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Meet AI: Your Next CEO Artificial Intelligence could become your next CEO. And if you follow the logic of what that really means, you might… Meet AI: Your Next CEO
Krista Bradford is CEO of the retained executive search firm The Good Search and of its research division Intellerati. A former award-winning television journalist and investigative reporter, Ms. Bradford now pursues truth, justice, and great talent in the executive suite.
Meet AI: Your Next CEO Artificial Intelligence could become your next CEO. And if you follow the logic of what that really means, you might… Meet AI: Your Next CEO
To Recruit Rock Stars, It Helps to Know Them Headhunters regularly say they recruit rock stars, but few know what that really means. The vast… To Recruit Rock Stars, It Helps to Know Them
What Adoption Did to Steve Jobs. You may wonder what a blog post entitled, “What Adoption Did to Steve Jobs” is doing in a blog… What Adoption Did to Steve Jobs
Selecting the Right Search Firm Type The first step to selecting a search firm is deciding what search firm type you need. If you are a… Selecting the Right Type of Search Firm
Stalking the Elusive Retained Recruiter You’re The Perfect Executive Candidate Executive coaches and mentors often advise senior leaders to cultivate a relationship with a leading… How to Get to Know a Retained Executive Recruiter
Tech Companies Say They Want Black Coders So Where Are They? In an article about Silicon Valley diversity, Bloomberg BusinessWeek asks a simple question about… Black Coders and Silicon Valley Diversity
Gender Equity for Working Women Needs Work Gender equity for working women needs work. The 7th annual McKinsey’s Women in the Workplace 2021 lays out… Gender Equity for Working Women Needs Work
The Silence Breakers Beget The Pay Raisers Equal Pay for Women Equal pay is my wish for women everywhere. (In fact, it is my wish… The Silence Breakers Beget The Pay Raisers
Find Your Calling How to find your calling depends on how your life unfolds. You may have always known what you want to be when… How to Find Your Calling | Video
What Headhunters Look For in LinkedIn Profiles Listed below is a Top 20 “hot list” of the things that headhunters look for in the LinkedIn… Top 20 Things Headhunters Want to See in LinkedIn Profiles
For Essential Leaders, Go Local Since COVID-19 arrived, it has created significant challenges for companies seeking leadership talent. Those challenges are making local hiring more… Why Local Hiring Is More Important Than Ever with COVID-19
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Our Favorite Silicon Valley Scenes We have favorite Silicon… Our Favorite Silicon Valley Scenes
Recruiting AI Talent May Be Getting Easier Executive search is hard. Recruiting AI talent has been even harder. And while it remains difficult, the challenge… AI Executive Search: Recruiting AI Talent
The Cost of Devaluing Women Executives Sallie Krawcheck has witnessed the cost of devaluing women executives firsthand over the course of her storied Wall Street… The Cost of Devaluing Women Executives
Executive Search Firms Lists How to Build Your Own A trusted list of the best executive recruiting firms comes in handy whenever you have an important… Top Executive Search Firms List | How to Build Your Own
How to Get a Job What Happened to the fake mustache, no pants guy? Ever wonder what happened to the fake mustache, no pants guy… How to Get a Job: Try a Mustache and No Pants
Why Headhunters Fail (Don’t Search With Your Eyes Closed) The reasons why executive searches fail are many. Some of the causes are out of your… Why Executive Searches Fail
How to Recruit the Next Genius Imagine if you could recruit the next Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg, both of whom are suspected of being… Neurodiverse Candidates for Genius Hires
When the Best Candidate Happens to Be Diverse Companies seeking to boost executive diversity frequently will say that they want a top performer who “happens… When the Best Person for the Job Happens to Be Diverse
Understanding the Executive Search Process The executive search process varies little between different retained executive search firms. In fact, the basic steps of the retained search… What are the Steps of the Executive Search Process?
