{ Fashion }
{ Creative }
{ Outdoors }
{ Growth Marketing }
{ Multiple Industry Listings }
https://candor.co/hiring-freezes
{ Gig and Remote }
Talent Spotlight - Meet Mark Avnet
Meet Mark Avnet- an action-oriented #People Leader, driven by a focus on culture and a relentless emphasis on analytics to measure and track the business impact of #HR initiatives. He combines hands-on execution as a business partner, operations and leadership development expertise, and the ability to translate theory into practice. What makes Mark stand out? He has built a broad and deep understanding of what makes organizations successful through his senior role at Wayfair, a #culture and leadership development consultant at McKinsey & Company, and a researcher and instructor at top-tier research universities Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Texas A&M University). As a People Leader, his focus is on building a self-reinforcing talent engine that promotes retention and adds value to the organizational needs.
Where does Mark want to go next? Learning & Development, Culture and Employee Engagement, and HR Leadership opportunities. Mark is open to all industries but is very interested in continuing in retail, tech, or healthcare.
Want to be the next #TalentTuesday spotlight? Email your information to info@emergingblue.com.
When it comes to your career:
Suggestions before Reopening the Workplace from our EB Crew
Conversations regarding reopening the workplace are occurring daily, so here are some action items we suggest for the next coming weeks.
Take time to review all organizational charts and update all job descriptions
With the changes that occurred in staffing, org charts will need to be updated and communicated out. Additionally, update all job descriptions including new departmental responsibilities. Document any new processes and update vendors as needed, using the opportunity to receive their updates as well.
Consider benefits additions to help the transition
Many companies are offering transit vouchers and child-care reimbursements during the return phase to the norm. Any equipment needed to #wfh and cell phone reimbursement is also a great way to ensure employees of your commitment. Reexamine Sick Days policies and any PTO perks that can help the team.
Define and communicate updated expectations and goals
Post updated expectations and goals reflecting the changes in the economic climate, org chart shifts, and updated job descriptions. Bring corporate calendars up to date while considering the competitive landscape. And, embrace #inthistogether approach to welcoming the routine -)
Need help? Knock on our door info@emergingblue.com to hear more about our services.
Talent Spotlight - Meet Shellie Cohen
Meet Shellie Cohen – a product development, sourcing, and manufacturing executive who has done it all! With her background in consumer products with Disney, Hasbro, Beachwood Custom, and others, she has excelled by being the conduit between the creative and manufacturing teams. As a global leader, Shellie prides herself in cross-cultural communication and the ability to work with diverse teams.
What is next for Shellie? She wants to join a collaborative and creative team where she can produce innovative products. She is looking for a company that is doing social good, where their values or products give back in some way, she wants to be part of something much larger. What’s Shellie’s added value? She creates innovative manufacturing solutions that adds profitability to the product and creates long-lasting relationships with manufacturers. She jokes, “I design with a champagne taste on a beer budget.”
If you’re looking for a visionary leader who specializes in manufacturing and sourcing solutions, then Shellie is the candidate for you. Connect with Shellie here or contact Emerging Blue.
Want to be the next #TalentTuesday spotlight? Email your information to info@emergingblue.com.
Join Christina on Tuesday, May 5 for a Talent Talk
Have you been laid-off or thinking about making a change in this current environment? What can you do to stand out from the mass of candidates flooding the market? Should you just play it safe and stay put?
We invite you to an interactive live conversation to answer: What's happening in the job market today? How you can survive, if not thrive, job searching right now.
Join Christina Jones, along with Laura Leach, and other seasoned recruiters on Tuesday, May 5th at 1:30 PST. Register here to the #FREE live event: https://bit.ly/2Wc6wqC
Resume Tips and Ideas
If you’re in the market for a new job and sprucing up your resume, check out some awesome tips from the EB Crew.
Images below are zoomed in for a closer look.
If you are looking for more resume tips you can:
Reach out to us for one-on-one resume assistance @ Info@emergingblue.com
Check out our previous resume writing blogs: Top 5 Resume Tips from a Recruiter, Resumes, It’s the Little Things
Talent Spotlight - Meet Felix Eduardo
Meet Felix Eduardo, a SF Bay Area senior art director who specializes in bringing process, strategy, and foresight to each brand he works with. From leading #art and #creative teams at Benefit Cosmetics, Rodan + Fields and Kendo Brands, Inc., Felix has propelled each brand through creative storytelling, compelling 360 campaigns, and digital expertise. He loves working on creative strategy, leading and collaborating on teams, and delivering high quality work.
What’s next for Felix? He would love to join an agency or consumer brand who has an insatiable craving for rich storytelling and big ideas, no matter whether they are in tech, beauty, or somewhere in between, because no extraordinary brand should ever be bland!
Interested in Felix leading your creative strategy and art direction? Connect with him here or reach out to us!
Want to be the next #TalentTuesday spotlight? Email your information to info@emergingblue.com.
Spring Cleaning Your Network
Set yourself up for success and keep your network warm so during rainy days, you will be able to reach out for support. From current and past colleagues, to individuals in associations, you have a ton of people in your network, you may just not have thought about them until you needed to. We can find ourselves in situations we never imagined, so building and organizing your network will have positive benefits allowing you to leverage a sea of warm and cool connections to potentially lead to new, exciting opportunities.
