--- title: SkyWater Blog | Adam Hoffarber (7) description: A founding owner of SkyWater, Adam brings over a decade of exceptional executive recruitment and proven leadership experience to the SkyWater Search Partners leadership team. Adam has been featured in a number of local and national publications including the Star Tribune, WCCO Radio, Pioneer Press, PC World, and Computerworld Magazine addressing employment & labor news in the Minnesota market. He also contributes to an “Ask the Expert” column in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. 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Adam has been featured in a number of local and national publications including the Star Tribune, WCCO Radio, Pioneer Press, PC World, and Computerworld Magazine addressing employment & labor news in the Minnesota market. He also contributes to an “Ask the Expert” column in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Find me on: ### Recent Posts [![healthy workplace](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Healthy%20Return%20To%20Office.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/healthy-office) ## [5 Steps to a Healthy, Safe Return to the Office](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/healthy-office) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 4/13/21, 9:48 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/healthy-office#comments-listing) ### Why the concept of “Radical Self-Care” is the real key to healthy work re-entry. As vaccinations become more widely available in MN, offices that have been operating with most, or all employees working remotely, are making plans to re-open their doors. In many ways, a return to a routine of leaving the house each morning for work is welcomed. However, for many of us, working from home presented an opportunity for greater self-care.  As many of us prepare to re-enter the daily grind, how can we take what we've learned from our time at home with us back into the re-opening world? [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/healthy-office) [![](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/IWD%202021.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/international-womens-day-2021) ## [International Women's Day 2021](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/international-womens-day-2021) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 3/8/21, 10:45 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/international-womens-day-2021#comments-listing) ### How will you help forge equality in the workplace? [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/international-womens-day-2021) [![Recruiting](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/SkyWater%20Impress%20A%20Candidate.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/make-candidates-fall-in-love-with-you) ## [This Valentines Day, Here are 5 Ways to Make Candidates Fall in Love With You](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/make-candidates-fall-in-love-with-you) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 2/14/21, 8:00 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/make-candidates-fall-in-love-with-you#comments-listing) Recruiting is a lot like dating and, like so many relationships, *it’s complicated.* In today’s super competitive labor market, every successful hire depends on your ability to *find* that right person, then woo them, get to know them, turn cartwheels to impress them, *and* simultaneously pluck up the courage to share the truth about your own shortcomings. And that’s *before* you try to make it official... [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/make-candidates-fall-in-love-with-you) [![Executive Recruiters](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/SkyWater%20Recruiters%202021.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/recent-additions-to-skywater) ## [Recent Additions to SkyWater](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/recent-additions-to-skywater) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 1/21/21, 8:00 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/recent-additions-to-skywater#comments-listing) It goes without saying that 2020 was tremendously unique year. Through it all, we've done our best to broadcast the industry trends that we have been able to observe through our access to the job market in the industries we serve. Recently, we shared the [single biggest hiring mistake we've seen in 2020](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hiring-decisions), which speaks to a trend we saw of companies freezing their hiring of key leadership roles out of caution.  [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/recent-additions-to-skywater) [![](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/SkyWater%20Legal%20Recruiters.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/meet-lauren-swartout-and-our-newly-expanded-legal-practice-area) ## [Meet Lauren Swartout and Our Newly Expanded Legal Practice Area](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/meet-lauren-swartout-and-our-newly-expanded-legal-practice-area) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 1/19/21, 9:30 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/meet-lauren-swartout-and-our-newly-expanded-legal-practice-area#comments-listing) In the eight years since SkyWater Search Partners first opened our doors, we have partnered with law firms and corporate legal departments to match highly talented attorneys with exceptional career opportunities throughout the Twin Cities and Upper Midwest. In response to growing client demand, we recently made a strategic decision to expand our legal practice and bring in a leader with the experience and insights to oversee that growth. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/meet-lauren-swartout-and-our-newly-expanded-legal-practice-area) [![headhunters](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/4%20Headhunters%20Who%20Should%20Scare%20You.