Last week, Acumen was honored as one of Oregon’s Most Admired Companies by the Portland Business Journal. Companies earning the #1 spot were invited to give a 30-second speech. Acumen proudly placed #10, up seven spots from 2024, which feels especially meaningful. President and Founder Suzanne Hanifin wanted to share her “speech” because recognition like […]
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Acumen Executive Search is proud to welcome Farrah Burke as our new Director of Business Development. Farrah brings more than 25 years of experience spanning Tech, Health, Government, Service & Retail industries. Known for her strategic vision and operational leadership, she is recognized as a trusted advisor and respected executive with a deep commitment to
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Susan Herschell, Assistant Vice President at Heffernan Insurance Brokers and a referral partner to Acumen shared with us the 2025 Employee Benefits Market Outlook. If your organization is looking for a review, we highly recommend reaching out to Susan at Heffernan. 503-419-5814.
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Go beyond the polished outcomes and hear the unfiltered origin story behind a 17-year executive search firm. How Suzanne Hanifin built Acumen from a single client call into a values-driven organization rooted in trust, relationships, and real impact. It’s a candid look at leadership: knowing your weaknesses, hiring for complementary strengths, and making decisions that
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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