About Marni

She’s been called a professional matchmaker. A talent scout. An ambassador.

But no matter what the terminology, the outcome is the same: achieving lasting results.

With more than two decades of recruiting and business consulting experience, Marni Hockenberg has a proven track record of providing focused, personalized search services to small- and medium-sized businesses to help them find, recruit, and retain top-tier talent.

As a partner with her clients, Marni provides personalized service and a recruiting strategy customized to the needs of each respective client and in sync with its core business goals. Above all, she delivers results—helping companies find the right talent and a mutually successful employee/employer "match," thereby reducing the financial risk, and lost time, of a potential "mismatch."

Before establishing Hockenberg Search, Marni was co-founder of The Hiring Experts, where she provided searches for companies of all sizes and in most industries. A professionally trained recruiter and interviewer, Marni previously was an award-winning senior search consultant for an agency that would become part of one the largest staffing agencies in the U.S.; while at the firm, she was repeatedly honored with top sales awards, qualities that she uses today to help generate successful search results for her business clients. Marni also was a founding member of and provided leadership to an information technology training company, where she focused on business development initiatives.

Marni is frequently sought out as a speaker and expert commentator on hiring- and employment-related issues. She has been quoted by the Star Tribune, Monster.com, One Nation News, Upsize Magazine, and CollegeRecruiter.com, to name a few.

During her free time, Marni enjoys spending time with family and friends, working out, attending business and networking events, and enjoying live music venues.

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Member, C-Group Forum
• Member, Small Business Connections
• Member, Twin Cities Human Resource Association
• Member, Twin West Chamber of Commerce
• Member, Former Board of Directors, Human Resource Professionals Association
• Volunteer, Hope Chest for Breast Cancer retail store

EDUCATION

B.A., Psychology and Sociology, University of Iowa (1977)