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/spooky-4-headhunters-who-should-scare-you) ## [Spooky! 4 Headhunters Who Should Scare You](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/spooky-4-headhunters-who-should-scare-you) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 10/28/20, 8:45 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/spooky-4-headhunters-who-should-scare-you#comments-listing) ### If you encounter one of these frightful executive recruiters, don’t be tricked! Are you ready for Halloween? At SkyWater we've fed our pet bats, dry cleaned our very best capes, and changed the sheets in our coffins. Just kidding. If you've worked with SkyWater before, you know we're not the vampires that some make recruiters out to be. But stories of truly terrible recruiters aren't always completely unwarranted. In celebration of Halloween, I thought I’d give you a peek at some of the most horrifying characters in my own profession, executive recruiting, in hopes that you can recognize the very best recruiters, and stick with the good guys. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/spooky-4-headhunters-who-should-scare-you) [![](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Survey%20Employees%20During%20Covid-png.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/reasons-to-survey-your-employees-during-covid19) ## [4 Reasons to Survey Your At-Home Team Now](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/reasons-to-survey-your-employees-during-covid19) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 8/10/20, 9:30 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/reasons-to-survey-your-employees-during-covid19#comments-listing)   It’s been a long year. For the large majority of us, even with experience telecommuting, working from home has *never* gone like this before. As an executive recruiter, I’ve always believed that employee experience is the single greatest predictor of employee success *and* retention. I also believe that the key to understanding employee experience is communicating. Ask good questions, listen intentionally, follow up, role model, observe. But lately, I think that most managers whose employees were abruptly thrust out of the office and into instant telecommuting, it’s growing increasingly difficult to have a good sense of how each individual is *really* doing*.* [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/reasons-to-survey-your-employees-during-covid19) [![Employee Disengagement](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Warning%20Signs%20Of%20Employee%20Disengagement.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/warning-signs-employee-disengagement) ## [5 Early Warning Signs of Employee Disengagement](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/warning-signs-employee-disengagement) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 7/20/20, 11:09 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/warning-signs-employee-disengagement#comments-listing) In my last blog post, I talked about [employee engagement](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/6-steps-to-employee-engagement) and how some of the most successful organizations have been able to boost employee engagement, even during uncertain times of change.  Your organization may be experiencing a healthy level of employee engagement, but you also may have a few bright stars who have begun to become *disengaged.* If that is the case, how do you recognize the signs, and what can be done? Even when we *do notice* an employee beginning to disengage, we’re often tempted to bury our heads in the sand, hoping it’s just a bumpy phase that will smooth itself out. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/warning-signs-employee-disengagement) [![Employee Engagement Tips](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Employee%20Engagement.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/6-steps-to-employee-engagement) ## [6 Steps To Employee Engagement](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/6-steps-to-employee-engagement) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 7/15/20, 10:59 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/6-steps-to-employee-engagement#comments-listing) A recent survey conducted by Gallup on [employee engagement across the country](https://www.gallup.com/workplace/311561/employee-engagement-continues-historic-rise-amid-coronavirus.aspx) shows that even as Americans' wellbeing has dropped to a 12-year low in the past month amid the coronavirus outbreak, the engagement of the working population has hit a new high. Despite new working conditions such as work from home or sparse office layouts designed to promote social distancing and slow the spread of the virus, companies are making it work. This begs the question: how is your employee engagement holding up? And if you're feeling like your business may be experiencing a rise in employee *disengagement*, what can you implement to turn this around? [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/6-steps-to-employee-engagement) [![](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/BPTW%202020%20Logo.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2020-best-places-to-work-award) ## [2020 Best Places to Work Award](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2020-best-places-to-work-award) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 6/11/20, 11:15 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2020-best-places-to-work-award#comments-listing) Last week, the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal announced their  [2020 Best Place To Work award recipients](https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/best-places-to-work), and we were again fortunate enough to win the award! This is the sixth time we have been recognized with this honor, and it's not one we take lightly... especially in these trying times. Here are a few words about what this award means to us. 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