Blog - Executive Arrangements

Welcome to ConnectToCLE!

Each week or so, EA’s blog addresses various topics relevant to the people that we help. We work with companies and organizations to attract and welcome top talent to Northeast Ohio. We do this by connecting job candidates, new hires, and their families to the people, places, and lifestyle opportunities in Cleveland and Akron.

Our blog presents meaningful information about life in Northeast Ohio, relocation topics, and trends in destination services. We answer both the common and uncommon questions that we hear from our clients and the people that we introduce, welcome, and acclimate to Northeast Ohio.

And why ConnectToCLE? Because CLE is catchier than Northeast Ohio, Cleveland, or Akron. But, rest assured! Our blog does address the entire seven county region we serve.

What’s All The Buzz…?

My husband, Marty and I decided to take a stab at bee keeping with help from Justin Sofio, Founder and President of Youth Bee Works. This spring Justin arrived with the hive, and is sponsoring and maintaining it in our backyard. If you haven’t heard of Justin and his non-profit here’s a brief intro. Youth […]

Loving Cleveland despite its warts

This past Sunday, I drove through downtown Cleveland at 9 am, amazed as I watched hundreds of volunteers sweep up broken glass, paint over graffiti and work to begin rebuilding our city in the aftermath of a very tense weekend. Peaceful protests turned angry and violent in many cities across the country. It occurred in […]

EA’s first outing with a candidate with Covid-19 protocols in action

For the first time since March 7th, Executive Arrangements spent this past weekend introducing an out of town candidate to Cleveland. Wow it felt good to be doing something productive again. There are only so many days you can organize, clean, plan and strategize, then you need to execute! The recruit was in town from […]

Cooking competition to connect with staff during Covid19

Trying to come up with creative ways to stay in touch with my 15 employees, who are all sheltering-in-place at home for more than a month. My co-workers are creative and resourceful and they have amazing energy – all put to such good use when they are working with candidates considering a move to NE […]

Proud of our clients helping during Coronavirus

April 8, 2020

Margy Judd

It should come as no surprise that 60% of the candidates we woo, relocate and settle into NE Ohio are being recruited by healthcare institutions. Team NEO and the Greater Cleveland Partnership have consistently shared data that shows roughly 1 in 6 people in our region has a job directly or indirectly tied to the […]

Cool Things Happening Because of Shelter in Place

March 27, 2020

Margy Judd

After seeing unemployment numbers spiking and hearing Ohio Health Director, Dr. Amy Acton, encourage us to further flatten the curve through early May (yikes!) I am refocusing on the positives to stay upbeat and calm. This is the end of my second week of working from home, isolated from my co-workers, friends, family, and 90-year-old […]

Assisting Dogs with Relocation

March 23, 2020

Caroline Weingart

Coronavirus has made one group of us happy: dogs! Most of us are now working remotely and walking the dog 10x more than we normally do. Check it out! Go outside with your dog to the park and you will see dozens of people all trying to overcome cabin fever but still social distancing themselves. […]

Connectivity is what we crave most right now, and what EA does best.

March 20, 2020

Margy Judd

We broke the rules last night and invited two friends over for dinner. We did not hug them when they arrived, we sat at opposite ends of the table, and we washed out hands constantly. It felt a bit like the stiff upper lip members of the Crawley family from Downton Abbey except we didn’t […]

Small Business Owners Inspiring Me During COVID-19

March 18, 2020

Margy Judd

The office building I work in is apocalyptically quiet this week. For the first time in my life, everyone in the entire world is facing the same crisis. It feels like COVID-19 will be to us what the Great Depression was to our grandparents. My late husband and I used to get jazzed up just […]

The St. Patrick’s Day that Wasn’t

March 17, 2020

Margy Judd

Does anyone else feel ripped off that we didn’t get to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day today? And the weather in Cleveland is perfect for an Irish holiday…overcast and drizzly so you don’t have to feel guilty about sitting in a bar all day laughing and telling stories with old friends while drinking Irish coffees and […]

Virtual Relocation Assistance to Woo & Educate Job Candidates in a Coronavirus Era

March 13, 2020

Margy Judd

This week we received several calls from clients postponing candidates’ visits to Northeast Ohio either as a result of a no-travel policy instituted internally or because their recruits were not comfortable boarding airplanes. As the anxiety over the Coronavirus mounts, we want to reduce your worries by sharing some ideas on how you can continue […]

Spring One Tank Trips: College Towns

March 11, 2020

Executive Arrangements Team

As spring quickly approaches, you might be wondering where to take a road trip, especially now that flying is discouraged. We have many great college towns to visit within and around Northeast Ohio that are perfect for a one- or two-day getaway! Especially if you have college students who are home for spring break or […]

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