Sentences with phrase «executive hiring firms»

Not exact matches

The 25 - year - old human - resources veteran at staffing firm Robert Half International remembers the COO who hired an executive assistant right before a trip to Tokyo.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19 - Reddit Inc, the tech firm behind one of the most popular websites in the world, said on Thursday it had hired former Time Inc executive Jen Wong as its chief operating officer.

Bad luck threw the company's external search for a new chief executive off track when the principal of the executive search firm it had hired died of a terminal illness, obliging it to hire a second firm last summer.

Hiring people out of a sense of friendship, duty or obligation can get you into trouble, says Matt Garrett, chief executive of TGG Accounting, a San Diego - based managerial accounting firm.

The Rooney Rule could serve as a case study for other types of firms wishing to enact «soft» affirmative action policies to impact executive hiring.

CIBC hired executive recruitment firm Russell Reynolds Associates Inc. to help with the search, said people familiar with the process who asked not to be identified.

«Organizers of a controversial summit of top Canadian, U.S. and Mexican politicians, military brass and business executives hired a consulting firm to keep the proceedings secret, access to information documents show.

Recent hires of former Apple Software chief Avie Tevanian and eBay executive Rajiv Dutta indicate the firm indeed intends to raise a second fund and indicate to continued deal making in devices and the Web.

In December 2015, the firm appointed former Airtel executive Anshul Kheterpal as its chief financial officer, and in September of the same year, it hired Sudeep Tandon as the chief business officer.

Equifax, the U.S. credit - scoring firm that experienced a giant data hack in 2017, said on March 28 that it had hired Mark Begor as its new chief executive, effective April 16.

(Executive search firms and hiring committees beware.)

An opinion by an Oyster Bay attorney that the town could not provide a loan guarantee legally for restaurateur Harendra Singh's businesses set off a chain of events in which former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's law firm was hired to devise a way get around it, federal prosecutors allege.

«Law firms hire experts all the time,» said Karl Sleight, a former executive director of the defunct state Ethics Commission, during a break in the symposium.

Skelos» prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, unsealed a 43 - page complaint based on the testimony of a real estate executive, officials at the environmental consulting firm that hired Skelos» son, Adam, as well as emails and taped phone conversations.

County Legislature Chairman Ryan McMahon said he and County Executive Joanie Mahoney have recommended to the agency that it hire a firm to study the potential cost in tax breaks for the hotel and the potential benefits local government would receive in return.

[15] Months after she left, the Scottish Executive hired her consultancy firm, Freeman Associates, in a consultancy capacity, generating accusations of cronyism.

Grand Island architecture firm CannonDesign hired Moskal as its director of compliance in 2014 amid a bribery scandal involving a former executive.

GOSHEN — The Orange County Legislature may have hired a law firm to consider suing County Executive Edward Diana over the closure of the Valley View nursing home, but Diana continues to place the blame for any potential closure on the lawmakers.

Laura Curran, the Democrat running for Nassau County executive against Republican Jack Martins, has hired the same team behind NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign operation: consulting firm BerlinRosen and ad company AKPD Message + Media.

Corning Place Consulting, an Albany - based public affairs and communications firm, is poised to announce it has hired Paul Larrabee to become its new executive VP and managing director.

To cover its collective butt, the legislature hires a Westchester accounting firm to review the executive budget before it goes to public hearing.

Meanwhile, the Port Authority committee charged with finding a CEO has hired an executive search firm, vetted some 200 candidates, interviewed about a dozen and sent some names up the flagpole to the two governors.

Several years ago, for example, William Banholzer, at the time the chief technology officer and executive vice president of Dow Chemical Company — a firm that regularly hires Ph.D. scientists — told the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, «I don't think I need to hire postdocs.»

The company also hired Asia PR Werkz as its public relations firm, having last year hired two former Meetic executives to help spearhead its international expansion.

AccuQuote, one the country's largest and most respected term life insurance quoting and brokerage firms, has hired two new executives to join its senior leadership team.