Are AI Recruit Tools Worth the Hype? Algorithms, schmalgorithms — AI recruiting tools may be hurting a company’s ability to hire senior executives. The latest… AI Recruiting Tools No So Smart
Questions Not To Ask Executive Search Firms If you are shopping for an executive search firm to conduct an important senior-level executive search, don’t be fooled… 3 Questions Not to Ask Search Firms
Support Women Like Bradley Cooper Actor Bradley Cooper has a way of taking a woman’s breath away. But now he’s topped himself. Bradley Cooper is… How to Support Women Like Bradley Cooper
How to Avoid Using Executive Search Firms I lead a retained search firm and so it may seem a bit counterintuitive to serve up advice… How to Avoid Using Executive Search Firms
Easier Executive Search Executive searches are famously hard: it is time to make executive searches easier. Executive recruiting challenges are all too common, often due… How to Make Executive Search Easier
Why Companies Block Recruiter Calls and Emails Companies block recruiter calls and emails to prevent headhunters from poaching talent. Their impulse is understandable. Corporations invest… Why Employers Block Recruiter Calls and Emails
Recognizing Great Talent Learning how to recognize great talent is the key to making amazing hires in executive search. While it is pretty easy to… How to Recognize Great Talent
Mr. Robot and Recruiting Hackers As a technology search firm, we have experience recruiting luminaries who have experimented with hacking. Some even do it for… Mr. Robot and Recruiting Hackers
What Are the Greatest Myths of Search Firm Selection? Search firm selection is tricky business. Over the years, retained search firms have provided guidance to prospective… Greatest Myths of Search Firm Selection
When to Use an Executive Search Firm You have a C-level executive opening. Your gut tells you a VP-level search will be incredibly hard to… When Do You Need an Executive Search Firm?
How to Recruit the Right Executive Chief Executive Officers regularly grapple with how to recruit the right executive. I have recruited top executives and technologists… How to Recruit the Right Executive
Say Their Name Say their name and you rewire their brain. Research has shown that when you address a person by their name, it activates… Say Their Name When You Network
Phone or Video Conference Confusion Often we are left wondering, “Are we meeting by phone call or video?” Ambiguous invitations beget calendar confusion. Colleagues reserve… Meeting by Phone or Video?
Credit: Chatham House Sir Branson’s Approach to Lowering Unemployment Sir Richard Branson has an intriguing idea on how to lower unemployment to a rate of… How to Lower the Unemployment Rate to 1.6%
#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Women In Technology The Good Search has helped leading technology companies become more diverse. We’ve done a lot of work recruiting women leaders. Though… Women in Tech Hashtag Makes a Difference
12 Reasons to Retain a Search Firm If your company is experiencing dramatic growth or is in the midst of a corporate turn-around, chances are… 12 Reasons to Hire a Headhunter
How Client Blockage Cripples Executive Search (And What to Do About It) Client Blockage Explained The world’s leading retained executive search firms have a client… Client Blockage Cripples Executive Search
Why You Need a Chief Data Officer If knowledge is power, hiring your company’s first Chief Data Officer (CDO) may be the shortest path to… How to Hire Your First Chief Data Officer
How to Recruit Your Person In executive search, the ideal is to recruit “your person” — a trusted colleague you enjoy working with who is… Recruit Your Person with Executive Search
Executive Search Choice Paradox In executive search, headhunters are faced with a choice paradox. Research has found the more choice we have, the more anxious… The Executive Search Choice Paradox: Less is More
HBO’s Silicon Valley One of our favorite scenes on HBO’s Silicon Valley features a woman engineer. As an executive search firm that revels in recruiting technology talent… Favorite Scenes on HBO’s Silicon Valley
In The Hero’s Journey, You Are the Hero Within each of us, in the collective unconscious, there lies a hero — an archetype that Swiss… The Hero’s Journey is Your Career
For Immediate Release Recruited: Intel Corporation Vice President and Director of Research Westport, CT: The Good Search successfully recruited Intel’s Vice President and Director of… Recruited: The Good Search Recruits Head of Intel Research
For Immediate Release The Good Search Recruits OneSpan Chief Technology Officer Ajay Keni The Good Search, a leading retained executive search firm in the greater… Recruited: The Good Search Recruits OneSpan CTO
Executive Search News Hunt Scanlon Features The Good Search CEO For Immediate Release Westport, CT: The Good Search, LLC is featured in the Hunt Scanlon… Hunt Scanlon Features The Good Search
AI in Executive Search is the Baseline Artificial Intelligence in executive search, by now, is a given. Siri. Alexa. Facebook. LinkedIn. Tesla. If you can… AI in Executive Search
For Immediate Release The Good Search CEO is a Diversity Speaker at Harvard University’s IT Summit Westport, CT: Krista Bradford, the Founder and Chief Executive… The Good Search CEO a Diversity Speaker at Harvard IT Summit
