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June 2, 2022

GK Training Webinar: How to Improve Your Remote Interviewing Skills

  Segment 1: More Tips for Remote Interviewing   We are excited to share with you the first video in a new three-part interview series on how to improve your remote interviewing skills!   Check out this 9 minute conversation with Melissa Norris, one of the founding partners of women-owned recruiting firm Jamesbeck, and Michael Hoeppner, communications expert and CEO of GK Training.   https://vimeo.com/701496814/fd9ec73e17   Some topics and questions we explore with Michael include: What do you wear when you’re interviewing remotely? What is the best way to handle a technical glitch? Should you interview over zoom when you are not ready to make a move?   As always, please feel

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May 25, 2022

Secondaries Hiring Heats Up as Apollo, Orix, Morgan Field Teams

  By Tom Stabile | May 25, 2022 Our very own, Melissa Norris is quoted in this news piece.   Apollo’s moves are part of a clear rise in secondaries investment hiring activity across the private fund landscape, said Melissa Norris, founding partner at Jamesbeck, an executive search firm focused on investment management recruiting. “We’ve been thick in the secondaries world,” she said, citing recent successful searches for private equity and real estate segment hires. “It has been widespread. When we were searching for the private equity secondaries buildout, we would hear ‘My God, you’re the 10th call we had this week.’”

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