Somer Hackley is here to change that. Somer is the Founder and CEO of Distinguished Search, a retained executive search firm. She has been in recruiting for 20 years and placed executives in companies from Fortune 100 to startups. She is also the author of "Search in Plain Sight: Demystifying Executive Search".
Today, Somer joins us as we pull back the curtains on executive search.
Mentioned in this episode:
- Ambition Unboxed Book Club: www.ambitionunboxed.com
- India Aire - "Back to the Middle": https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZM6QtLJAF81PBHlsn5872?si=33ca76a5c36b4cac
- LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Company - 2022 Women in the Workplace Report: https://leanin.org/women-in-the-workplace
- SeekOut - https://www.seekout.com/
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics - Table 11: Employed Persons by Detailed Occupation, Sex, Race, and Hispanic or Latino Ethinicity (2022): https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm
- Catalyst - Historical list of women CEOs of the Fortune lists: 1972-2023: https://www.catalyst.org/research/historical-list-of-women-ceos-of-the-fortune-lists-1972-2023/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisissomer/
- Website: https://www.distinguishedsearch.com/
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