In addition to bringing in Amy Cappellazzo's art advisory business last year, Sotheby's recently acquired Orion Analytical, the art - authentication firm; the Mei Moses Art Indices, which monitor the auction business; and hired Christy MacLear, the chief executive of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, to help the auction house expand its advisory services for living artists and for artists» estates and foundations.

Within a few months, Scenic Hudson had hired a law firm, public relations firm, fundraising firm, and a full - time executive director.

Advised financial services company concerning complex employment and executive severance agreements, including plans to hire employees and groups of employees from competing firms

«Law firms and corporate legal departments are hiring selectively — they want the right skills match and the right fit for their work environment,» said Chris Volkert, executive director of Robert Half Legal.

Dundas & Wilson has bulked up its London office with a five - strong hire from Stephenson Harwood, including the firm's former chief executive.

She currently serves on the firm's executive committee and as the firmwide hiring partner, and has previously chaired its tax, benefits, and planning practice and lawyer personnel committee, which handles compensation and career development for all nonpartner lawyers.

In the latest round of executive - level changes, Pepper Hamilton hires a nonlawyer as its new CEO; Hogan Lovells appoints a London lawyer as chair; and Hodgson Russ selects a 36 - year firm veteran as president and CEO.

The Mansfield Rule takes the same approach, but includes all of the positions in law firms where power is wielded: the chair position, executive committee membership, compensation committee membership, practice group leaders, and office managing partners, as well as new lateral partner hires.

Bunsow, an IP litigator based in San Francisco and one of six members of Howrey's executive committee, is moving to Dewey & LeBoeuf's San Francisco office, Dewey announced Tuesday afternoon (the firm also announced several other later hires on Tuesday; click here for more on those hires).

«General counsel are hiring corporate counsel, patent attorneys and contract managers to take on more work in - house and reduce their spending on outside law firms,» said Charles Volkert, executive director of Robert Half Legal in an announcement on the survey results.

Simon Levine, the firm's co-global chief executive said in a statement that Gouws» hire was a sign of things to come: «We are committed to growing and developing our presence in Africa to provide our clients with the specialist legal services they need in a key growth market.»

Chief executive Mzi Mgudlwa said in a statement that the hires would enable the firm «to scale new heights in both offering and service, and ensure that we remain focused on what is best for our clients».

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General counsel who promote in - house lawyers, and executive management hiring general counsel are looking for those who have the experience and judgment to discern which law firms are best suited to what matters based on how they perform the work, predictably price their services, and deliver the right value and result.

Mr. Cahill is a member of the Firm's Ethics Committee and has served as a member of the Firm's Executive Committee, as chairman of the Litigation Department and as the Firm's Hiring Partner.

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Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner with Dechert LLP in Philadelphia, where he served as a member of the Executive Committee and chairman of its Hiring Committee.

Ms. Lloyd is co-chair of Choate's Hiring Committee, a current member of its Diversity & Inclusion Committee and a former member of the Firm's Executive and Associates Committees.

Survey respondents included 150 lawyers (split between law firms and in - house counsel); more than 270 chief financial officers; 270 chief information officers; 150 senior human resources managers, 50 advertising executives, and 200 marketing executives, all of whom have hiring authority.

Latham & Watkins has hired Goldman Sachs executive director and senior counsel Du Yilong to join the firm as a partner in Hong Kong.

Ms. Wald routinely interviews corporate counsel and other executives who hire law firms.

Prior to joining the firm, Chris was a partner at Clifford Chance and a partner at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, where he was a member of the Policy Committee, a member of the Executive Committee, Chair of the Risk Management Committee and Chair of the Hiring Committee.

Before joining the legal profession, Adam hired outside law firms as a high technology executive for Adobe Systems, Electronics for Imaging, Inc., and several start - up companies undefined two of which went public.

«Lateral hiring is only as effective as a law firm's recruiting and onboarding process,» said Charles Volkert, executive director of Robert Half Legal.

They coordinate with the firm's Executive Committee, Department Chairs, Hiring Committee, Women's Forum, Director of Professional Development, Director of Business Development, and the Working Group on Associate Development and Retention to ensure that issues of diversity and inclusion are considered in recruiting, retaining, and advancing the firm's lawyers, and in the delivery of the highest quality legal services to our clients.