Earlier this week, a group of employees from The Execu|Search Group took part in a mock interview session set up by StreetWise Partners at neighboring Marsh & McLennan Companies.  StreetWise Partners is a highly effective career development program that works with low-income individuals to help them overcome employment barriers, obtain better jobs, and achieve economic self-sufficiency.  In order to achieve these goals, StreetWise Partners facilitates mentoring relationships between trainees and volunteer business professionals, including those from The Execu|Search Group, who provide job skills training, career coaching and job search assistance.

This opportunity allowed our employees to leverage their professional experience and skill set to empower these motivated, low-income individuals to develop important workplace and job-seeking skills. During the event, Execu|Search volunteers conducted mock interviews and reviewed resumes with various job seekers as part of their training, and provided direct feedback to help improve their job seeking skills. Volunteering is a great way to give back and build your network, and here at The Execu|Search Group, we have a long history of supporting worthy causes and organizations in the New York City Tri-State area and Greater Boston.  Along with the career development advice that we’re able to offer through programs like Streetwise Partners, our employees regularly participate in community charity events and make donations to a wide range of organizations.

Various employees of The Execu|Search Group at mock interview session prepared by StreetWise Partners

In the March 2012 issue of Fortune Magazine, Mitchell Peskin, Partner and Executive Vice President at The Execu|Search Group is interviewed about the boom in business for Compliance Officer positions. In the article, Peskin discusses the hiring rush that will start as the result of new regulations taking place.

Financial firms need their own Compliance Offers to oversee activities and these officers will report directly to top management. In order to be considered for the position of a Compliance Officer, you will need knowledge of the regulations and extensive experience in the industry.

Along with a high demand for these positions, the article also states that the position at smaller banks pays $70,000-$90,000, while it offers salaries around $150,000 at investment banks and hedge finds. According to Peskin, the role of Compliance Officer is a significant growth area and there will be a hiring surge this summer as the Volcker Rule takes effect. The Volcker Rule, a section of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that bans proprietary trading by commercial banks, is scheduled to be implemented in late July.  So, who’s hiring? According to Fortune Magazine, companies such as BNY Mellon, First Bank of Texas, MetLife and PNC Financial Services Group.

     For those of you busy with job-hunting, have you ever considered taking up a temporary position instead of holding out for the permanent position of your dreams? Well, why not? In a Forbes.com blog post from earlier this year, Kerry Hannon points out the many benefits that temporary positions offer to weary job-seekers.

Here are some of Hannon’s reasons Why Temporary Work Is Worth It:

• Gets you out of bed in the morning. You’ve got something to do.
• Gets you in the door. It may lead to full-time work with an employer eventually. Don’t miss the opportunity.
• Gets you decent pay. You can make your experience a plus. Employers are typically willing to pay you generously, providing you have the chops, if you solve their problem or need quickly. It lets them bypass the hand-holding and learning curve stage that a younger, less experienced, but lower-paid worker, might require.
• Builds your professional network. Nurture relationships with co-workers during your assignment. You never know where a contact may lead you, and who they might be able to refer you to for future jobs.
• Lands you new and au courant references for future employers to contact about what you’ve been up to lately.
• Keeps your resume alive. It’s a bone to stave off the disgrace of those gaping holes of idleness in your resume.
• Keeps your skills sharp. You know the mantra: Use it or lose it.
• Lets you get psyched about a work project–without the pressure of long-term expectations. No job is forever, anyway. This one just might be shorter than most, and that can be tremendously freeing.
  

     Along with outlining the networking, mental-health, and resume-boosting benefits that temporary jobs can provide, Hannon also uses data from a survey of over 3,000 hiring managers and human resource professionals to describe why temporary staffing is “the bee’s knees these days”.

     A CareerBuilder survey shows that 36% of companies will be looking to hire temporary workers in 2012, marking an 8% increase from 2009. Nearly a third of those employers are looking to hire their temporary staff members before April.

Read Kerry Hannon’s full blog-post here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryhannon/2012/01/19/why-temporary-work-is-worth-it/2/

            Two Healthcare Directors from The Execu|Search Group, Amanda Bleakney and Allison Fagan, were recently honored with an invitation to attend a special event hosted by the New York Times, which recognized outstanding professionals in the healthcare industry. Each year, the New York Times pays a “Tribute to Nurses” in a special section of the New York Times Magazine. Distributing awards in education, innovation, leadership, research, and service, the New York Times hopes to bring attention to the field of nursing by recognizing several nurses’ contributions to the field.

            In order to be recognized in the ‘Tribute to Nurses’ publication, nominees had to have first received an award during National Nurses Week, be practicing in NY, NJ, CT, or PA, and have been nominated by a co-worker from the same hospital. Winners, chosen by the New York Times and the ‘Tribute to Nurses’ Editor, receive a $500 prize and an invitation to celebrate their achievement at the annual ‘Tribute to Nurses’ awards breakfast, which was held on December 12, 2011, featuring speaker Tara Parker-Pope.

            Tara Parker-Pope is the creator and writer of “Well,” a daily health blog and weekly column for the New York Times that has recently been recognized as the best blog of 2011 by the Newswomen’s Club of New York.  In addition to writing many award-winning articles, Tara has written three books and has been published in countless magazines, including O Magazine and Reader’s Digest.

