In the News

Marni Hockenberg of Hockenberg Search regularly serves as a trusted expert commentator and speaker on a variety of recruitment and hiring topics for regional and national media outlets and professional organizations.

In the News:

• Quoted, "Frustrated By the Job Search? These Common Trip-Ups May Be Getting In Your Way (Part I: Before the Interview and Part II: During the Interview), Tripping on the Ladder (January 26, 2010, and January 28, 2010)
• Guest column, "Five Top Tips for Job Candidates," reprinted with permission by the Etiquette Centre of Minneapolis (January 2010)
• Quoted, "More Executives Seek New Jobs," Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (January 11, 2010)
• Guest column, "Four Tips to Jump-Start Your 2010 Job Search," Tripping on the Ladder (January 8, 2010)
• Guest column, "What I Learned: Marni Hockenberg Has Lived the Joy of Entrepreneurship, Twice, and Shares Her Three Best Tips for Start-up Success," Tripping on the Ladder (January 4, 2010)
• Featured, "Five Tips to Keeping and Hiring Great Employees," Examiner.com (July 1, 2009)
• Quoted, "Thank You: Many professionals forget about the power of a thank-you note as a networking and relationship-building tool in the business world," Minneapolis Star Tribune (June 12, 2008)
• Quoted, "Hire Right: One Bad Hire Can Cost Dear," Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, republished in The Chandigarh, India, Tribune (January 2, 2008)
• Quoted, "Know Your Criteria and Culture Before Hiring," JobBank USA and The Dallas Morning News (April 24, 2008)
• Quoted, "A bad hire can be very costly to a company: Firms should create a complete plan to bring in solid candidates,"Newsday 
• Quoted, "Write a Thank You Note After Being Interviewed," Collegerecruiter.com (February 27, 2006)
• Quoted, "Self-Employed to Employed," Minneapolis Star Tribune (July 5, 2005)
• Quoted, "Handling Termination in a Close Industry," Minneapolis Star Tribune (June 5, 2005)
• Quoted, "The Informer: How to Grow a National Franchise," Upsize (April 2005)

On the Speaking Circuit:

• Panel Presenter, "Executive Recruiter Panel", CFA of MN Annual Professional Career Development Day (April 8th, 2010)
• Keynote presenter, "Top Tips for Interviewing in a Competitive Candidate Market", Face2Face Job Support Transition Group (April 1st, 2010)
• Keynote presenter, "Top Tips for Interviewing in a Competitive Candidate Market", MNSRA Job Summit (March 23rd, 2010)
• Keynote presenter, "Capturing an Interviewer’s Attention: How to Communicate Your Value and Results to Land a Job Offer in Today’s Competitive Job Market," Women's Group of the Minneapolis Job Support Network (January 2010)
• Keynote presenter, "Answering Those Difficult Interview Questions," Minneapolis Job Support Workshop (November 2009)
• Keynote presenter, "Capturing an Interviewer’s Attention: How to Communicate Your Value and Results to Land a Job Offer in Today’s Competitive Job Market," The C-Group networking group for C-level executives in transition (June 26, 2009)
• Keynote presenter, "Executives in Transition," Executive Forum, Career Partners International (April 2009)
• Panel presenter, "Executive Recruiters Panel: Top Tips for Job-seeking and Interviewing," Community Career Conference, Career Partners International (April 2009)
• Panel presenter, "Executive Recruiter Panel," The C-Group (October 2008)