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Your Voice Matters: Vote in the Forbes Best Executive Recruiter Poll!

Forbes is building their list to recognize America’s Best Executive Recruiting firms – a ....Read More

O’Connell Group Executive Search Recognized by Forbes for 3rd Year

We are thrilled to share some exciting news with our LinkedIn family! O’Connell Group Executiv ....Read More

2023 – A year to Reimagine Recruitment

Attracting the best of the talent pool requires organizations to reimagine their talent development ....Read More

Relationships Reinforce O’Connell Group’s Rise to Forbes’ Top 50 Executive Recruiters

In publishing their annual list of America’s Best Executive Search Firms, Forbes underscores t ....Read More

Risks and Challenges Loom Beneath the “Work-from-Anywhere” Reality

Our most recent survey, “The Pandemic Workplace: Impact on Career Decisions” reports the dominan ....Read More

The Pandemic’s Game-Changing Impact on Career Decisions

Many professionals have lived for nearly two years in the “work from anywhere” world. That inclu ....Read More

Tune-Up Your Recruitment Practices to Reflect the New Work from Home Reality

The Pandemic Workplace Survey measured the impact of remote work on team culture, recruitment and re ....Read More

O’Connell Group Named to the Forbes Best Executive Recruiting Firms List

O’Connell Group has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Executive Recruit ....Read More

Survey Reveals Pandemic’s Effect on Productivity and Camaraderie

Productivity Rises for 87%, Relationships Suffer for 75% St. Louis March 17, 2021 – Going into ....Read More

The Pandemic Workplace Survey: Impact on Team Culture, Recruitment and Retention

During the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly every American office worker has been required to adapt to sign ....Read More

How COVID-19 Escalates the Need for Behavioral Insights

The COVID-19 pandemic has both reinforced and accelerated underlying shifts in recruiting demand tha ....Read More

The State of the CPG Job Market During the COVID-19 Crisis

Many people are asking us about the state of the CPG job market during the COVID-19 crisis. The shor ....Read More

Natural Products: Echoes of Dot-com?

Natural products continue to experience a boom, serving as the engine for consumer-packaged goods (C ....Read More

Study: CPG industry supports 20M U.S. jobs, contributes $2T to GDP

The findings from the study show that the CPG industry supports 20.4 million jobs that generate $1.1 ....Read More

CPG Capital Chases Innovation in Natural Products

Natural Products Expo East and West are living, breathing examples that capital continues to chase i ....Read More

Hemp and CBD Take Center Stage in Natural Products World

Opportunities and challenges for the hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD/hemp) market are off and running ....Read More

Fill the Void in Consumer Insights: Six Things Leaders Can Do Now

The C-Suite demands real time, predictive insights that give them the confidence to make smart inves ....Read More

Key Take-Aways from Natural Products Expo

Winds of Change Keep Talent Demand High in Natural Product Segment Hurricane Florence dampened plans ....Read More

Natural Products Expo: East Meets West

Natural Products Expo: East Meets West At the Natural Products East and West Expo events, the demand ....Read More

Natural Products are Transforming CPG – or Vice Versa?

Natural products represent the wave of the future for the consumer packaged goods industry, as compa ....Read More

Natural Products are Transforming CPG. Are you Transforming your Team?

Natural products represent the wave of the future for the consumer packaged goods industry, as compa ....Read More

For Your CPG Job Search, Location is More than a Place on the Map

Merriam-Webster defines “location” as “a particular place or position.” But if that were a c ....Read More

Here’s to Hiring Great People in 2017

If “making better hires” tops your list of resolutionsfor 2017, the philosophy of hiring great p ....Read More

Election Year Hiring Slump? Not for CPG Executives

In an election year, the word goes out: hiring is in a slump. But for consumer packaged goods compan ....Read More

10 Key Differences between Your Resume and LinkedIn Profile

Both your resume and LinkedIn profile are powerful tools to help you on your career journey. But, ar ....Read More

Time for a Job Change? Look – at the CPG Market – Before Leaping

You may feel that a job change is be imminent and necessary. But, how do you know the right time fo ....Read More

Five Simple Rules for Interviewing

Interview preparation is perhaps the single most powerful investment you can make to ensure you achi ....Read More

Degrees of Success: Will Help with Student Loans Differentiate Your Opportunity?

  There appears to be no end in sight to the rising level of debt Americans incur from a four-y ....Read More

Looking for the Best Possible CPG Candidate? Meet Your Marketplace

More U.S. workers are satisfied with their jobs than at any time since 2005. According to the recent ....Read More

The CPG Recruiting Market Has Changed. Have You?

The latest Business Roundtable survey hints that hiring may soften as this year goes on, as the econ ....Read More

You Are Both a Buyer and a Seller in the CPG Recruiting Process

One of the most common reasons for recruiting failure is losing sight of the real purpose: Getting t ....Read More

Veteran CPG Recruiter Admitted to The Pinnacle Society

ST. LOUIS — The Pinnacle Society, the premier consortium of 80 industry-leading recruiters, h ....Read More

Why Behavioral Interviews for CPG Recruiting Fall Short

The classic behavioral interview concept asserts that people’s past behavior is the best predictor ....Read More

Recruit People, Not Paper

You may recall the iconic Dragnet detective, Sgt. Joe Friday, who asked for “just the facts, Ma’ ....Read More

Stop Measuring Cost Per Hire! Focus on Value of Best Hire

Does your consumer-driven organization view talent, and talent acquisition, as an investment or an e ....Read More

CPG Marketing and Research Candidates Can Effectively Cross the “Generational Divide”

CPG companies that market to consumers in every age demographic must effectively balance and blend t ....Read More

Leverage Three Consumer Marketing Trends for Recruiting in 2016

The consumer packaged goods (CPG) recruitment environment in 2016 has reached a new pinnacle of spee ....Read More

Holidays: Prime Time for Both Hiring and Hunting for Marketing and Market Research Jobs

No one likes stormy weather during the holidays.  But, the last months of the year create a positiv ....Read More

Consumer Insights and Analytics: To Generalize or Specialize – That is the Question!

Dixon Smith and Virginia Roher recently represented O’Connell Group’s consumer insights and anal ....Read More