“What was your favorite placement?”   We sat down with the MeeDerby team to ask them about their favorite placement throughout their careers and today we are hearing from Jennifer Tucker, Director and Executive Recruiter.    Tucker shares the story of her first direct hire placement ever and the excitement… Read more »

In this week’s Increase Diversity newsletter, Jenn Tardy shares “Critical Lessons for Increasing Diversity, Equity, and Retention from Lily Zheng’s DEI Deconstructed.” Among the lessons identified: Lesson #1: Intentions Don’t Get Results—Impact Does Lesson #2: Address Power Dynamics and Shift Power Lesson #3: Identity Matters—a Lot Lesson #4: Don’t Stick… Read more »

Randstad’s State of U.S. Hiring Survey has just been released and among its findings, “Hiring Plans on the Rise: More than 6 in 10 U.S. Companies Plan to Add New Positions in the First Half of 2025.” According to the report, the three prevailing factors that contributed to these findings… Read more »

Tim Tolan, Managing Partner of The Tolan Group, sat with Hunt Scanlon Media to cover “Executive Search in 2024: Challenges, Trends, and Hopes for a Hiring Resurgence in 2025.” Among the findings of this year and what next year may bring, the focus is on speculative growth despite 2024 being… Read more »

Congratulations to Chandra Dhandapani on being named CEO of Magnit! She departs her previous CEO post at CBRE, a commercial real estate firm, where she also held Chief Digital Officer and Chief Transformation Officer titles.  Here at MeeDerby, we seek to highlight women who elevate into leadership roles all across… Read more »

Great Opportunity Alert!  Technical Recruiter, IT/Engineering Staffing – Irving, TX 3+ years agency staffing experience required Our client’s IT Recruiting team is exploding in growth. They are seeking talented, enthusiastic, and career-minded individuals to help us capitalize on this amazing opportunity. The ideal candidate is highly motivated with a passion… Read more »

In this week’s Increase Diversity newsletter, Jenn Tardy discusses “The Story of Job Interviews and Assessments (+ Their Risk of Hiring Bias).” Both are still common practice today in determining your talent pool and making a hire but it’s important to understand their origins. To understand how to make the… Read more »

Congratulations to Jenn Tardy on publishing her 250th Increase Diversity newsletter!  This piece of content is a mainstay on the MeeDerby feed as it is jam packed with so many fantastic recruiting tips and perspectives that can help all of us in this dynamic and diverse industry continue to better… Read more »

Will you be at this year’s TechServe Alliance Executive Summit 2024? Taking place from today November 18th-20th at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale, AZ, this summit will bring “together owners, executives, and managers of IT Staffing & Engineering Staffing and Solutions firms to explore the strategies, tactics and technologies… Read more »

A recent Hunt Scanlon Media article dives into a subject many of us in search have encountered, “Counteroffers in Focus: Risks, Realities, and the Road to Retention Success.”  As seen through the experience of TSI Group, the discussion is centered around the candidate and client effects as well as what… Read more »