Our expanded Professional Search vertical is designed to help organizations build high-performing teams with leaders who make a lasting impact. We’re excited about this next chapter and look forward to continuing to serve our clients with the same dedication and expertise that we’ve always provided.

Retained executive searches are often the appropriate option for highly sensitive searches requiring confidentiality and nuance to protect the hiring organization’s brand. However, exclusive contingent executive searches, where the client only pays if a candidate is recruited and hired by the firm, can provide the best outcome for both the company and the recruitment organization.

As the quality industry continues to evolve, events like these play a crucial role in facilitating collaboration, knowledge sharing, and future opportunities. Oxenham looks forward to hosting more events that bring together professionals passionate about quality and innovation in the future.

What causes people to respect leaders? I am re-reading The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell, a tried and true classic on the topic of leadership. This time through I was struck by one law in particular: The Law of Respect. It essentially says that people follow leaders better than themselves, and leaders they respect. Fair enough.

The Oxenham Group, a leading force in recruiting solutions, proudly announces the establishment of a new office in Carmel, Indiana, solidifying its commitment to fostering growth in the thriving sectors of Medical Devices and Technology. This strategic expansion underscores The Oxenham Group's dedication to its mission of aligning personal and professional goals with larger organizational mission.

Fundamentally, New Year’s Resolutions are things that we feel we should probably already be doing and will certainly make our lives healthier and happier. We get excited about forsaking comfortable, fun, or easy things for uncomfortable, unfun and difficult things. We implicitly know (and act upon) the idea that doing things that aren’t gratifying now will lead to far greater happiness than the things that are. This is virtuous.

As a recruiter, I speak to dozens of jobseekers per month and consistently hear the same questions/concerns. My advice about how to approach a job search, and what to expect along the way, is quite simple.

The Oxenham Group has partnered with The Office for Personal Vocation at Franciscan University to create a professional mentoring program conducted by Business Advisory Board member and FUS alum Bill McGuckin.

Working for a leader you are excited to serve is one of three key components to a thoroughly aligned career opportunity. Gallup’s findings support this claim and issue a firm reminder to leaders and managers to lead thoughtfully and with a coaching mindset.

Pitfalls seem endless in the interview world; here’s how our Oxenham team manages one of the most common. 

While CMOs are not typically recognized for killer sets and punchlines, they do attract a subset of world class engineering talent and can often be described as an “Engineer’s Engineering Company.”

Jessica Foley will be joining the team at the Oxenham Group (OXG) this month as their Director of Finance. Previously working for OXG on a consultative basis, the team is thrilled to bring on Foley as a full time member of the leadership team to leverage her financial expertise on operations and to make further plans for expansion.

After spending the last 20 years traveling for business, it never occurred to me that I would look back fondly at the pre-smartphone era of the early 2000's.

I was recently challenged to stay off of LinkedIn outside of necessary work use for one week (I did it for two.) Here are 4 insights I had about myself and the platform after going through this “fast”.

Through personal connections, the Oxenham Group was privileged this past week with the company and counsel of General Joseph Dunford, US Marine Corps four-star general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under two US presidents.

In your own words, define the phrase “required minimum”.

This intentionally ambiguous question offers tremendous insight into the behaviors and motivations of a quality professional. When Oxenham shared this question with 75 Quality Leaders, 92% found the question either valuable or highly valuable as an interview tool. Here are some of the more interesting responses.

 From about July 2020 to April of this year, I was on the hunt for a new job. I had felt for some time that a change was in the cards for me and wanted to “test the waters” of the job market. This exciting venture toward the next great chapter in my career quickly became frustrating for a number of reasons, as job searches often do… Alas, after almost one year, I found my current job… as a professional Recruiter! Now that it’s my full-time job to help other people find jobs, I want to share 3 things that I wish I could tell my past self to make my previous job hunt more effective.

Job seekers have more buying power than ever when selecting their next opportunity, so what reasons are motivating people to look for other jobs?

It’s nothing new to state that the 2020 pandemic and lockdowns dramatically changed the employment landscape around the world. Major news outlets reported the millions of joblessness claims and unemployment collections. But with the disruption in the day to day came a window of time where all of us were able to take stock of what is really important and of how we are spending our time.