05.19.21

Outdoor Industry Growth: Catchup or Rebound?

As early as November 2020, I was sounding the alarm that not only was the pandemic not impacting the outdoor industry like it was so many others, but that the industry should be positioning itself for growth when it comes to hiring. If only I knew then how right...
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03.10.21

What Are The Risks of Reference Checks?

Imagine for a moment that you’ve found an absolute rockstar of a candidate to fill a critical position. You’ve taken them through the process and feel great about their experience and fit with your company. As a standard final check before moving into the last stage of the hiring...
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11.19.20

The Last 30 Days: Holiday Hiring Trends Flipping?

Two years ago, we published a decidedly in-your-face-article about how the holiday season is where executive hiring deals go to die. This wasn’t a flash in the pan sort of situation, but rather a reflection on years of experience working to get hiring deals over the finish line before...
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10.08.20

Avoid Contingent Search Pitfalls with These Three Questions

Recently, we were invited by Brooke Moran of the Western Colorado University MBA program to talk with recent grads about executive search in the outdoor industry (check out the video here!). The outdoors are a big business in Colorado, and many of the fresh MBAs know they may find...
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06.29.20

Hiring Data from the Field: Expect Outdoor Industry Growth

It might be hard to believe, but the swiftest economic downturn in history has already begun to reverse course. We aren’t quite seeing the “V” recovery some economists predicted as early as May—it’s more of a wide “U”—but new reports, including these five reported by Business Insider, show that...
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