Achieving Pay Equity Together

By Catherine Lang-Cline In the United States, women make about eighty cents on the dollar that a man will make in a year. In Columbus, it is seventy-eight cents on the dollar. Which is why it is great news that the City of Columbus is facing this issue with The Columbus Commitment: Achieving Pay Equity […]

Hiring and Employment: Change is Here

By Kristen Harris Growth is one of our company values at Portfolio Creative – we are always learning, improving, and adapting. In the spirit of growth, I recently attended the American Staffing Association’s Staffing World Conference. It’s important for us to stay on top of employment and hiring trends so we can provide the best […]

Meet Our Team Series: Recruiter, Katie Rochte

In this new series, we want to give you an inside look into a day in the life of our talented team. Meet one of our Recruiters, Katie Rochte, who loves her role in helping people find an awesome gig! She shares a bit about her morning routine with her beloved Pippy; as well as, […]

Four Examples of Retail Brands Killing it with Content

By: William Harris for Entrepreneur  As more and more retail brands and department store giants close shop and reduce locations this year, the rest of the retail industry is scrambling. They’ve got to find ways to unlock the keys to survival and growth. What is happening to the retail side of things? Needless to say, […]

How to Help Someone Discover Work That Excites Them

By: Amy Jen Su for the Harvard Business Review Much has been written on a leader’s role in motivating, engaging, and bringing out the best in others. Yet research suggests there is still much more that could be done. Frequently cited is the 2014 Deloitte study that found that “up to 87% of America’s workforce is […]

WOW! We’ve been in business for more than 12 years. We love being in Columbus — check out 12 reasons we’re unique and make a difference in our community. We’d love to get to know you!

1. This business was started by two women, Catherine Lang-Cline and Kristen Harris, that graduated together from the LBrands boot camp.  2. We believe in serving the community, so we get involved. There are a number of boards that members of our team belong to, and have been for years. Such as, Greater Columbus Arts […]

How Leading Companies Build the Workforces They Need to Stay Ahead

By: Michael Mankins for the Harvard Business Review The strategic underpinnings of most companies’ workforce plans should change dramatically as a result of technological innovation. Digital transformation, the industrial internet, advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, and a plethora of other innovations are fundamentally changing the nature of work. Machine learning, for example, may […]

What Martech Means to Us

By Brad Middleton If you are reading this you probably already have a basic idea of what we do here at Portfolio Creative. If you do not, simply put, we help connect our clients with the right creative talent, so when a term like Martech comes up it in relation to our niche in the […]

When to Use a Retained Search Versus a Contingent Search

By Catherine Lang-Cline If you are in a position to hire a person and feel that you need to engage a recruiting company, there are a couple of things you will want to know when you are connecting with that recruiting team. Based on the type of company you are using and the level of […]

A Day in the Life: Q + A with Tonnisha English

In the latest installment of our Columbus Creatives: A Day in the Life series, we talk with Tonnisha English, a multitasking Momma who is a digital content specialist and founded her own communications company. We commend you Tonnisha, you are a great example of all the hardworking creative SuperMom’s we have in Columbus!   Hi Columbus! […]