Town Hall Forum #5 – Building Post-COVID-19 Careers

AIA|LA COVID-19 Virtual Forum #5: Design Build Your Career for after COVID-19 (with Nancy Horne)

This is a virtual event. Meeting information will be emailed to registrants.

Learning Units: 1 LU 

The 5th AIA|LA COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall Forum directly address the concerns, needs and future of professionals who may have lost their jobs. Speak directly with Nancy Horne, Affiliate AIA|LA,  a seasoned recruiter who successfully places talent in the worlds of Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture on a national basis. Plan for today, prepare for the future and gain insights about the employment environment. AIA|LA’s President, Greg Verabian, AIA will moderate a discussion with Nancy Horne, Affiliate AIA|LA, Founder and Principal at NDH Search.

Topics will include:

• Creating Opportunity from the Covid-19 downturn
• Resume Reviews
• Interview/Salary Negotiation Tips
• Career Coach Feedback
• Networking Capabilities

Nancy Horne, Presenter

Nancy Duvall Horne founded NDH Search in 1998 and quickly established the company as one of the top recruitment firms in the nation. Her firm now stands as a leader in the architecture and design industry throughout the United States as well as worldwide.

For the past 22 years, Ms. Horne and her team have built an unprecedented record and reputation based on integrity, process management and results. Working closely with some of the world’s most prestigious architecture and design firms including Disney Imagineering, DLR Group, Gensler, HOK, Majid Al-Futtaim Group, Perkins Will, Rottet Studios (and others), NDH Search is the trusted confidant of the major firms in the industry. NDH Search takes special pride that many of their placements at small-to-mid-to-large sized firms have assumed leadership positions in the industry. 

NDH Search is respected for consistently finding the right fit for their clients’ dynamic needs and their candidate’s professional goals. NDH Search offers consulting services in career coaching, resume/portfolio positioning and related services all towards the empowerment of individual and industry clients. 

Ms. Horne, born on the West Coast and raised on the East, attended Boston University, worked for a Massachusetts State Senator, and eventually returned to Los Angeles where she founded NDH Search. Ms. Horne worked with the US Embassy in Qatar as the Los Angeles liaison for the Supreme Committee for FIFA 2022. Ms. Horne is on the Executive Board of Directors of L.A. Headquarters and chairs the Community Investment Committee.