{ LinkedIn + Facebook }
Since we cannot attend networking events in-person with the current social distancing guidelines, then social platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook are useful tools for you to use to build and maintain your networks. When on LinkedIn, you can click “My Network” to view people you may know from the companies you listed you worked for, the schools you attended, places you volunteered, as well as people in your same industry and similar roles. You can also create a group and add people to it that share similar interests and roles. This is a great way to keep your networks engaged and organized.
{ Warm + Cool Connections }
Another opportunity for organizing your network is to list connections as warm or cool prospects by looking at the strength of each connection in order to determine which they are. This is a great way to see who your low-hanging fruit is, and then continue strengthening those relationships. It also gives insight as to who you need to a build a stronger connection with depending on your needs and wants at the time. By organizing your network, you may begin to see a lack of needed associates that you can then focus on building strong and collaborative connections, so set solid goals for what you wish to attain.
{ Consolidate + Label }
We have an umpteen amount of contacts stored in our phone, email (many of us have multiple email addresses), Rolodex of business cards, and all the social platforms we’re connected with. It is super helpful to consolidate all your contacts into one document and organize them into categories in the document for when you need to do some outreach to your network. You will know who the best is to contact for what if things are labeled correctly. It’s time consuming and unproductive to search through all your tools to find someone’s contact information, when you can save time and have everything stored safely and neatly in one place. And lastly, save as you go! Set yourself up to achieve and turn on “auto-save” so that you never lose any work, or even better, connect it to your Cloud so you can access the information from anywhere and on any device that has Internet capabilities.
National Denim Day
Happy National Denim Day to all our denim friends @ Paige, J Brand, NY&Co, Levi’s, Gap, Good American, Lucky Brands, Frame, and Revtown.
Recruiters to the Rescue
At Emerging Blue, we are donating our LinkedIn job slots to any hospital, nursing home or PPP manufacturer, that is looking to hire front-line workers.
We’ll post your job for free and will funnel all candidates directly to you.
Anyone interested can contact us at info@emergingblue.com
Happy Earth Day!
Talent Spotlight - Meet Jess!
Meet Jess Brown, a creative force with a unique blend of both product design and marketing expertise. As an industry leader, Jess brings her innovative style and marketing experience, and pairs it with her surface design and product design skills. Does she love to build things? Yes. Does she design print and digital campaigns? Definitely. Team leader, decision-maker, and creative mastermind? All of the above!
Jess is a rare gem with a stellar hybrid background. As part of the Nike design team, Jess led the consumer goods category with creating product for the Men’s World Cup and the Olympic Games. As a designer at Columbia, Jess created both the seasonal marketing collateral as well as surface designs for apparel. Having collaborated with over 60 labels, it’s no secret Jess is fantastic! What’s next for her? Jess loves action sports and performancewear and would love to bring her design and leadership skills to a leading company where she can solve problems and create amazing things, either as a creative director or a product design director.
Interested in Jess Brown joining your team? Reach out to Jess here or by contacting Emerging Blue.
How to Maintain Culture While #WFH
{ Promote the Remote }
As we work virtually, it is the technological tools that enable us to promote a positive work culture. Video-conferencing platforms allow us not to lose sight of culture, but further foster it by continued engagement to steer culture towards a collaborative and comforting direction. Utilize LinkedIn as well, so you’re not only connected with your teammates and other key people in your company, but also so you are building collaborative networks. Transitioning virtually doesn’t mean you lose a sense of your work culture, but more so an opportunity to further develop and influence it.
{ Empower Leadership }
This is a great time to continue motivating your team and identifying those partners whose solid vision aligns with business needs. This will build trust and productivity, and gives you the perfect gateway to ensure expectations are clearly defined. Understanding that while working remote our teams are wearing many hats, so to strengthen your team, continue communicating in both short-term and long-term orientation. Remember to stress taking a digital detox weekly, and not be ‘on-call’ digitally 24 hours a day.
{ Cultivate Transparency }
Being honest and candid during uncertain times, or anytime for that matter, is critical to a supportive and positive work culture. Scott, Founder of Emerging Blue, leads by this example every day by continually sharing information along with weekly and monthly goals with the team. This builds trust and leads to a team working at greater efficiency while keeping the vision, and continuing to identify new opportunities. No one likes to be left in the dark, so be the leader that brings your team a flashlight!
{ Uphold Company Values }
If you have a website that lists out your “isms” or company values, or perhaps they are placed in your employee manual and written all over the walls of your office space, it’s key to live out and be those values. Discuss these values in your remote meetings and showcase them with commitment by promoting an esteemed culture. And by all means, share those kid photos, pet photos, and virtual happy hours!
Go Forth Into The Weekend!
Talent Spotlight - Meet Keryn!
Meet Keryn Francisco, a Digital Transformation Consultant based in San Francisco. With over 25 years’ experience in design leadership and continuous process improvement, she has lead teams in global creative direction, product innovation, and digital business acumen. This unique combination of both product and digital experience, makes for one top-notch leader. As a megabrand and digital expert, Keryn has a track record of success at Levi Strauss, Nike, Lucy Activewear and The North Face. With a focus on guiding companies through a digital transformation, she brings her experiences together with the launch of KÜLHAUS, a consulting powerhouse under her direction.
Keryn has a spirit of experimentation & innovation, while partnering to empower teams through an effective renewal. What is Keryn looking for in her next consulting role? She looks to help brands that are passionate about their digital transformation and digital product creation.
If you’re looking to build a digital transformation strategy including technological workflow, Keryn is the expert you need to make it happen.