OOO: The MeeDerby team is spending the next 3 days at our annual RETREAT. We will be spending time reviewing 2025, what 2026 has in store for the team and breaking bread together on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The team will get back to your emails in a timely… Read more »

Congratulations to Vanessa Janus on being named Chief Workforce Solutions Officer at Prolink Janus departed from previous role as Vice President of Global MSP Solutions at KellyOCG. Here at MeeDerby, we seek to highlight women who elevate into leadership roles all across the staffing industry as we are an industry… Read more »

Dan Veitkus of Corsica Partners spoke with Hunt Scanlon Media for their recent piece, “Executive Hiring Tightens Now, Sets Stage for Selective Rebound in 2026.” “What I’m seeing is a move from expansion hiring to precision hiring at the executive level,” said Dan Veitkus, managing partner and CEO of Corsica… Read more »

Where in the world is MeeDerby? Yesterday, Sue Jagan, Kim Whiteley, Robin Mee and Anisha Fernandes had a wonderful dinner together in Germantown, MD ahead of retreat! Anisha flew in from Dublin, Ireland and is working alongside Sue for the week.  The team is looking forward to getting together next… Read more »

In this week’s Increase Diversity newsletter, Jenn Tardy shares “Quiet Wins, Big Impact: 25 CHROs Pushing Equity Forward.” Chief HR Officers play a huge role in how equity and inclusion can play out in a large organization. Tardy highlights 25 companies and their efforts surrounding this. You can read more… Read more »

Staffing Industry Analysts have published their Bullhorn Staffing Indicator for the week ending on September 27th.  US Staffing remained relatively flat with a 0.1% increase while staffing hours came in at -4% Y/Y.  You can read more in the full article here. #staffingindustry #executivesearch #leadershipsearch #jobsinstaffing

Congratulations to both Robin Mee, CEO & Founder of MeeDerby, and Kim Whiteley, President of MeeDerby, on both being named to the Staffing Industry Analysts Global Power 150 list! The Global Power 150 Women in Staffing honors senior leaders and executives whose strategic vision and decisive actions set the stage for growth… Read more »

Congratulations to Simon Crichton on being named CEO of Harvey Nash!   Crichton departs from his previous role as Managing Director of Experis UK.   You can read the full press release on the recent move via Hunt Scanlon Media linkedin below.   https://huntscanlon.com/harvey-nash-appoints-ceo/   #staffingindustry #executivesearch #leadershipsearch #jobsinstaffing

THRIVE Live is just one week away! This preconvention event is taking place from Oct. 5-6 at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, FL right before the American Staffing Association’s Staffing World 2025. The Women In Leadership Interest Group sponsors all THRIVE events and is bringing in… Read more »

A recent report put together by Indeed’s Hiring Lab has found that “The Squeeze on New Entrants Mirrors a Marketwide Decline.” Based on the September 2025 Job Market data, there does appear to be a slowdown but not one that is amounting to a crisis. What it does show is… Read more »