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Laura Wigglesworth

Laura Wigglesworth

Global talent acquisition leader — global health & development

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Washington, District of Columbia
Joined November 2025
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Summary

Experienced global health and development recruiter who builds and transforms recruiting functions: Laura has spent 20+ years recruiting for NGOs, global health, and humanitarian organizations—leading executive and technical searches across dozens of countries and designing recruitment processes and training for in-house teams. sid-us+1
Practical advocate for localization and modern recruiting technologies: At Living Goods and in presentations she argued for moving leadership closer to program geographies and for adopting automation and sourcing technologies to scale recruitment across regions. topsourceworldwide
Early adopter and teacher of AI-enabled job-search practices: In 2025 she partnered on workshops and toolkits that show career changers—particularly those from international development—how to use generative AI to translate their experience, quantify accomplishments, and target roles outside the sector. substack+1
Published recruiter and public speaker who shares practical recruiting guidance: She has written practical how-to pieces for recruiters (e.g., ERE) and spoken at conferences and graduate programs, demonstrating a focus on actionable talent attraction and employer branding. ere+1

Work

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Writing

5 Ways to Create Inspiring Job Announcements

January 1, 2008

Practical guidance for recruiters on writing job announcements that attract passive candidates: use storytelling, stress organizational strengths, emphasize opportunity, be optimistic, and keep announcements concise.

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Seven Habits of Highly Effective Recruiters

January 1, 2016

Recruiting best practices and daily habits to improve recruiter effectiveness (LinkedIn Pulse article).

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Hobbies

Cycling / Eliptigo (noted travel by bicycle/Eliptigo in speaker bio) sid-us