Writers are notoriously undervalued. Online writers’ groups are filled with horror stories about prospective clients who expect to get something for nothing. Check out some real-world examples from professional freelance writers, many of whom have decades of experience and/or advanced degrees.
Inc. magazine announced today that TorchLight Hire, a leading marketing and communications search and staffing firm serving the greater Washington, D.C. area, ranked No. 4,521 of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies of 2021. This marks the fifth year TorchLight has been ranked on this distinguished list, something very few Inc. 5000 companies have achieved.
We know it can be challenging to keep up on all the latest news and trends in hiring, management, the job market and other important topics. To make it easier for you to stay up-to-date, we’ve launched a new blog featuring our team’s top 10 list of must-read articles and posts from this past week. […]
Successful Content Marketing Takes Adopting a Daily Communications-focused Approach COVID-19 turned the world upside down a year ago, impacting businesses and individuals in profound ways. With work from home still in place, content is the medium to stay connected with current and potential clients, site visitors or your social followers. So how does this affect […]
We want to introduce our newest team member–Marketing Specialist Gabrielle (Gaby) Gramont. Gaby started with TorchLight back in 2019 as our very first marketing intern. From there, she joined the team full-time after her graduation in 2020. Read on to learn more about Gaby!
TorchLight is launching a new series that shines a spotlight on women business owners who are making an impact in a wide range of industries and sectors. For our inaugural post, we recently sat down with Karen Blackwell, CEO and Founder of Kanda Chocolates to learn more about why she started her business, its commitment to social justice and her advice to other women thinking about launching their own enterprises.
Part 3 of our interview with Jennifer Tardy, Career Success Coach and Certified Diversity Executive and Practitioner TorchLight’s Stephanie Ranno recently sat down with Jennifer Tardy, Career Coach and Certified Diversity Executive and Practitioner, to discuss obstacles in the hiring system that impact job seekers—and how they can identify and overcome them. Stephanie: In our […]
Part 2 of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Series covers concrete ways employers can identify and address obstacles to diversity, equity and inclusion in their overall hiring system.
In part 1 of our series on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, TorchLight’s Stephanie Ranno recently sat down with Jennifer Tardy, Career Coach and Certified Diversity Executive and Practitioner, to discuss obstacles in the hiring system and how they impact diversity in the workplace.
So you finally got approval for your new digital marketing manager position and are ready to start recruiting. Not so fast. In an effort to speed up the recruiting process, many hiring managers fall into the trap of using fairly generic digital marketing manager job descriptions–which often results in wasting time you don’t have screening unqualified candidates.