Movement Blog: Expert Insights on Hiring & Career Growth

29 Jul '26

How to Close a Candidate Who Has Another Offer on the Table

When a Candidate Has Two Job Offers, Speed and Relationship Win Every Time You have been running a search for weeks. You have found the right person, moved them through your process, and everything is pointing toward an offer. Then your recruiter calls with news you did not want to hear: your top candidate just […]

28 Jul '26

How to Start a Mid-Career Job Search After Years With the Same Company

If Your Last Job Search Feels Like a Different Era, You Are Not Wrong — Here Is How to Catch Up Fast The mid-career job search is one of the most disorienting experiences a professional can go through, and not because of a lack of qualifications. Most mid-career professionals who have been with the same […]

27 Jul '26

August Passive Candidate Recruiting: Why Now Is the Time to Move

The Hiring Teams That Win Q4 Are the Ones That Start in August Most hiring managers treat August like a slow month. Teams are finishing up vacations, the office feels quieter than usual, and the temptation to put searches on pause until after Labor Day is strong. It is one of the most common and […]

22 Jul '26

Mechanical Engineer vs Electrical Engineer vs Industrial Engineer: What Employers Are Hiring

Hiring the Wrong Type of Engineer Costs More Than Starting the Search Over When a company needs to hire an engineer, the job title alone does not tell the full story. Mechanical, electrical, and industrial engineers all work in technical environments, and all three disciplines appear constantly in manufacturing, energy, automotive, and industrial job postings. […]

20 Jul '26

The Controller Role Explained: What It Takes and Why the Candidate Pool Is So Small

What Job Postings Say for a Controller vs. What They Actually Need If you have ever tried to hire a controller and wondered why it feels harder than filling almost any other finance role, you are not imagining it. The controller is one of the most technically demanding, operationally critical, and widely misunderstood positions in […]

15 Jul '26

How to Spot a Candidate Who Is Interviewing for Leverage Before It Costs You

Some Candidates Want Your Offer, Others Just Want to Use It Not every candidate who sits across from you in an interview actually wants the job. Some are genuinely exploring. Some are using your process to pressure a counteroffer out of their current employer. And some are simply keeping their options open while they wait […]

13 Jul '26

What Employers Need to Know About Recruiting Timelines Before They Start a Search

Vacant Roles Cost More Every Week They Stay Open, Most Companies Do Not Move Fast Enough One of the most common questions hiring managers ask at the start of a search is how long it will take. It is a fair question. Vacant roles cost money, slow down teams, and create pressure across the organization. […]

08 Jul '26

Mid-Year Staffing Check-In: What Every Hiring Leader Should Be Asking

Q3 and Q4 Will Expose Every Staffing Gap You Have Not Addressed Yet Most companies spend the first half of the year executing the plan. The second half is where the plan gets tested. Q3 and Q4 bring budget cycles, end-of-year pushes, leadership reviews, and the kind of operational pressure that exposes every gap in […]

06 Jul '26

How to Build a Recruiting Office From Scratch: Lessons From Movement’s Charleston Team

Inside the Leadership and Growth Strategy Behind One of MVMT’s Top Performing Recruiting Offices In the latest episode of the Movement Podcast, we sat down with two of the most influential people in our firm: Greg Giltner and Chris Williams, the leaders behind Movement’s Charleston, South Carolina office. What started as a one-man operation in […]

29 Jun '26

How Executive Search Works and Whether It Is Right for Your Organization

Posting a Job Will Not Find Your Next Executive: Here Is What Actually Works Finding a great employee is hard. Finding a great executive is a different challenge entirely. When you are hiring for a senior leadership role, the stakes are too high to post a job and hope the right person applies. The best […]