Leadership & Hiring Trends
Leadership & Hiring Trends
Olympic Reflections #10: Rosangela’s Tattoo
by Ross Fletcher, DirectorHerd Freed Hartz – Executive Search Olympic Reflections and lessons learned for recruiting I was fortunate to work at seven Olympic Games (and a few Youth Olympics) during my time in broadcasting. For the duration of Paris 2024 I’m sharing a reflection a day. I hadn’t set out to stare at somebody’s…
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Olympic Reflections #9: Communications
by Ross Fletcher, DirectorHerd Freed Hartz – Executive Search Olympic Reflections and lessons learned for recruiting I was fortunate to work at seven Olympic Games (and a few Youth Olympics) during my time in broadcasting. For the duration of Paris 2024 I’m sharing a reflection a day. Great communication is a vital part of what…
Olympic Reflections #8: Bolt
by Ross Fletcher, DirectorHerd Freed Hartz – Executive Search Olympic Reflections and lessons learned for recruiting I was fortunate to work at seven Olympic Games (and a few Youth Olympics) during my time in broadcasting. For the duration of Paris 2024 I’m sharing a reflection a day. If you were looking for a great quote…
Olympics Reflections #7: Transport
by Ross Fletcher, DirectorHerd Freed Hartz – Executive Search Olympic Reflections and lessons learned for recruiting I was fortunate to work at seven Olympic Games (and a few Youth Olympics) during my time in broadcasting. For the duration of Paris 2024 I’m sharing a reflection a day. Transport headaches. At any Olympic event, they’re inevitable. …
Olympic Reflections #5: Fun
by Ross Fletcher, DirectorHerd Freed Hartz – Executive Search Olympic Reflections and lessons learned for recruiting I was fortunate to work at seven Olympic Games (and a few Youth Olympics) during my time in broadcasting. For the duration of Paris 2024 I’m sharing a reflection a day. Working at an Olympic Games was exhausting. But…
Olympic Reflections #4: Resilience
by Ross Fletcher, DirectorHerd Freed Hartz – Executive Search Olympic Reflections and lessons learned for recruiting I was fortunate to work at seven Olympic Games (and a few Youth Olympics) during my time in broadcasting. For the duration of Paris 2024 I’m sharing a reflection a day. Working at an Olympic Games was always a…
Olympic Reflections #3: Across Sectors
by Ross Fletcher, DirectorHerd Freed Hartz – Executive Search Olympic Reflections and lessons learned for recruiting I was fortunate to work at seven Olympic Games (and a few Youth Olympics) during my time in broadcasting. For the duration of Paris 2024 I’m sharing a reflection a day. Working at 11 different Olympics events over a…
Olympic Reflections #2: Interviewing
by Ross Fletcher, DirectorHerd Freed Hartz – Executive Search Olympic Reflections and lessons learned for recruiting I was fortunate to work at seven Olympic Games (and a few Youth Olympics) during my time in broadcasting. For the duration of Paris 2024 I’m sharing a reflection a day. I’ve never kept a proper count but I’m…
Olympic Reflections #1: The People
by Ross Fletcher, DirectorHerd Freed Hartz – Executive Search Olympic Reflections and lessons learned for recruiting I was fortunate to work at seven Olympic Games (and a few Youth Olympics) during my time in broadcasting. For the duration of Paris 2024 I’m sharing a reflection a day. One of the most common questions I’m asked…
Telling Your Story & Helping You Win
by Ross Fletcher 6/4/24 Storytelling is one of the most important tools we have to help find your next top talent. Crafting a compelling narrative of your company and its specific needs is a no-brainer in attracting the right caliber of person to help you move forward. That’s where Herd Freed Hartz excels, and it’s…
Building Your Executive Band: Harmonizing Different Eras of Talent
By Scott Rabinowitz, Partner @ Herd Freed Hartz – Executive Search Imagine Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, creating a band that includes modern icons like Keith Moon, Sheryl Crow, and Marvin Gaye. This unique blend of talents from different eras and genres in one band provides a powerful metaphor for the art…
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3 Ways Unconscious Bias Impacts Your Job Descriptions
by Karen Bertiger, Managing Director As recruiters, it is our responsibility to ensure a fair interview and selection process; much of a company culture’s inclusion and diversity starts with recruiting, and we take this very seriously. We are proud that our data shows we are at or above industry standards for diverse placements. But we…
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Virtual Onboarding
by Karen Bertiger, Managing Director At Herd Freed Hartz our involvement doesn’t end when the candidate accepts the position. The successful onboarding of the employee into the organization will have a lasting impact on that employee’s long-term viability. Part of our responsibility is to help our clients set up new hires for success, but how…
Pivoting to Virtual Hiring
By Karen Bertiger, Managing Director Six months ago most organizations would have shunned the idea of a completely virtual hiring process. How can you assess a candidate’s culture fit without sitting across a table from them? How can you onboard a new employee without those essential impromptu hallway conversations and company immersion? At Herd Freed…
How Job Title Buzzwords Help You Attract Talent
Paul Freed, Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Herd Freed Hartz, was interviewed for a UK article around the trend with companies using new creative buzzwords to attract talent using non-traditional job titles such as “Ninja”, “Rockstar” and “Guru”. See full UK article (published March 2, 2018) HOW JOB TITLE BUZZWORDS CAN HELP YOU ATTRACT TALENT…
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Jim Herd interviewed by CNBC on companies poaching Amazon’s talent pool
Jim Herd, Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Herd Freed Hartz, was interviewed for this CNBC article about the trend of Amazon losing executives as it becomes a prime target for recruiting talent. See full CNBC article (published May 17, 2018) by Eugene Kim Amazon loses another key executive as it becomes a top target for…
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Understanding Retained Search
With a more stable economy, a generational change in business leadership, and increased competition for highly experienced executives, relying on finding your next executive hire through traditional means like colleague referral or networking won’t necessarily find you the right fit, or fill your role quickly. And as the Northwest becomes a magnet for more technology,…
How to Strike through the Competitive Talent Market in Order to Find the Right Candidate
The current competition within the job market is pretty steep, for both employees and employers. Everyone is out there looking for the best candidates, and likewise, candidates are searching among employers to see where they fit best, and fit involves everything from job title, to salary, and more recently, company culture. In many ways, employers…
5 Ways Ineffective Recruiting is Hurting Your Business
You rely on your employees to keep your business running and your customers satisfied, which makes finding the right candidates critical to your success. But let us remind you, in the U.S., managers have an average hiring success rate of only 50%. That’s far too many missed opportunities, and too many unfortunate consequences as a…
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Hook job candidates with your “company sizzle”
(By Karen Bertiger – 2/18/17 published in The Seattle Times) Most company pitches to job candidates tend to start out the same way: either with an innocuous question (Do you want to make a difference by working for an exciting company?) or a dry statement (Company X is a $100M company in the aerospace industry).…
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Recruiting and Hiring Executives to Protect Your Bottom Line
Got an extra $1.5M lying around? According to Geoff Smart and Randy Street in their best selling business book Who, the average hiring mistake costs 15x an employee’s base salary in hard costs and productivity loss. So the cost of a single employee making $100,000 a year leaving your company with or without cause has…
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Create an Excellent Candidate Experience
By Karen Bertiger / Special to The Seattle Times Jobs (published in June 2016) It’s no secret that today’s talent market is highly competitive, but perks and sign-on bonuses aren’t the only way to attract top talent. Creating a positive interview experience can strongly influence a candidate’s interest, as well as create a long-lasting impact…