Industry News
Restoring a Competitive Edge for Chicago Switchboard
Roberto Ferranti was looking for a needle in a haystack. The veteran businessman with a wealth of experience in strategic finance had recently accepted the role of CEO of Chicago Switchboard (Chicago, Ill.), a custom builder of electrical distribution equipment with an equally impressive history. Having been in business for more than 80 years, Chicago Switchboard…
Finding the Right Leader for Cabin Creek Brewing
Evan Jeffries is busy. In addition to his position as a Firefighter/ Engineer for the city and county of Denver, Colorado, the energetic, outgoing entrepreneur is the owner of a cattle ranch and co-owner of a natural beef market. With so many irons in the fire, it might come as a surprise to some that he…
Goodwin Recruiting Sees Dramatic Rise in Hiring Activity
It’s hard to believe we are nearly halfway through 2021, but for most organizations and professionals, the greater the distance from 2020, the better! From our vantage point at Goodwin Recruiting, the mid-year mark approaches with excellent news on the hiring and jobs front. From the first of January through mid-May of this year, our open jobs and candidate placements have rapidly increased. We have every reason to believe the bustling activity…
Contingency Search Versus Retained Search
You’ve got a tough position to fill. The war for attracting talent is real. And recruiting top-performing professionals is not easy. Recruiting is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and requires certain expertise. Just because you have an HR department or a Talent Acquisition team doesn’t necessarily mean they have the specialization or the time to tackle every single…
A Map & Compass Will Get Us to Our Destination
We all make choices in life. Choices produce results — both good and bad. The best results come from comparing decisions against your personal or corporate compass. There’s lots of talk about a moral compass, which sounds like it applies to the big decisions, but it applies to all decisions. A person or company’s compass…
Is There a Smile Behind the Mask?
The customer service industry has been turned on its head, closed, and is reinventing itself to re-open. In addition to social distancing, which requires restaurants to lose half their tables and retail to limit their occupancy, all customer-facing personnel are required to wear masks. Beyond that, there are requirements across the country that require masking-up…
Do You Have a Diversity Recruitment Strategy?
Due to recent events, companies are taking a hard look at their diversity recruitment strategies. Some have had to dust off their old ones, and many may have to start from scratch. Either way, diversity in the workplace is essential to the health and wealth of your business. In fact, it has been noted that…
Free to Be…You and Me…EEOC
In 1776, the words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” were penned into the Declaration of Independence as our new nation was formed. In 2020, we are still trying to reflect this reality in the actions of our society. Things were far from equal at that time, but…
Goodwin Recruiting Ranks As One of Forbes America’s Best Professional Recruiting Firms 2020
Goodwin Recruiting is honored to be ranked as one of the top 250 professional recruiting firms in Forbes America’s Best Professional Recruiting Firms for 2020. No matter if you are a job seeker pining for the perfect position or a hiring manager needing assistance finding talent, Goodwin Recruiting is here for you. For over 20…
Creating a Data-Driven Recruitment Process
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, once wrote, “The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.” Data mining and the utilization of big data have been deployed throughout every business function, including Human Resources. Using standard data-driven recruitment metrics has become an essential tool in developing a successful hiring plan….
