In a special episode of the Hiring For Good podcast, Molly Norton, Senior Director of Talent, interviews Suzanne Hanifin, the President and Founder of Acumen Executive Search, to celebrate the firm’s 17th anniversary. Known for her insightful interviews with leaders from across various sectors, Suzanne steps into the spotlight herself for this unique conversation. This […]
Acumen is honored to have partnered with the Board and staff of Housing Works to find their next impactful Executive Director who will continue to drive their mission of affordable housing production throughout Central Oregon. Congratulations to Housing Works and Lynne McConnell, JD who has been deeply involved in the full span of housing initiatives
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Welcome to Acumen Executive Search’s Hiring For Good Newsletter! Since we released the Hiring For Good podcast in January of this year we’ve received a great deal of interest and feedback regarding our conversations on leadership. With so much interest in the topic, we’ve decided to launch a quarterly newsletter that shares stories of impactful
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Industry Report – Executive Insights The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their first read on August’s labor market. Download and read LinkedIn‘s Global Executive Insights.
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As an English major, I loved studying critical theory. Wolfgang Iser’s “Reader Response Theory” was my favorite approach to eliciting meaning from a text. In RRR, Iser suggests that the meaning of any work is unique to the reader, as each person brings to it their own understanding and repertoire of experiences. The best readers
We are delighted to announce that Tanis Morris has joined Acumen as Director of Business Development. She resonates with Acumen’s mission of providing high-quality, mission-driven executive search services. She is proud to participate in the process of bringing transformative and impactful leaders to client organizations, to work for a certified Woman Owned Business with a
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The Acumen team had a special afternoon of acupuncture, micro-needling, and self-care to celebrate our fearless leader Suzanne Hanifin’s big day. As a small, woman-owned business we were excited to partner with Karly Bannister of Keahi Health for our event — she gets “glowing” reviews.
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Karen Anderson, my longtime friend and colleague of Acumen Executive Search, is ready to follow and focus on her dream. For the past several years, Karen has been building Navarra Gardens, a 14-acre indoor and outdoor Corporate Retreat and Event Venue – which is now an open and welcoming business. Throughout our 20+ years of friendship, Karen
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We are pleased to announce Felicia Wells-Thomas has joined Acumen Executive Search as a Client Manager and will be helping leading businesses find executive candidates and leaders. Interconnectedness inspires Felicia. “I want to be the concierge of the World.” Her forte is finding solutions that benefit people, organizations, and communities by aligning goals and visions. As a
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“Around one in five American workers are now bound by a non-compete, and a significant body of research shows that non-competes reduced wages overall. They don’t just reduce wages for the workers that are directly subject to a non-compete, but they actually have a market-wide effect, which is quite striking,” stated Lina Khan, chairperson of
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