ADAPTING TO THE DIGITAL WORKFORCE
With Hiring in Full Swing, Job Seekers Remain in Control – Hunt Scanlon Media
Low unemployment and high demand for talent is feeding a recruiting environment where job seekers and new employees are more and more in control. CareerBuilder and SilkRoad have released the results of a new joint survey identifying job seekers’ and new employees’ expectations for hiring and onboarding.
Ventura Partners Places Chief Retail Officer at drybar
Ventura Partners Places Chief Retail Officer for drybar – Hunt Scanlon Media
Beverly Hills, CA-based executive recruitment firm Ventura Partners has placed Courtney Gruber as the new chief retail officer for drybar, a blowout hair salon chain. Ventura founder and partner Julie Ford led the search.
Ventura Partners Recruits President for Zildjian
Ventura Partners Recruits President for Zildjian – Hunt Scanlon Media
Executive search firm Ventura Partners has recruited John Stephans as president of the Zildjian Company. He will report directly to chief executive officer Craigie Zildjian. Bob Damon, a partner at Ventura, led the assignment. Mr. Stephans is the former CEO of IdeaPaint.
Creating a Culture of Collaboration, by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief, Hunt Scanlon Media
Ventura Partners’ Founder Julie Ford, along with Robert Damon (Bob Damon), were interviewed by Hunt Scanlon on the topic of how the emergence and evolution of LinkedIn has compelled a new model in the recruiting industry. LinkedIn has made the recruiter’s once sacrosanct golden Rolodex virtually obsolete — and no longer a key networking differentiator. The result is widening demand for a ‘culture of collaboration’ among recruiting partners and between search firms and clients.
Creating a Culture of Collaboration
Oddly enough, LinkedIn has been embraced by search firms even as it threatens them. The dirty little secret in the search business is that LinkedIn has made most proprietary databases somewhat redundant. But while LinkedIn has disintermediated and demystified initial candidate identification, it has also accelerated the recruitment process.