When Tory Johnson founded Women For Hire in the corner of her New York City apartment in 1999, she never imagined the company would now be celebrating its 10th anniversary. As the leading producer of career expos and recruitment services for women, Women For Hire attracts more than 20,000 women and 1,500 employers to its events annually. Ironically, even though she spends all of her time focused on recruitment issues, Tory's single biggest challenge in running and growing her own company -- which hit the million dollar mark in 2004 -- has been hiring the right people. She's determined to share her challenges and triumphs with RACE participants to help other entrepreneurs get the help they need to expand their small businesses.
Founded in 1999 as the first and only company devoted to a comprehensive array of recruitment services for women, Women For Hire offers signature career expos, inspiring speeches and seminars, a popular career-focused magazine and customized marketing programs. Our website, womenforhire.com, offers a wide variety ofcareer-related information and videos geared to working women, and an online job board that helps leading employers connect with top-notch professional women in all fields. In 2008, we produced our first work from home video, which has been viewed by thousands of women interested in this growing field.
Our core business is producing the nation’s only high caliber career expos, enabling America's top employers to meet one-on-one with a coveted pool of talented women in all disciplines. These events pair recruiters from a mix of Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies with women in a wide range of disciplines.
Since our inception, we have been recognized as groundbreakers in connecting employers with the brightest group of diverse career women, as well as providing those women with exceptional advice on advancement. We specialize in developing customized programs to meet the diversity recruitment goals of employers in every industry.
