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Podcast Moment: Top Headhunter Says D.C. Swamp is ‘Constipated’

By Jason Dick and D.A. Banks

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When a new administration takes over the White House, Julian Ha, a partner at the Heidrick & Struggles executive recruitment firm, says it’s usually a good opportunity to find executives to fill slots left vacant by CEOs leaving to take top government positions. But with fewer top candidates eager to join to Trump administration, the usual ebb and flow of the capital’s leadership talent is “constipated.” Hear the full-length conversation at The Big Story podcast page.

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