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STAR Chicago Invites Mitch Golob to Present at Learning Lab Event
At this Learning Lab event, called “Demystifying Name Gen Research” with collaborators STAR Chicago and CareerBuilder, Corporate Navigators President Mitch Golob shared the company’s unique approach to candidate research and name generation. The session brought together recruiters, sourcers, and search professionals interested in sharpening their research skills and learning new ways to uncover hard‑to‑find talent in a competitive market.
The Learning Lab Event’s Mission
The purpose of this Learning Lab was to inform and support professionals in the recruiting research, and candidate sourcing space who want more effective, repeatable processes for identifying and engaging the right people. The event description captured the current challenge perfectly:
“It’s a known fact that finding talent is becoming more and more difficult in this tight talent market. The best recruiters know that to attract top talent they need to create and execute a defined candidate research process. But there is a certain magic to finding the right people—and getting them to talk to you!
What is the magic behind this process? How do you prepare? How do you get candidates to talk to you, what are the techniques? Are there tips you can use? That’s what you’ll learn in this interactive session which will provide participants with the foundational tools needed to create an effective telephone-based recruiting research strategy. And give you some practical tips and takeaways you can use immediately!”
Mitch Golob’s Presentation: Name Generation Tips and Techniques
Mitch’s presentation, titled “Name Generation Tips & Techniques: Practical Examples & Role Playing Real-time Research,” demonstrated actionable ways researchers can refine their name generation process and build more accurate target lists. His talk explored how to move beyond surface‑level online data to verified information gathered through structured, telephone‑based research.
During the session, attendees learned how to:
- Build custom name lists systematically while staying flexible during live calls.
- Uncover organizational structures, reporting lines, and key decision‑makers within target companies.
- Use professional outreach techniques that increase the likelihood of candidates engaging in conversation.
These practical examples helped participants see how a strong name generation and recruiting research strategy can shorten time‑to‑fill and improve the overall quality of candidate pipelines.
Collaboration and Impact in Recruiting Research
Corporate Navigators is proud to collaborate with STAR Chicago, CareerBuilder, and other recruiting professionals to advance best practices in sourcing and recruiting research. As a name generation and recruitment research firm, Corporate Navigators focuses on delivering timely, targeted candidate information that supports talent acquisition teams and executive search firms.
Events like this Learning Lab reinforce the value of research‑driven recruiting—where insight, data, and real‑time conversations come together to produce better hiring outcomes. Mitch’s participation reflects Corporate Navigators’ ongoing commitment to sharing expertise, mentoring peers, and helping the recruiting community build stronger, more effective name generation strategies.
