US job openings soar to record high of 6.3 million This January saw the largest increase in job postings in 2.5 years, with 645,000 new jobs being posted. The economy is booming, and at 4.1% unemployment is at a 17 year low. And that’s for jobs across all industries and levels. When you look at […]
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AI and Executive Search – Art meets Science
I, Robot Over the past few years Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning have become popular subjects of debate. Incredible technological advances are disrupting industries from Advertising to Finance to Transportation and seemingly everything in between. And AI has sprung up as a component of talent acquisition with everything from Chatbots as part of the initial […]
Design a better talent strategy using workforce data
LinkedIn published a helpful blog on the SF Bay Area hiring and workforce trends for 2017. This workforce data can greatly improve your company’s talent strategy in 2018. I have included the link to the article here: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/blog/linkedin-workforce-report-january-2018-san-francisco-ca Valuable workforce data on migration to the San Francisco Bay area is included in the […]
Hiring Trends for 2018 | How to Make a Positive Impact
As we have just began 2018, thought it a great time to focus on the Employer hiring trends for 2018. Indeed published a great survey highlighting hiring trends for the upcoming year. I have included the link here. http://blog.indeed.com/2017/11/27/employer-outlook-2018-survey/ To sum up the hiring trend findings, here are the key points: 61% of companies […]
Understanding the Different Types of Executive Search
This blog post on understanding the different types of executive search has been our most successful so thought it worth a refresh as some of the information has changed since we originally posted. There are different types of Executive Search and each is effective in its own way. The difference is primarily in the level of […]
The Case of UBER: to disrupt a space, do you have to have a disruptive culture?
Sexual harassment scandals. Accused of stealing intellectual property. Flaunting regulations. Billions in value but zero profit. The story of UBER would make any Hollywood screen writer envious of the myriad of plot twists and double dealing that are real life to the ultimate unicorn start up. But the past few months have revealed what happens […]
5 Reasons Why Executive Searches Fail
With the recent announcement that the unemployment rate has dropped below 5%, the task of finding top executive talent has gotten that much harder. We’re in the midst of a talent market which means that A-level executives will need a compelling reason to move from their current role to a position with your company. And […]
3 Signs it is Time to Outsource an Executive Search
With our recent launch of Hager On-Demand, we thought it a good time to share why you may want to outsource your entire executive search or just certain portions. Since our focus is on executive hiring, the focus of this blog is geared specifically to executive search. Of course, there are other reasons to outsource […]
The Critical Difference between Passive Talent and Active Talent
We recently concluded a search for client who asked us to source passive executive level talent for a critical role in their organization. As an Executive Search Firm, it’s not unusual for a client to request us to hunt for successful people who are actively working in their industry and alert them to our client’s […]
When to Use a Retained Executive Search Firm
Retained Executive Search Firms are effective for different reasons The Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) conducted a survey on the use of Retained Executive Search Firms for key openings and compared the choice to other resources used such as internal recruiting departments, contingent recruiters, and RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing). In eight out of nine situations, […]