News & Insights

We are excited to announce that Mr. Brent Case has joined our client Intersect Illinois as Senior Vice President, Business Development. Brent reports to Mark Peterson, Chief Executive Officer. Brent was most recently with Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP) as Vice President, Business Attraction, where he was responsible for expansion and attraction efforts for the Greater […]

Moderated panel discussion/Q&A and post-event reception, co-sponsored by TalentRISE and Axiom Consulting Partners.  Featuring major industry players — Follett Corporation, Huron Consulting Group, Illinois Tool Works, Ingredion, Morningstar and Panduit— fiercely competing for top talent in today’s fast-transforming market environment. Where:  Civic Opera Building (15th Floor Conference Center and Garden Terrace) When: Wednesday, September 13 […]

In today’s challenging political climate of anti-immigrant policy and racial division, it is even more important that immigrant professionals in the workplace understand their true value to their employer as a diverse employee. More importantly, in order to advance their careers and break down barriers to employment for others, it is critical to know how […]

Jim O’Malley was recently featured in an Andersen Alumni  article on hiring experienced talent.  Read the full article below. Why Hire for Potential, As Opposed to Experience? Imperatives, Tradeoffs and Benefits For professional services firms, hiring experienced talent (defined here as executives from other organizations within your industry with career ladders that parallel yours) has always […]

We are excited to announce that our client SC Johnson has hired Elaine Rudolphi beginning June 19th to be the Director of Manufacturing Operations for their Bay City, MI facility, reporting to Mark Shipley, Senior Director and Head of Manufacturing Operations in N.A. for SC Johnson. Elaine was most recently the Director of Operation for […]

Rick Gray was recently profiled in a Hunt Scanlon Media article on expanding the traditional recruitment model.  Read the full article below. Talent forecasting continues to expand and evolve as companies seek more innovative and cost-effective ways to meet their enterprise people acquisition needs. Here’s some new thinking and a fresh approach.   June 19, […]

TalentRISE was recently featured in a Hunt Scanlon Media article on getting the most out of your executive search firm. Read the full article below. 13 Rules for Getting the Most Out of Your Executive Search Firm Top candidates often have the upper hand in today’s job market. Recruiters and their clients, therefore, must be […]

We are excited to announce that our client Chicago Trading Company has hired two individuals into their Quantitative Leadership team. Paulo Zanjacomo joins as Senior Financial Engineer and Adel Ahanin as Financial Engineer, both reporting to Greg Sobczak, Head of Financial Engineering at CTC.   Most recently, Paulo served as a Senior Quantitative Analyst at […]

Labor Market Shortages Top List of Challenges In our most recent poll on the recruitment challenges faced by organizations today, TalentRISE finds that, by a significant margin, 40% of respondents cite “too few qualified candidates” as their top challenge. The next most cited issues are “recruiting inefficiencies” (14%) and “retention” (11%). “It’s not a surprise […]

A Recruitment Expert and A Non-Traditional Careerist Discuss Portfolio Careers In the interview that follows, Carl Kutsmode, Partner at TalentRISE, and Christopher Bona, a corporate communications executive with over 15 years of experience who has taken his career in a new and somewhat untraditional direction, discuss the relatively new phenomenon of “portfolio careers”.  Both provide […]