For Immediate Release The Good Search Named a Top 50 Connecticut Woman-Owned Business Westport, CT: The Good Search, LLC has been named one of the… The Good Search a Top 50 CT Woman-Owned Business for 3rd Time
Google Shows Men Ads for Better Jobs Before I get to the study that found Google Shows Men Ads for Better Jobs, let’s try an experiment.… Google Shows Men Ads for Better Jobs
Star-Studded Must-See Gender Diversity Documentary If you haven’t yet watched the must-see gender diversity documentary This Changes Everything — currently streaming on Netflix — we… Gender Diversity Documentary a Star-Studded Must-See
Recruited: OneSpan Vice President of Product Management For Immediate Release The Good Search announces the successful completion of an executive search for a Vice President… Recruited: OneSpan VP Product Management
The Gender Diversity Dividend Gender diversity pays dividends. In fact, women leaders are good for business. Conventional wisdom holds that the more diverse a team,… Gender Diversity Dividend
Executive Recruiting in the Ongoing New Normal Covid Weirdness in the Not-So-New Normal COVID-19 has forever changed business, and in turn, recruiting as we know… Covid Weirdness in the Not-So-New Normal
For Immediate Release The Good Search Recruits Vice President of Technology for High 5 Games The Good Search, a leading retained executive search firm in… Recruited: VP of Technology for High 5 Games
Agenda Week Interviews our CEO Recruiting Using ‘Moneyball’ Tactics The Good Search CEO Krista Bradford was quoted in an Agenda Week article, an excerpt of… Moneyball in Recruiting
For Immediate Release The Good Search Is Named Top 50 Connecticut Woman-Owned Businesses and Top 100 Diversity-Owned Businesses Westport, CT: The Good Search, LLC has… The Good Search Is Top 50 Connecticut Woman-Owned Business (Again)
Signs You Need a Retained Search Firm 7 Signs You Need Retained Search Retained executive search represents a significant investment. Executive search retainers start at… 7 Warning Signs You Need a Retained Search Firm
Steve Jobs on How to Recruit A-Players When you recruit A-Players, you are channeling a key talent acquisition strategy of Apple founder Steve Jobs. There’s… Steve Jobs on How to Recruit A-Players
Executive Candidate Warning Signs Recruiting top C-level senior executive talent takes time — often more than a CEO would like. In fact, for companies that really… 6 Signs an Executive Candidate is a Waste of Time
Westport News Article At the height of the financial downturn, Westport News featured The Good Search CEO Krista Bradford on its front page, praising her… Westport News Article: The Good Search Helps Downsized Executives
For Immediate Release The Good Search Launches New Recruiting Research Division Intellerati Westport, CT: The Good Search, LLC has spun out an exciting new research… The Good Search Launches Intellerati Recruiting Research
Recruiting AI Talent. Is Your Company Ready? To stay competitive, recruiting AI talent becomes essential for most technology companies. We are now in an era… Recruiting AI Talent
Executive Recruiting Lessons Executive recruiting lessons can be found in great works of art. And thus, it should come as no surprise that there are… Recruiting Lessons from Chicago the Movie | Video
For Immediate Release The Good Search Recruits Google China Head of Engineering Westport, CT: The Good Search has successfully recruited Boon-Lock Yeo to the position… The Good Search Recruits Google Vice President of Engineering
Big Data and Executive Search Best Practices The executive search industry has witnessed a dramatic shift in how board and senior-level executives are recruited. But… Is Your Executive Search Firm Ready for Big Data?
For Immediate Release The Good Search CEO Featured in IEEE Spectrum Magazine Westport, CT: Krista Bradford is quoted in the IEEE Spectrum Magazine article called… IEEE Spectrum Magazine Interviews The Good Search CEO Krista Bradford
For Immediate Release Recruited: Google Assistant Treasurer Tony Altobelli Westport, CT: Recruited: Google Assistant Treasurer Tony Altobelli has been recruited by The Good Search. Mr.… Recruited: The Good Search recruits Google Assistant Treasurer
The Good Search Named One of the Best Connecticut Recruiting Companies Best Startup Names The Good Search One of 61 Best Connecticut Recruiting Companies For… Best Executive Search Firms in Connecticut
President of Wunderman Team Detroit President Wunderman Team Detroit The Good Search successfully recruited Mark Russell to the role of President Wunderman Team Detroit, a… Recruited: President Wunderman Team Detroit
For Immediate Release Wunderman EVP of Strategic Services Westport, CT: The Good Search successfully recruited Margie Chiu to the role of Executive Vice President of… Recruited: Wunderman EVP of Strategic Services
Executive Makeovers: The Secret to Your Success If you want to advance more quickly in your career, executive makeovers offer you one way to step… Executive Makeovers Make You More Successful| Video
Recruited: Microsoft Technical Fellow The Good Search originally recruited Technical Fellow Mike Ehrenberg to the role of Microsoft Corporation Distinguished Engineer working on business application… Recruited: Microsoft Technical Fellow