Ideas that move people
and organizations
forward.
Media & Speaking
The most meaningful conversations do more than inform. They challenge the way we think, create clarity around what comes next, and give people the confidence to move forward.
Rhiannon Poore, Founder and CEO of Forge Search, is an award-winning business leader, entrepreneur, and talent strategist with 20+ years of experience in recruiting, leadership, business development, and organizational growth.
Known for combining practical insight with candid storytelling, Rhiannon speaks to business leaders, finance and HR professionals, industry associations, and community organizations about the people decisions that shape successful companies—and the leadership required to navigate growth, change, and uncertainty.
Speaking Topics
Talent Strategy That Starts With the Business
A talent strategy is more than a list of open positions or a projected headcount. Rhiannon helps leaders connect organizational goals with the people, skills, and leadership capabilities required to achieve them.
Topics may include workforce planning, succession, building leadership capacity, recruiting in a changing market, and aligning talent decisions with long-term business objectives.
AI, Leadership, and the Future of Work
AI can help leaders think more clearly, communicate more effectively, and make better-informed decisions—but technology cannot replace judgment, trust, or human connection.
Rhiannon explores how leaders can use AI as a practical thinking partner while preserving the distinctly human qualities that drive strong organizations.
Communication That Moves People Forward
Good ideas only create value when people can understand them and act on them. Rhiannon discusses how leaders can translate complexity into clarity, communicate through change, and build alignment across different functions, perspectives, and levels of an organization.
Recruiting and Retaining Exceptional Talent
Drawing on more than two decades in talent acquisition, Rhiannon offers a candid look at what candidates expect, where hiring processes break down, and how organizations can compete for high-impact professionals and leaders.
Leadership, Resilience, and the Power of the Pivot
Careers, companies, and lives rarely follow a straight line. Through honest stories and practical lessons, Rhiannon explores what it means to lead through uncertainty, respond when circumstances change, and take the next right step—even when the complete path is not yet visible.
Presentations can be customized for conferences, leadership teams, professional associations, company meetings, podcasts, panels, and educational programs.Media & News
Forge Search Presenting Sponsor: GACC Carolinas Gateway Awards 2026
On Saturday, September 12, Forge Search + Consulting was honored to serve as the Presenting Sponsor of the 2026 Carolinas Gateway Awards, hosted by the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S. (GACC South) at the Mint Museum Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina.
SCBIZ announces 2026 Top 100 Women honorees
SCBIZ’s Top 100 Women honors South Carolina’s high-achieving women who are making an impact through their professional experience, leadership, community service and mentoring.
In the Lead: Best Women Owned Businesses 2026
In the Lead: Best Women-Owned Businesses in South Carolina — which recognizes accomplished companies owned by women that demonstrate excellence across a broad spectrum of criteria.
Forge Named September Small Business of the Month
Forge Search + Consulting was founded in 2021 and has grown into a multi-million-dollar professional recruiting firm headquartered here in Greenville, SC. Forge partners with companies nationwide, leveraging years of recruiting expertise and an emphasis on relationships.
Work This Way: An Employment Law Video Podcast | Smarter Recruiting Strategies with Rhiannon Poore of Forge Search
Recorded at the 2025 Greenville SHRM Conference, hosts Tina and Faye welcome Rhiannon Poore, Founder and CEO of Forge Search, to explore how companies can rethink their recruiting strategies in today’s competitive labor market.
Meet SC Biz News’ inaugural Best Woman-Owned Businesses honorees
In this feature you’ll read about what it means to be a women-owned business from the perspective of those on the front lines, the challenges women face in male-dominated industries and how female executives and leaders support other women.
South Carolina Women in Business 2024
Integrated Media Publishing reviewed an impressive list of nominees to create this list of 66 Women in Business honorees, along with three Women to Watch, who are just beginning their careers in South Carolina.
Forge Search strengthens service to growing international client base, adds recruiter Noemi Prinoth
Noemi Prinoth has joined Greenville-based Forge Search + Consulting as a recruiter after relocating from Italy to Greenville, SC. Prinoth began her career with internships in television and journalism…
Forge Search Sponsors and Speaks at GACC South - German Chamber of Commerce SME Conference
Some of our team recently had the opportunity to participate in and speak at the GACC South - German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S., Inc. SME Conference in Atlanta last month.
Emily Bruce Joins Professional Recruiting Firm Forge Search as Recruiter
Emily Bruce has joined Greenville-based Forge Search + Consulting as a recruiter after an early career in marketing and advertising. Beginning as an event intern, Bruce spent seven years in progressively expanding roles and responsibilities in account management for a large marketing and branding agency, rising to the level of account supervisor.
Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette to headline SC Biz News’ inaugural Empowering Women event: Forge Search + Consulting honoree
This new, statewide recognition is designed to showcase tangible and innovative efforts by companies, nonprofits and other organizations to advance women in the workplace and community in South Carolina.
Greenville News: Boutique Greenville firm forges a new path for recruiting professionals
Rhiannon Poore will tell you that she is an unlikely entrepreneur. “I prefer to avoid risk,” she says wryly. “I’ve never seen myself as a CEO. I’m more of a good No. 2 person.”
But Poore’s personal motto is “Do the next right thing.”
Rhiannon Poore Elected to Board of Directors for the United Way of Greenville County
Rhiannon Poore, CEO and founder of Forge Search, a Greenville-based professional recruiting firm focused on recruiting for accounting & finance, marketing & sales, and HR and operations, has been elected to the board of directors for the United Way of Greenville County.
GSA Business Report: Three Principles to Acquire the Right Talent
GSA Business published the following article by Rhiannon Poore on 3 Principles to Acquire the Right Talent.
How Recruiters are Navigating Through the Labor Mine Field
Mike Switzer, South Carolina Business Review interviews Rhiannon Poore, CEO of Forge Search and Consulting in Greenville, SC.
Entrepreneur Minute - Rhiannon Poore, Forge Search
The Who’s on the Move, Entrepreneur Minute is an interview in support of the undeniable impact that entrepreneurs have on our communities. You will see a diverse group of entrepreneurs and we will be exploring the theme of overcoming obstacles.
Rhiannon Poore quoted on WYFF 4: “This is a good time to be looking for a job”
Rhiannon Poore, founder and CEO of Forge, a professional recruiting company based in Greenville, said after a year of layoffs and salary freezes, many companies are once again hiring.
Forge Search + Consulting announces launch of unique, relationship-oriented recruiting firm, headquartered in Greenville, SC.
Forge will help offset upcoming talent compression by leveraging years of recruiting experience to partner with organizations throughout the Southeast.