Jobs are plentiful thanks to the Great Job Resignation of 2021. In particular, the digital marketing and advertising landscape looks great. LinkedIn says digital marketing is one of its top ten listed…
The Great Resignation: I Have To Get Out Of Here
“No matter how hard you work or how successful you are, it’s not good enough.” This is what I joked to a colleague years ago during a brief stint in the 90s.…
A Gardener’s Guide To Recruiting: All Trees Must Fall
I spent an inordinate amount of time over the last 18 months wandering my garden and talking with people on the phone… both clients and candidates. Zoom fatigue set in long ago…
Hiring Amid Change: Retaining and Attracting Talent In The Wake Of The Pandemic
2021 is turning out to be a great reset for many companies. The industry is coming back in full force, and suddenly we’re in a candidate’s market. This unique set of circumstances…
A Gardener’s Guide to Recruitment – One Year Later
Last year at this time, I published an article about spring pruning. It was the height of Covid and lock-down and I was in a cold, panicked sweat wondering what the next…
A Gardener’s Guide to Difficult Decisions: Spring Pruning
My garden has been one of the few solaces during this time… A reminder that life goes on and there is still beauty and hope. I’ve always equated gardening with hiring. I…
The Challenges (and Joys) of Hiring from Home
Work, and life, as we know it isn’t going to snap right back to the way things were, but history shows us that someday soon we’ll be asking ourselves, “Did it really…
What To Do When The Unthinkable Happens
Starting a business is always an act of optimism. I opened Searchlight in May 2001 which was in the middle of the dot-com bust. I reminded myself that summer is a slow…
How to Cope When Your Job Turns Into a Pumpkin…
…Because it happens–that awesome job with the dynamic, open, communicative leaders, the one where you had just enough responsibility to feel challenged, but never so much that you were overwhelmed, that job…
A Gardener’s Guide to Recruiting: Why Diversity Matters
A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to join the IAB’s iDiverse task force which has been a great experience. A lot of time has been spent identifying the reasons…