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Many of the candidates I work with are searching for new opportunities outside the city or town they currently live in.  In these uncertain times, openness to relocation can give a candidate a real edge in a job search.  I understand that there are big challenges when you relocate to [...]

Many of the candidates I work with are searching for new opportunities outside the city or town they currently live in.  In this recovery, as the competition for roles is increasing, openness to relocation can give a candidate a real edge in a job search.  I understand that there are [...]

As design competition increases and current design practices mature, how does evidence-based design begin to inform areas of design outside of healthcare, and what is the resulting impact on the competitive advantage of design firms that integrate evidence-based design throughout their practice areas? Evidence-based design, which grew out of the [...]

  So there she is, my “new” 1985 Cadillac Eldorado.  It is a wedding gift from my husband.  It is big, blue and in need of a great deal of work.  Now I know a little about cars.  I was lucky enough to have parents who believed in making me [...]

Today, I want to talk about partnership. Not partners, as in one or many who hold an ownership stake in your firm, but those you may team with from time to time. To my firm, and to me as a leader and recruiter, these partnerships have become paramount. By partnering [...]

I was reading the Puget Sound Business Journal this weekend and came across a quote from Buckminster Fuller.  It reads: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality.  To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” These are exciting times at DBI.  As a [...]

Over sharing.  My mother always warned against it by tsk-ing to me that “fools names and fool faces always appear in public places”.  Mind you, this is the same mother who now posts every cooked meal, ordered desert, baby picture, and Gin Rummy hand on Facebook!   We have met [...]

Typography!  I love it.  I have always loved it, and that is not hyperbole.  I remember doodling letters from a very early age.  I am intrigued by the forced design recognition of typography.   You literally cannot, not notice the design, if you want to read what you are looking [...]

Seattle, WA- December 10, 2012- DBI/David Brown International is excited to announce the hiring of Mike Buring PHR, in to the firm’s Seattle office.   DBI/David Brown International is pleased to welcome Mike Buring to their growing recruiting team.  With a strong background in Recruiting as well as Human Resources and [...]

Do you work best in the creative energy of a design studio?  Do you enjoy meeting the challenge of designing new and unique projects all over the world?  Would you say yes to an opportunity to work with the best, creative minds in the business?  If so, please consider this [...]

Global lifestyle brand, recognized around the world as a premium brand and whose products include apparel, accessories and fragrance collections for men and women as well as childrenswear and home furnishings.  As a whole, this company comprises one of the world’s most widely recognized families of consumer brands.  This firm [...]

Global Design firm, responsible for some of the most recognizable and profiled places on the globe, is looking for a Senior Interior Designer to join their Corporate Interiors Studio. My client needs a talented designer, someone with at least 10 years of tasteful design experience and deep exposure to corporate [...]

Think about the last thing you purchased from home. How did you do it? Were you on-line? Did you use the phone? What did you buy? How long did it take to get your purchase? Three days? A week? Did you get it overnight? What did that cost? What if [...]

Today I received my digital Architect magazine and while I was reviewing it, one story hit me like a ton of bricks.  It is no secret; I own a recruiting/staffing agency, not an architectural firm.  What so surprised me about the story was that it hit me where I live, [...]

Earlier this month I attended Global Shop in Las Vegas.  For those of you not in retail design, Global Shop is THE yearly trade show for all things retail.   It covers everything from workshops on the latest trends to new shelving for store displays. I attended the show this year [...]

As we in the West put away our party hats, noise makers, aspirin and eye drops and start the work of the new year, the Chinese are getting ready to celebrate.  Chinese New Year is January 23, 2012 and 2012 is the year of the Dragon! People born under the [...]

Wow, I am blogging again!  I know, it has been a while.  Bear with me, my reason’s are good.  I have had a fantastic year!  Business is booming and my time is scarce. So what has changed?  Why have I dusted off my blog?  Business is still great, busier than [...]

As the economy slowly starts to correct many of my candidates are realizing and unhappy truth.  Architect salaries are 10% to 20% less than they were a year ago.  This trend was highlighted in the Architect Magazine 2010 salary survey.  Firms of all sizes have been in survival mode, doing [...]

Hello internet.  I have decided to dust off my page and start posting again.  I have been away, growing my business, but my blog has always been an important piece of David Brown Recruiting so it is time to start again. To re-start my blog I wanted to post my [...]

I love watches.  This is a fact known to anyone who has read my blog.  I have peppered these virtual pages with watches that I have wanted, admired or would sell my right hand for.  This watch may fit into the latter category. Selling for a wallet draining $15,000 this [...]