them what they think about business trends in the Valley and how they are […]

 Since my last posting we have been in contact with over 200 senior financial executives to get their thoughts on the economic climate for 2010.  This wasn’t a scientific survey, as we contacted people we knew and have done business with over the past two to three years.  So, it’s not a random sample of […]

Please forgive me for posting this number crunching blog, but I cannot help it!  I spent about fifteen years in accounting before getting in the placement business, and always seem to be the person in this business that takes on the “number” tasks.  Hopefully, some of you reading this also appreciate knowing the facts and […]

This past week I’ve spoken to several people who have been doing contract/temp assignments for at least a couple of years.  I asked them why they worked contract instead of regular fulltime, and what they liked and disliked about contract work.  Their responses are very similar to the ones I’ve heard over my twenty plus […]

With our national unemployment rate at 10.2 percent and the broader measure of unemployed and under-employed’s at 17 percent, it’s not easy being optimistic about the future.  Throw-in global warming, a continuing global banking crisis, two wars (with just USA involvement) and the collapse of both the Niners and Raiders and having a positive outlook […]