A little window into Wert&Co.’s world featuring our talks, writing, and press. We often discuss our community, our mission, and the business of Design and recruiting.

From BigCo to Startup: 20 Tips for Evaluating Early-Stage Companies & Making the Leap

First Round Review

“Private companies have raised funding to build a product, and they need to hire people to build those products irrespective of the economy, inflation, interest rates, and so on. Despite layoffs at public companies, private companies will continue to hire. ”

Does Your Internal Culture Attract the Best Talent

Design Week

“Strong culture is not inherently good or bad. It’s just distinctive,” concludes Wert. “It might not be for you, but if it is, then you’ll gravitate toward it.”

Making Design a Force for Your Business

Medium

“Our success isn’t measured in superficial terms: the number of candidates we place or the list of companies we partner with. Our success is measured by the success of those we work with: professional relationships that elevate both sides and endure.”

Tech Companies Face a Fresh Crisis: Hiring

The New York Times Magazine

“Recruiters are in such demand that they, too, are scarce, which means their fees have never been higher.”

Fireside Chat with Judy Wert

AIGA

“Judy is always listening for the unspoken, in ways to uncover strategic epiphanies and moments of clarity.”

The Career Arc with Judy Wert

Re:Considering Podcast

“Think of your career as planting a garden. You’re going to plant a rose and you’re going to plant a sunflower and you’re going to plant a big tree, and you don’t know how it’s all going to come together.”

Meet the Woman Behind the Design World’s Best Hires

Fortune

“Companies need designers who have craft and content fluency, technological fluency, and unfettered courage and conviction to make a difference in the world.”

Judy Wert: Navigating Career Changes

Design Better Podcast

“I encourage people to think about negotiation not as a negotiation but as a conversation.”

What Companies Really Want in a Designer

Fast Company

“Your education is not your destiny.”

What Makes a Good Design Leader

Leading Design Conference

“Everyone should have a professional journal. Keep track of how you’ve grown in a meaningful way…watch your growth over time, little moments of your professional journal. Mapping your career, those signature moments, those fleeting moments, that’s part of your story.”

Finding the Top 1% of Designers

TechCrunch

“Of the tens of thousands of designers Wert has talked with over the past 22 years, there are two traits that weave their way through the best. The first is the mastery of their craft. Whatever craft it is, the best of the best own it and are determined to perfect it. The second is the mastery of themselves. Specifically, Wert says the ability to be self-reflective and the control of their exuberance is key.”