            After listening to the informative – and entertaining – speakers, Amanda and Allison were excited to see their fellow NYACC member Michael Tagadaya, Nurse Manager – Ambulatory Services at NYU’s Hospital for Joint Diseases, receive his award for “Innovation and Leadership”, an award that was created this year especially for him.  Michael was honored due to his outstanding commitment to the development of his staff and interns and was commended for exceptional service and inspiration.  The event was filled with warm words and gracious thanks to these wonderful individuals working endlessly to improve the healthcare profession. Being involved in healthcare themselves, Amanda and Allison were excited to see the “nurses’ passion for their patients and clinical teams” (Fagan) and to hear about “all the great ways New York’s nurses are rising above and beyond their nursing duties” (Bleakney).

Honoree Michael Tagadaya, Nurse Manager of Ambulatory Surgery for NYU’s Hospital for Joint Diseases,

Amanda Bleakney, Allison Fagan, and members of NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases‘ Nursing Office

This month we’re raising money for the Single Parent Resource Center, aiding them in their efforts to develop responsive programs for single parents and their families to fill unmet needs. To show our support for the organization, the staff here at The Execu|Search Group have been allowed to wear jeans to work in return for making a donation!

For more information about the Single Parent Resource Center, visit their website at: http://www.singleparentusa.com

Amanda, a director from our Health Services division, talks a little bit about our upcoming HEDIS/QARR Training for RNs and LPNs in the New York City Tri-State area:

HEDIS/QARR TRAINING

WHAT: The Execu|Search Group is offering local RNs an extensive HEDIS/QARR training course run by a reputable healthcare consulting firm. A consultant will train the RNs on medical record abstraction for the latest HEDIS hybrid measures.
WHEN: Choose from the October 20, 2011; November 2, 2011; and November 3, 2011 sessions (NOTE:These are full-day, 8+ hour training sessions)
WHERE: The Execu|Search Group, 675 Third Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10017 (October 20 and November 3); and 200 Somerset Corporate Boulevard, Suite 1003, Bridgewater, New Jersey, 08807 (November 3).
WHY:

• This training course will make you a viable candidate for consideration on all future HEDIS/QARR projects.
• If you end up working 40+ hours on a HEDIS/QARR project for The Execu|Search Group, your training fees will be reimbursed!
• HEDIS/QARR projects will begin in January 2011 with positions available in all NYC boros as well as Long Island and New Jersey.

TRAINING FEE: $150/person (Training fee will be reimbursed if you work 40 hours on a HEDIS/QARR project for The Execu|Search Group in 2011)

HOW TO APPLY: E-mail acruse@execu-search.com a copy of your most recently updated resume. This is a highly competitive program and slots will fill up quickly, so submit your resume as soon as possible.

This month we’re raising money for the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, aiding them in their efforts to educate their over 300 children currently enrolled. To show our support for the school, the staff here at The Execu|Search Group have been allowed to wear jeans to work in return for making a donation to this incredible organization!

For more information about the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning, visit their website at: http://www.bronxbetterlearning.org

This month’s charitable organization is Leake & Watts in conjunction with the Young Professionals Committee! Each month, The Execu|Search Group partners with an organization or charity to raise funds; in exchange for a donation, employees get to wear jeans to the office!

To learn more about Cases 4 Kids, or to get involved with the YPC, please email: leakeandwattsypc@gmail.com

After just a few days of being open to the public, Google+ has nearly 3.5 million members and counting! With its multiple features and easy to use platform, you can already tell it’s going to be significant in the future of networking and job searching.

Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter take some time and patience to learn but Google designed Google+ in a way where it’s clear-cut and self-explanatory—even my mother understood it immediately. There’s also no need to create two profiles, one for your professional life and one for your personal life, since you can separate these in multiple “circles”. Simply drag and drop your contacts into buckets, one at a time or multiple at a time, to form these groups or circles.

Once Google launched this social network a few weeks ago, they also released the +1 button. Google stated: “When you click +1, you’re telling your friends, your family and the rest of the world, ‘this is something you should check out!’” The +1 button is essentially the “Like” button on Facebook, but instead your ‘+1’s’ are collected in your profile and presented to your connections. When you share articles, videos, and other information, you decide who gets to see it—select ‘public’ if you want it to be visible to everyone, or select certain circles to post it to.

Google+ also gives you a chance to network face-to-face with employers, experts, and recruiters, by incorporating the ability to “facechat”. Skype is already a popular form of interviewing, but when you include a profile filled with articles and work history; this gives the interviewer a greater idea of your interests and expertise!

Lastly, make sure your profile is complete and honest since this is what hiring managers and recruiters will be seeing first. Make sure you add a professional profile photo, work history, and links to your current blog, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Good luck in your Google+ adventures!

Dustin Willoughby

Marketing Department

After taking a Chelsea Piers Men’s League sabbatical, Team Execu|Search is back again!

Despite some time off, we are in full effect with a a solid roster consisting of:

- Glenn Bernstein
- Nkrumah Pierre
- Lawrence Dolinko
- Kyle W. Mattice
- Rob Parks
- Bradley Sona
- Jason Niad
- Christopher Brower
- Alexander L. Wright
- Jonathan J. Egan
- Christopher G. Lillis
- Christopher L. Kleinschmidt
- Ajmal Amin

Our record is currently 1-2 and we have a big game tonight (6-28) against Google at 6:15pm!

Glenn Bernstein and Nkrumah Pierre playing some tough defense

..and BOOM goes the dynamite

Feeling a bit like the Miami Heat after the game


Click here to see the schedule, and we hope to see you in the stands during one of our games!

  Nkrumah Pierre
  Account Executive – Temporary Division