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OUTSTANDING
ACCOMPLISHMENT: In 1991 Peter founded the first commerical
electronic employment service, JOB BANK. Weddle's On-line
recruiting newsletter, guide to employment sites and weekly
articles provides in depth resources and analysis of the On-line
recruiting landscape for third party, HR/corporate recruiting
and career seekers.
About
Peter Weddle is a recruiter, HR consultant and business CEO
turned author and commentator. Described by The Washington
Post as "... a man filled with ingenious ideas,"
he has earned an international reputation, pioneering such
concepts as Human Capital, Career Fitness and the use of the
Internet for recruiting and Human Resource management. He
has authored seven books, edited six others and published
dozens of articles in professional and trade magazines. He
writes a weekly column about online recruiting for CareerJournal.com
from The Wall Street Journal and a monthly newsletter about
online resources for effective recruiting and retention that
is distributed in over a dozen countries. In addition, he
oversees WEDDLE's Publications, the leading print publisher
of newsletters, guides and directories about employment resources
on the Internet. WEDDLE's Guides to Employment Web Sites (for
recruiters and job seekers) are regarded worldwide for their
accuracy and usefulness; indeed, the American Staffing Association
has called Peter Weddle the "Zagat" of the online
employment industry.
Weddle is the former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
of Job Bank USA, Inc., one of the largest electronic employment
service companies in the United States, which he founded in
1991 and sold in 1996. From 1988 to 1991, he served as President
and Chief Executive Officer of University Research Corporation,
an international company with offices in 17 countries, which
provided consulting expertise in all aspects of human resource
management and development. He has also been a Partner in
The Hay Group, and from 1985 to 1988, founded and then ran
its workforce management and development subsidiary, Hay Systems,
Inc.. In addition, he has chaired and/or served on numerous
appointed boards for the U.S. Government, including studies
by the National Science Foundation, the Defense Science Board
and the Army Science Board. In 1988, he was awarded the U.S.
Government's Medal for Public Service for his contributions
to Federal research.
Weddle has published widely on career and employment topics,
including CliffsNotes: Finding a Job on the Web (IDG), CliffsNotes:
Writing a Great Resume (IDG), Internet Resumes: Take the Net
to Your Next Job (Impact), Career Fitness: How to Find, Win
& Keep the Job You Want in the 1990's (Cadell & Davies),
Electronic Resumes for the New Job Market (Impact), an anthology
of international research and technology transfer projects
(Plenum), and numerous research reports, graduate-level university
case studies, and articles in such publications as Success,
Leaders, Directors & Boards, the Army, Navy & Air
Force Times, Healthcare Employment News, Human Capital, The
National Business Employment Weekly, and Bottomline.
Weddle has also appeared frequently in the media, including
CBS This Morning, The Today Show, CNNfn, The McLaughlin Group,
Bloomberg Financial News, National Empowerment Television
and WBIS and been quoted in The New York Times, The National
Business Employment Weekly, The Washington Post, The Boston
Globe, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, Money and
other publications. In addition, he has spoken to meetings
and conventions sponsored by such organizations as AT&T,
United Airlines, Business Week Magazine, Success Magazine,
the Young Presidents' Organization, the Society for Human
Resource Management, the International Personnel Management
Association, the Professional Services Council, the American
Production & Inventory Control Society, the American Society
of Civil Engineers and the International Society for Performance
Improvement.
An avid athlete, Weddle successfully completed both the Airborne
and Ranger programs while on active duty with the U.S. Army.
He also led an expedition which scaled the Cervino (Italian)
face of the Matterhorn, one of Europe's highest mountains,
and a team which represented the United States in international
long distance marching competition.
Weddle is a graduate of the United States Military Academy
at West Point. He has attended Oxford University and holds
advanced degrees from Middlebury College and Harvard University.
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