Professional Search of Atlanta Consultant
A journal of events, trends,
challenges and opportunities
in the employment marketplace.

Autumn 2008 Issue

Professional Search of Atlanta
1949 Brownridge Drive
Atlanta, GA 30062-2673
770-952-0009
 recruiter@psa-recruit.com  

Employment Trends . . .

Exodus:
Retirement for the Baby-boomers
by JD Harvill CPC

For several years now it has become increasingly difficult to identify talent that can fit both a companies technical specifications and the personality profile they have become accustomed to seeking.

There are lots of explanations for the increasing hiring challenges, and many of them are connected to a single important fact:  The baby-boomers are retiring!

Many companies seek to replace their outgoing baby-boomers with new talent educated in best-practice system and process skills, but forget to offset the loss of business savvy and people skills.(more)

ASK THE EMPLOYMENT EXPERTS

Steve and Jon coach on changing career paths ... (more)

Street Smarts or Sheepskins:
Is EQ Better Than IQ?
by Jon Harvill CPC

Candidate Number One is clearly brilliant.  With degrees from the best institutions, his vocabulary is liberally sprinkled with words that make you want to reach for your pocket dictionary. 

Candidate Number Two has a degree from a second-tier school.  While he's more plain-spoken and street smart, you actually like him more.  But, you think hiring the candidate with the Ivy League sheepskin is the better bet because you just assume that smarter is superior.

Not necessarily, says Jon Harvill, Managing Director of Professional Search of Atlanta.  “Both human resource experts and social scientists have begun to recognize that while a candidate's cognitive intelligence is important, his 'emotional intelligence' quotient, or EQ, provides a better indication of how well he will actually perform on the job,".  Or, as Time magazine recently put it, "It's IQ that gets people hired, but EQ that gets them promoted." ... (more)


Other Articles of Interest:


Building A Quality Organization
Factors Affecting Staffing...
Continency vs Retained
Balancing Recruiting and Retention

Dear Colleague:

We are changing our name to Professional Search of Atlanta.

We want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to work with your company during the past twenty years while we have operated under the name, Dunhill Professional Search.  Under the leadership of Jon Harvill CPC, sometimes called Mr. Dunhill, we have:

(1) recruited outstanding talent for many of the world’s best companies,

(2) provided human resources and staffing consulting services,

(3) satisfied your short term manpower needs with expert interim executives, and

(4) provided Career Center services to professional associations.

To recognize our dropping of the Dunhill affiliation, we have chosen a new company name, Professional Search of Atlanta (PSA).  If you are in the habit of calling us Harvill Professional Search you are welcome to continue to do so.  Only those of you who traditionally call Jon, Mr. Dunhill, may need to adjust.

Our reputation has been built upon being “the recruiters who listen”.  Our recruiters, who average greater than 20 years industry experience, have learned that only by listening very carefully can they expect to provide the optimum solution to your problem.  All are CPC certified by the National Association of Personnel Service and active in professional associations.

We intend to remain the premier regional recruiting resource for technical, management and executive talent within the overall manufacturing, supply chain and engineering fields.

Continued success,
Jon Harvill, CPC, President

Professional Search of Atlanta, with an industry focus of manufacturing and logistics, is the premier recruiting firm for technical managers, engineers and supply chain executives in the Southeastern US.

A member of the Georgia Association of Personnel Services (GAPS), our president has been active with the local professional associations; APICS (The Association for Operations Management) and ISM (Institute of Supply Management) for over 15 years, and provides each association with Career Center Assistance.

Our consultants, with decades of experience, provide candidates for: materials management, engineering, production control, supply chain management, logistics, distribution, warehousing, high-tech manufacturing, purchasing, start- up projects, turn-around projects, human resources, maintenance, validation, documentation, quality systems (including ISO 9000 and Six Sigma), research, design, telecommunications, as well as many other aspects of general business management.

Our mission is to help build quality organizations, not just fill "open req's" -- by recruiting top performers.  We do this by making your goals our own.

Because we network with professionals in companies across your industry, we can provide you with:
Advice on salaries & benefits;
Vital industry contacts; and,
Access to candidates not on the open market.
 

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