In 1999 John was acknowledged as the IACPR Outstanding Individual for his contribution in the development of talent and human resources management. John began to credit the success of The Vanguard Group, $580 billion in assets and 11,000 plus employee firm to it's people before it was fashionable. He has instilled the discipline to all of the staff that their top priority is providing exceptional performance and service to their clients. The 183 officers are evaluated on what they do for the client and for how well they develop the crew (their direct reports). They are thought of as internal clients. John goes to great length to recognize and reward those people who succeed because of their substance. John notes "many people at competing firms spend time jockeying for position, the people who are major contributors to Vanguard's success have focused their time and energy on serving our internal and external clients and on competing externally".


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Brad rocked the recruiting world with Topgrading, How Leading Companies Win by Hiring, Coaching and Keeping The Best People. Recruiter Magazine Online's reviewer judged it to be, for those in recruiting world, "the most important book ever written." As counselor to Jack Welch (GE) and others, Brad raised the bar, showing 90-95% success in hiring can and should be the minimum standard.

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Allen has leveraged his work ethic, business acumen, sales ability and dynamic attitude from " working the phones" in a small office in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to leadership of a business unit of a publicly traded multi-billion dollar corporation. After 20 years in the trenches as a recruiter and then as a successful owner/manager, Allen was appointed to the position of president and CEO of Management Recruiters International (MRI).

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Mike is the pioneer and thought leader of on-line recruiting process. Mike has leveraged his understanding of the Internet, technology and process and married these components with a keen understanding of marketing dynamics. To date AIRS has trained over 30,000 recruitment firms and employers. Clearly, Mike's work has dramatically impacted the use of the Internet as a recruitment intelligence and sourcing tool.

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David is Co-founder of one of the most successful healthcare staffing firms in the U.S.
David runs the day to day business functions of his publicly traded staffing firm and contributes to the community of healthcare staffing firms through participation with American Staffing Association (ASA) Healthcare Policy Committee and Private Duty Homecare Editorial Advisory Board.

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